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No wasted potential for award-winning Waste Management
Monday, 28 August 2017, 4:27 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The Industry Training Federation's Skills Highway team is delighted to congratulate Waste Management Ltd for winning the Skills Highway Award at last week's Diversity Awards in Auckland. “Waste Management has really gone the extra mile in creating ... More >>
Got A Trade? Got It Made!: Industry Training Award Winners
Thursday, 24 August 2017, 8:56 am | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The 2017 Got A Trade? Got It Made! Industry Training Awards, held at Parliament last night, showcased inspiring young people driven to make a big difference in their industry. Fifty of New Zealand's best and brightest young trainees and apprentices ... More >>
Get Paid to Get Ahead with Apprenticeships
Monday, 14 August 2017, 12:56 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
Young trainees and apprentices will be sharing their success stories with keen young kiwis during next week’s ‘Got a Trade? Got it Made!’ week. “We want young people to know about the massive range of job opportunities that offer the chance ... More >>
Government focus on workforce skills is welcome
Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 3:05 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The Industry Training Federation welcomes the overall direction of the government's response to the Productivity Commission's Tertiary Education Inquiry. More >>
Budget 2017 offers little for skills
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 4:10 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
Budget 2017 offered little good news for workplace training and apprenticeships, despite high demand, strong jobs growth, and critical skills shortages across many areas of the economy. More >>
The infrastructure boost will be powered by skills
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 5:02 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The government’s announcement of $11 Billion in capital infrastructure over the next four years needs to be underpinned by investment in skills and workplace training, says the Industry Training Federation. More >>
Productivity Commission report deserves wider conversation
Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 11:21 am | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
In light of the release of the Productivity Commission's final report, the Industry Training Federation seeks a broader and sector-led conversation for how tertiary education can be more responsive to the needs of the productive sector. “The report ... More >>
Employability Skills Framework will help youth get jobs
Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 11:51 am | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
A new education resource will help young people into successful working futures, says the Industry Training Federation. More >>
Industry Training and Apprenticeships on the rise
Friday, 28 October 2016, 1:55 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
More working New Zealanders are gaining skills and qualifications on the job, earning while they learn, says the Industry Training Federation. Our industry training and apprenticeship system is improving steadily, according to recently released Tertiary ... More >>
Vocational skills are valued and essential
Friday, 30 September 2016, 4:57 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The Industry Training Federation (ITF) congratulates the hundreds of New Zealand secondary schools that have broadened senior curriculum through offering vocational pathways to senior students. More >>
Federation welcomes rise in NCEA Level 2 results
Monday, 2 February 2015, 1:25 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
Last year’s rise in NCEA level 2 results is bigger news than the drop in University Entrance results, says the Industry Training Federation. The NZQA has released provisional NCEA results for 2014, which show a one percent rise in NCEA level 2, but a big drop ... More >>
Beat the skills gap with industry training
Thursday, 18 December 2014, 11:00 am | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
We can beat the skills gap if we meet the future demand for skilled workers in areas such as aged care, says the Industry Training Federation. “This Christmas we’ll be thinking of growing number of older people who need support,” says Industry ... More >>
More industry needed in industry training
Thursday, 20 November 2014, 11:17 am | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
While 140,000 people are gaining skills through industry training every year, New Zealand’s ‘skills gap’ is predicted to widen. That gap, between supply of and demand for, skilled workers could slow productivity and stall economic growth. More >>
2013 results encouraging for Industry Training Organisations
Tuesday, 12 August 2014, 3:47 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
More trainees are successfully completing qualifications, and Industry Training Organisations can be proud, says Industry Training Federation Chief Executive Mark Oldershaw. More >>
Creative pathway increases opportunities for young people
Tuesday, 1 July 2014, 9:55 am | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
Adding ‘Creative Industries’ as a Vocational Pathway will increase opportunities for young people if industry, schools and education providers get involved, says the Industry Training Federation. “Creative Industries is the sixth vocational ... More >>
Apprenticeship Reboot Extension Appropriate
Wednesday, 7 May 2014, 11:08 am | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The Industry Training Federation believes the Government’s announcement today to extend the reboot subsidy for eligible apprentices and trainees by another 6,000 places is appropriate. More >>
Industry Training Act Passes, But Opportunities Lost
Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 10:34 am | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
At the end of the Government-initiated Industry Training Review, Parliament today passed the Industry Training and Apprenticeship Amendment Act, which updated the previous Industry Training Act. The Industry Training Federation Chief Executive ... More >>
Tertiary Strategy needs industry support
Friday, 14 March 2014, 4:02 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
14 March 2014 Industry must have a bigger role to achieve the government’s tertiary education priority to ‘deliver skills for industry’, says the Industry Training Federation. “The Tertiary Education Strategy, released last week, is refreshing,” ... More >>
Apprenticeship Reboot Announcement Timely
Wednesday, 18 December 2013, 5:22 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The Industry Training Federation welcomes the Government’s announcement today to extend the reboot subsidy for eligible apprentices and trainees by another 4,000 places. More >>
NZ Qualifications Forum
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 3:28 pm | Industry Training Federation of New Zealand
The Industry Training Federation is proud to convene the fifth annual NZ Qualifications Forum. More >>
