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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 3]
Acknowledging the departure of a highly-respected leader
Friday, 24 January 2020, 1:10 pm | Skills Active
After nearly 10 years as chief executive of Skills Active Aotearoa, Dr Grant Davidson will be leaving in February 2020. More >>
Skills Active appoints an acting chief executive
Wednesday, 15 January 2020, 10:23 am | Skills Active
Bentham commences his role effective Tuesday 14 January, on a three-month fixed term. He brings considerable senior leadership experience combined with deep educational knowledge. More >>
Skills Active applauds decision on WDCs
Tuesday, 17 December 2019, 12:51 pm | Skills Active
The Education Minister today announced the new Workforce Development Councils, which will take over the skills leadership role of the industry training organisations (ITOs), including Skills Active. More >>
Looking inwards and outwards at National Outdoors Hui
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 11:02 am | Skills Active
A one-day event for collaboration and conversation among outdoor recreationalists, hosted by Skills Active Aotearoa, has generated plenty of energy for positive change. More >>
Nelson boxing gym a powerhouse of positive change
Monday, 25 November 2019, 11:37 am | Skills Active
Nelson’s Victory Boxing reaches out to people from all walks of life, but the heart of the organisation is its youth programme – and now that programme is in the spotlight in a brand new video from Skills Active Aotearoa. More >>
Gov failure to listen destroys Māori vocational training
Friday, 21 June 2019, 4:04 pm | Skills Active
On the eve of a Cabinet paper recommending radical and controversial changes to the polytech and on-the-job training sector, leaders representing the sector have accused the government of “thumbing its nose” at the interests of over a hundred ... More >>
Vocational reform threatens Māori education taonga
Saturday, 20 April 2019, 12:08 pm | Skills Active
A contemporary Treaty of Waitangi claim filed on Thursday is further evidence of growing opposition to the government’s proposed Reform of Vocational Education, according to Skills Active Board member Des Ratima, who lodged the claim at the Waitangi ... More >>
Skills Active gets the ball rolling on judicial review
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 8:55 pm | Skills Active
Skills Active chief executive Grant Davidson went to the Wellington High Court on Monday to file an application for a judicial review of the insufficient consultation period for vocational reform. More >>
ITO model is working for our Māori learners: Skills Active
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 10:21 am | Skills Active
Skills Active Aotearoa is dumbfounded at claims from a representative of the polytech sector that a high level of Māori achievement in industry training can be replicated under the proposed mega-polytech. More >>
Skills Active Aotearoa applies for a judicial review
Friday, 12 April 2019, 6:57 pm | Skills Active
Skills Active Aotearoa, the industry training organisation for sport, recreation and performing arts, has instructed its lawyers to file an application for a Judicial Review challenging the rushed and disrespectful seven-week consultation period for ... More >>
Skills Active submission on vocational
Thursday, 11 April 2019, 3:44 pm | Skills Active
In a detailed submission on the Reform of Vocational Education, Skills Active Aotearoa has outlined its vision of a strong, unified on-job training system that serves more employers and learners. More >>
Skills Active considers Judicial Review
Friday, 22 March 2019, 2:45 pm | Skills Active
Skills Active Aotearoa, the industry training organisation (ITO) for sport, exercise, recreation and performing arts is considering a Judicial Review to force the Minister of Education to extend the consultation process for the Reform of Vocational Education ... More >>
New qualification to upskill talented technicians
Friday, 22 March 2019, 10:23 am | Skills Active
The technical experts who create magical performances and events have a new qualification to harness their skills, through Skills Active Aotearoa, the industry training organisation for the performing arts. More >>
Extension to Reform of Vocational Education labelled paltry
Wednesday, 20 March 2019, 3:24 pm | Skills Active
The Chair of Skills Active Aotearoa, the ITO for sport, exercise, recreation and the performing arts, has described the one-week extension for submissions on the Reform of Vocational Education as “paltry”. More >>
ITO chair issues wake-up call to protect training for Maori
Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 5:25 pm | Skills Active
ITO chair issues “wake-up call” to protect on the job training for Māori More >>
Vocational education reform: Keep the baby, change the bath
Tuesday, 26 February 2019, 10:12 am | Skills Active
There are better options for tertiary education reform, says Skills Active Aotearoa CEO Dr Grant Davidson. More >>
Driven by a vision of better health for Pasifika people
Thursday, 21 February 2019, 9:50 am | Skills Active
Latu To’omaga had a career teaching group fitness in some of New Zealand’s biggest gyms – but he didn’t see many Pasifika faces looking back at him in his classes. More >>
To dismantle a thriving ITO sector is illogical
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 12:21 pm | Skills Active
Skills Active Aotearoa, the ITO for sport, recreation and performing arts, applauds the Education Minister’s decision to make a much-needed step-change to stem the flow of money into supporting the failing polytechnic network in New Zealand, says ... More >>
Surfing success named Skills Active Māori sport scholar
Thursday, 29 November 2018, 12:09 pm | Skills Active
Surfer Raiha Ensor, of Te Whānau a Apanui, Tainui, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāi Tuhoe, has been awarded the Skills Active Māori Sport Scholarship. More >>
Skills Active winners announced
Monday, 26 November 2018, 12:07 pm | Skills Active
Skills Active has recognised some of its star performers in the world of fitness, at the New Zealand Exercise Industry Awards in Auckland, hosted by Exercise NZ. More >>
