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Skills Active
Active careers through on-job qualifications
Skills Active Aotearoa is the industry training organisation for the sport, community recreation, exercise, snowsport, outdoor recreation and performing arts industries.
We develop world-class on-job qualifications that provide passionate people with the opportunity to upskill, and enjoy thriving careers in our industries.
Our industries positively impact the wellbeing of New Zealanders. A strong industry depends on a skilled workforce, and our goal is to fuel the fire within workplaces to develop these skilled workers, who will add value to these vital industries.
Skills Active - Latest News [Page 1]
Te Mahi Ako And SCTNZ Join Forces To Address New Zealand’s Swim Teacher Shortage
Friday, 1 March 2024, 12:43 pm | Skills Active
In the face of a 15-20% shortfall in swim teachers nationwide, the demand for swimming lessons continues to surge, exacerbating concerns for water safety. With just over 1,000 swim teachers, the need for an additional 200 teachers has become pressing. ... More >>
Work-based Learning Graduates Celebrate The Achievements Of 2022
Friday, 3 February 2023, 11:53 am | Skills Active
Whakamihi nui ki a koutou to all our work-based learners who completed their qualifications in te ahumahi ā-rēhia in 2022. E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga maha, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātau katoa. Nau mai haere mai, piki mai rā ... More >>
Get The Lowdown On Te Ahumahi Ā-rēhia Jobs With Te Mahi Ako Career Maps
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 1:03 pm | Skills Active
Did you know that lift operators sometimes turn into bungy operators over the summer? Or that lifeguards often add swim teaching and aqua fitness to their repertoire? The updated Te Mahi Ako career pathway maps are spilling the secrets on all the rewarding ... More >>
Dr Sian Clancy Has Joined Te Mahi Ako As General Manager Of Education
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 9:05 pm | Skills Active
Dr Clancy comes to Te Mahi Ako from Drug Free Sport New Zealand, where she was General Manager Athlete Services. Based in Auckland, Dr Clancy is a passionate advocate of active recreation, and was a netball coach, player and educator with Netball New ... More >>
Exercise Advocates Recognised With Te Mahi Ako Awards At The Fitness Industry’s Big Night
Friday, 9 December 2022, 8:53 am | Skills Active
Tony McMahon and Community Leisure Management Richmond were recognised for their efforts to champion skills and education in the fitness sector, with Te Mahi Ako exercise awards. These awards were presented at last week’s Exercise Industry Awards ... More >>
An Independent Work-based Learning Provider Is Launched: Te Mahi Ako Gets Underway
Monday, 3 October 2022, 10:45 am | Skills Active
Today Skills Active Aotearoa group officially launched its new tertiary education organisation, Te Mahi Ako, with a karakia in Wellington. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2210/517466754f03b7c32506.jpeg" width="720" height="720"> “After two years of hard work, ... More >>
Newly Established Skills Active Te Mahi Ako To Take Over Work-based Learning
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 4:38 pm | Skills Active
The TEC Board has agreed in principle to Skills Active Aotearoa's plan to transition to its work-based learning services to Skills Active Te Mahi Ako. The Board recognises that, as an aspiring private training establishment, Skills Active ... More >>
Skills Active Announces Covid Protection Measures In Line With The Traffic Light System
Thursday, 6 January 2022, 6:34 pm | Skills Active
Following the transition to the Covid Protection Framework (CPF), commonly referred to as the “traffic light system”, Skills Active has been developing its response to this change in line with a long-term strategy of maintaining a clear, consistent ... More >>
Building A Career In Events From The Ground Up
Thursday, 16 December 2021, 8:35 am | Skills Active
Perched 90 feet in the air, looking down at a race track that she was helping to transform into the biggest music festival in North America, Genevieve Poppe was soaring to new heights in her career – one she had only stumbled into by chance. <img ... More >>
Waimakariri Swim Educator Named 2021 Skills Active Aotearoa Apprentice Of The Year
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 8:42 am | Skills Active
No matter how experienced or how good you are, you can always keep learning and progressing. After teaching swimming for more than a decade, Ali Gills still gets inspired by seeing learners of all ages progress in the water. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2112/7d7c68abd2de27362441.jpeg" ... More >>
Porirua Prefect And Rugby Player Named Skills Active 2021 Māori Sports Scholar
Monday, 6 December 2021, 11:33 am | Skills Active
Talented high school athlete and aspiring engineering student Cody Lokotui has been awarded the Skills Active Māori Sports Scholarship for 2021. Cody, of Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kurī, Te Aupōuri and Ngai Tahu descent, is currently in his final year at ... More >>
Meet The Senior Assessor Mentor: Kat Reweti-Russell
Monday, 1 November 2021, 9:19 am | Skills Active
Kat Reweti-Russell spent 18 months working at Skills Active Aotearoa, but her career as a Skills Active assessor has been much longer than that - and now she is helping others to become great assessors as well. Kat (Te Atihanunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti ... More >>
Yogi Apprentices Helping To Heal Hurting Bodies Through The Power Of Movement And Breath
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 9:29 am | Skills Active
Working with people as they find their ‘aha’ moments is what keeps Rebecca Harford coming into work every day. Rebecca and her husband Jeremy are the co-owners of Adapted Yoga and Pilates, a unique Christchurch-based studio with a mission to help everyone ... More >>
People-watching With A Purpose At The Rotorua Aquatic Centre
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 9:49 am | Skills Active
You spend so many hours at work, it helps if you enjoy it. That’s how Rotorua Aquatic Centre facility manager Leah Burgess sees it, and that philosophy is what drives the award-winning training and mentoring that her staff receive. Leah describes ... More >>
Personal and professional growth through Martial Arts
Monday, 6 September 2021, 9:06 am | Skills Active
Jesse Puata was “a bit of a mongrel of a kid” when Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) planted a seed that grew his life into a different shape, and harnessed his abilities on and off the mat. Jesse started training in BJJ, with his father, at the age ... More >>
Skills Active growing its workforce to expand pastoral care for apprentices and trainees
Friday, 3 September 2021, 10:50 am | Skills Active
Skills Active is excited to announce new hires and new roles that will grow and enhance the top-notch support it provides to learners and clients. “Our field-based team of learning support advisors is going at full-steam, with four recent hires ... More >>
New qualifications round out an industry training pathway
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 10:11 am | Skills Active
Skills Active Aotearoa has launched two new on-job qualifications for the professionals working to bring active recreation to life in Kiwi communities. More >>
Stratford swim school setting up apprentices for success
Monday, 23 August 2021, 9:46 am | Skills Active
Flyers Swim School owner Aimee Woodhead is driven by helping her community to thrive. It’s that same love of seeing people succeed that prompted Aimee to support her staff to enrol in swim education apprenticeships with Skills Active. More >>
Moulding amazing swim teachers at MAC’s swim school
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 1:10 pm | Skills Active
The magic loop of formal on-job training is that when a business upskills its staff, the staff then upskill the business, says McMillan’s Aquatic Centre (MAC’s) swim school owner and experienced workplace trainer Karen McMillan. Karen has been ... More >>
Supporting Industry And Facing The Future: Skills Active Reflects On 2020 In Its Annual Report
Friday, 9 July 2021, 1:46 pm | Skills Active
Skills Active has released its 2020 annual report, detailing a year in which its industries showed their true colours, demonstrating incredible resilience and tenacity in the face of the huge challenges that Covid-19 threw at us all. View the annual ... More >>
