Tag: apprenticeships
AUT to launch unique engineering course
AUT is to launch a new major next year aimed at combating a significant shortage in New Zealand.
The Building Engineering major will be available...
#BuildAKL matching young Auckland job seekers with construction and infrastructure jobs
An exciting new interactive social media campaign, #BuildAKL, was launched in September with the aim of getting more than 4000 young people into Auckland’s...
Solid planning tools essential for industry future
New Zealand is currently in one of the longest and strongest periods of growth in residential construction in our history.
The challenges inherent in delivering...
NZ could look at overseas skills mindset
First, some cliches. The working world is changing fast. Technology is accelerating the pace of change and today’s jobs aren’t the same as yesterday’s.
Whether...
It’s proven — it pays to train!
BCITO research proves that training apprentices generates profit by conducting an in-depth research project that showed that for every $1 spent on training a...
Learn the tools — AND the business
Being a tradesman — although I haven’t lifted a hammer in anger for quite some time now — I can still remember back to...
Senior school students offered great opportunities through Gateway
Gateway is a programme funded by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) that enables secondary school students to experience real workplaces.
Students gain work experience in...
Q & A: Some handy hints for construction sector graduates
Q: How do new graduates become aware of, or join, graduate programmes, and keep up to date with the latest graduate opportunities in the...
Hawkins’ learning journey — workforce diversification in the real world
Hawkins is New Zealand’s largest privately-owned construction and infrastructure business, employing 750 people, with a projected revenue for 2016-17 of close to $1 billion.
The...
Boom-bust strategies vital to keep apprentices
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