Got a Trade Week: learning about a career in winemaking
Touring the West Auckland plant of award-winning winemaker Matua Valley Wines during national Got a Trade Week proved a good way for students like Ruhia Henare-Samuels...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/got-a-trade-week-learning-about-a-career-in-winemaking/Getting school leavers interested in the HVAC&R industries
Getting more young people interested in a career in the refrigeration, heating and air conditioning industries (HVAC&R) was one of the topics discussed at the Institute...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/getting-school-leavers-interested-in-the-hvac-and-r-industries/Getting the best from an investment in an apprenticeship
If you’re a small firm wanting to train an apprentice and can’t justify a dedicated human resources or training team, take heart. According to Darren Davis,...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/getting-the-best-from-an-investment-in-an-apprenticeship/Workplace training leads to refrigeration career for Daniel Jordan
Thirty-five-year-old Daniel Jordan likes a challenge. A service technician at Judd Refrigeration Ltd in Palmerston North, Daniel completed his second apprenticeship at the end of last...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/workplace-training-leads-to-refrigeration-career-for-daniel-jordan/Encouraging more young people into a career in steel construction
Members of the steel construction industry, teachers and career advisors gathered this week at the SteelCon Careers Update 2015 at the Aotea Centre, Auckland.The main focus...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/encouraging-more-young-people-into-a-career-in-steel-construction/Hon Steven Joyce: “Training shows you what you can achieve”
Celebrating the achievements of 25 competitive manufacturing graduates at the Auckland plant of industrial coating supplier PPG was ‘the fun part of the job’ for Minister...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/hon-steven-joyce-training-shows-you-what-you-can-achieve/Got a Trade Week officially opened by aspiring auto mechanic
Last month, the first annual GOT A TRADE WEEK was opened at GridAKL by aspiring auto mechanic Krystal Witika – a 16-year old student from Auckland...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/got-a-trade-week-officially-opened-by-aspiring-auto-mechanic/Congratulations to New Zealand's top butchery apprentice!
Congratulations to Competenz butchery apprentice Hohepa Smith from Countdown Meat and Livestock who yesterday took out first place in the Competenz Butcher Apprentice of the Year...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/congratulations-to-new-zealands-top-butchery-apprentice/Māori and Pasifika students keen for careers in engineering and air conditioning
Competenz recently hosted students from Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) and Unitec Institute of Technology (Unitec) as part of the Māori and Pasifika Trades Training Initiative.At...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/maori-and-pasifika-students-keen-for-careers-in-engineering-and-air-conditioning/Providing training opportunities for the New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence College (NZDC) has recently signed a three-year agreement for Competenz to provide training programmes that meet the needs of the New Zealand...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/providing-training-opportunities-for-the-new-zealand-defence-force/
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