There’s never been a better time to train your workforce! With free fees on all apprenticeships and targeted traineeships, as well as Apprenticeship Boost wage subsidies, employers are being given a golden opportunity to address skills shortages.
To scale your business, aligning workforce skills with strategic direction is important. We recommend training solutions to suit your workforce and strategic direction.
Most companies provide onboarding and compliance training. There are even more benefits to adopting a workforce development approach:
The first step in determining what sort of training programme you should run is a skills competency assessment
We've prepared a simple skills assessment questionnaire to help employers get started.
Depending on the number of staff you employ, it may be necessary to connect with one of our Industry Training advisors to help develop your training solution.
No two businesses are the same. We uncover your business needs, look at your processes and technology, the standards your customers might demand and determine, and the skills your employees require.
We will match your workplace competencies to nationally-recognised standards and qualifications, provide access to literacy and numeracy support where needed, and develop flexible learning pathways that translate into tailored and detailed training plans.
We will help you with your in-house training processes or to establish a relationship with the best training provider for your needs, should one be required.
We provide an experienced account manager located in your region to handle the arrangements and track the progress of your staff in training.
All apprenticeships in our 37 sectors are fees-free. There are four separate funds that have been set up to help employers train apprentices and staff.
This is a wage subsidy for employers of new and currently enrolled, first and second-year apprentices.
Apprenticeship Boost has been available from August 2020 and runs for 20 months.
An employer of an apprentice who is in the first year of their apprenticeship will be eligible for $1,000 per month, and the employer of an apprentice in their second year is eligible for $500 per month for a maximum period of 20 months. This is administered by Work and Income, here are detailed instructions on how to apply .
Competenz apprenticeships are fees free from 01 July 2020 to December 31 2022, for all currently enrolled and new apprentices. This includes resources, block courses, night classes, study groups and eLearning fees.
The fund also covers level 3 to 7 New Zealand Certificate targeted traineeships and micro-credentials in these sectors:
The fund also covers level 2 New Zealand Certificate targeted traineeships in these sectors:
This is a wage subsidy and other pastoral care for employers of new and currently enrolled, first and second-year apprentices through Work and Income’s Mana in Mahi scheme. The wage subsidy will be increased up to $16,000 for the first year and up to $8,000 for a second year. This is administered by Work and Income.
Under the provincial growth fund, this is a wage subsidy and additional business support of up to $40,000 per apprentice. The scheme will initially focus on displaced workers, and Māori and Pasifika. This is administered by Work and Income.
Here are some practical steps to bring on an apprentice into your company.
If you have an existing staff member you want to train as an apprentice, fill out this form and one of our industry training advisors will help with setting up the learner contract, necessary applications to enrol in the right learning programme and funding arrangements.
If you're interested in hiring an apprentice, fill out the job profile, and we'll advertise the role to our database of people interested in an apprenticeship in your area.
Apprenticeships and traineeships deliver most of the training on-the-job. Some training in certain apprenticeships is provided off-site, and this is organised with significant advance notice. Typically staff are away for 2 - 3 weeks.
Our training advisors have regular 3-monthly check-ins with apprentices. They also check in with the trainers and participate in assessing an apprentice's training to ensure that skills development is progressing at the desired pace.
Still have questions or want more specific advice. Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions which is updated frequently. If you can't find an answer, please contact us using the form on the bottom right. We are currently experiencing high demand, so answers typically take two business days.
