December 17th, 2019
Confirmation of Workforce Development Councils aligns with the future of work, says industry training chief
“The best possible news” is the reaction of Competenz, one of the country’s largest industry training organisations (ITOs) in the wake of today’s Education Minister Hon Chris Hipkins confirmation of...
December 16th, 2019
Competenz' learners win big at inaugural Hawke's Bay Forestry Awards
Competenz learners and contract staff were very well represented in the winners' list of the inaugural Hawke’s Bay Forestry Awards, taking home awards for Forestry Assessors of the Year, Apprentice...
November 29th, 2019
Manufacturing qualification launched to prefab industry
Competenz has partnered with PrefabNZ, BCITO and other key industry stakeholders to launch formalised qualifications and training pathways for the New Zealand prefabricated construction sector.
November 26th, 2019
Three kids and a trophy – busy apprentice wins national engineering award
Winner: Mechanical Engineering apprentice and Stuart Tolhurst Award winner Inia Te Wiata with his Competenz training advisor Allen Bryce.
November 18th, 2019
Competenz gets major funding boost for training
Industry training organisation (ITO) Competenz are thrilled to have secured a $300,000 grant from the Wood Industry Development and Education (WIDE) Trust, to increase and improve training opportunities across the...
November 08th, 2019
The facts about vocational education reform
by Fiona Kingsford, Competenz CEO, November 2019
October 16th, 2019
Rocket Man becomes a professor
Former Competenz engineering apprentice and space industry pioneer, Peter Beck has been appointed Adjunct Professor in Aerospace Engineering by the University of Auckland.
September 13th, 2019
Butchery Apprentice of the Year carving successful career path
Cherise Redden is only in her second year of her Competenz Butchery apprenticeship, but that hasn’t stopped her from taking out the 2019 Retail Meat New Zealand Apprentice of the...
September 08th, 2019
Apprentices have it all – work, earn, learn
The Competenz national ‘Got a Trade? Got it Made!’ campaign shows school leavers and other jobseekers they can ‘have it all’ by making the smart choice to take on an...
