Education & Training

Tertiary Education Commission

The Tertiary Education Commission is responsible for a number of major training initiatives:

• Training Opportunities Programmes - to help people who have limited qualifications or skills to gain more independence
• Work Based Learning - with a specific focus on practical work skills involving placement with an employer.
• Modern Apprenticeship Scheme
• Skill Enhancement - for Maori and Pacific Island people to achieve qualifications and improve employment prospects

All training providers are registered as Private Training Establishments with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

Link: http://www.tec.govt.nz

Manukau Institute of Technology

The Manukau Institute of Technology is a national educational institution with a strong regional base and a developing international profile. In 1996 it formed a strategic alliance with the University of Auckland to benefits the students of both institutions.

The Institute has 800 staff, more than 8,000 full-time and 16,000 part-time students.

Other features:

• Centre for art and design
• One of the five largest computer networks in New Zealand
• The broadest range of engineering courses in New Zealand
• One of the largest office systems departments in New Zealand
• National CAD/CAM and plastics centres
• New Zealand 's maritime training school

Link: http://www.manukau.ac.nz

Apprenticeship Training

Apprentice Training New Zealand (ATNZ) is a charitable trust which has the objective of increasing the number of skilled apprentices, the quality of trained employees available to industry and the quality of training in our industries by:

• Making it easier for companies to take on an apprentice.
• Helping every apprentice to become a qualified tradesperson.
• Promoting apprenticeship career paths to secondary school students.
• Promoting clusters of companies that will rotate apprentices.

Link: http://www.atnz.org.nz

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