Got a Trade Week: learning about a career in journalism
On 26 August, the New Zealand Herald opened their doors to a group of aspiring journalists as part of the national Got a Trade Week. The...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/got-a-trade-week-learning-about-a-career-in-journalism/Applications open for the National Diploma in Print Industry Management (Level 5) Scholarship
Looking to take your print and packaging training to the next level? Applications are now open for the Competenz Scholarship towards the National Diploma in Print...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/applications-open-for-the-national-diploma-in-print-industry-management-level-5-scholarship/Rotorua student's determination and drive to succeed
For Rotorua Lakes High School Year 12 student Chas Taingahue, giving up on his dream of working in the forestry industry wasn’t an option. As part...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/rotorua-students-determination-and-drive-to-succeed/Earn while you learn is key for fabrication apprentice
Twenty-three-year-old Christopher Ross isn’t shy of seizing an opportunity when he sees one. The fabrication apprentice is six months away from completing his apprenticeship at Stafford...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/earn-while-you-learn-is-key-for-fabrication-apprentice/Door-knocking opens path to engineering career
For 19-year-old Fraser Crossan working in the engineering industry is the pathway to his dream career. A fitting and machining apprentice at Stafford Engineering Ltd in...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/door-knocking-opens-path-to-engineering-career/Preparing students for successful forestry careers: expanded forestry Gateway programme
An expanded Gateway programme of structured work placements will replace the forestry trade academy from 1 January 2016, as industry training organisation Competenz moves to make...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/preparing-students-for-successful-forestry-careers-expanded-forestry-gateway-programme/Getting the best from a baking apprenticeship
As a former baking apprentice himself, Kevin Gilbert, owner of Dunedin specialty bakery Gilbert’s Fine Food with his wife Esther, remembers what it’s like to be...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/getting-the-best-from-a-baking-apprenticeship/Getting the best from a forestry apprenticeship
New Zealand’s forests offer some of the country’s most scenic workplaces and a training ground which provides unique challenges. However, as the experience of Nelson-based Mechanised...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/getting-the-best-from-a-forestry-apprenticeship/Getting the best from an engineering apprenticeship
The experience of small Auckland engineering workshop Designsteel in employing and training a sole apprentice is an encouraging one for a country of small businesses.“Our last...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/getting-the-best-from-an-engineering-apprenticeship/Getting the best from a plastics apprenticeship
If you’re a company, small or large, that wants to train an apprentice but can’t justify a dedicated human resources or training team, take heart. According...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/getting-the-best-from-a-plastics-apprenticeship/
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