Education & TrainingTertiary 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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