Schnell rockets to the top!
Dane Schnell’s impressive judges interview and rocket ship creation blasts him ahead of rival finalists.
Twenty-three-year-old Dane Schnell has taken out the title of Registered...
Outward Bound experience lives on for scholarship winner
Six months on from his Outward Bound experience, and Tyrone Parson, winner of a BCITO Specialist Trades Outward Bound Scholarship, is still reaping the...
More Pasifika tradies called for
The Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) is calling for more Pasifika learners to start their apprenticeships.
Despite reasonably high numbers of Pasifika labourers...
Solid Plastering Master Class a huge success
It took 18 months of planning but thanks to the help of some key sponsors the BCITO was able to hold a Solid Plastering...
BCITO and Site Safe working together for a safer workplace
It’s a well-known fact — the construction industry in New Zealand can be a pretty dangerous place to work. But we all know it...
Industry leadership and the skills dilemma
There is no doubt that the construction industry is still in a deep recession, with dwelling consent figures for one of the quarters of...
Rotorua Boys’ High School — kings of national building challenge
Rotorua Boys’ High School has been named the Supreme Winner of the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) Build-Ability Challenge, winning all three...
New apprentices hard to find!*
Over the past few years, the number of apprentices in the New Zealand construction industry has decreased to nearly half of what it was...
Setting the standard in concrete
This has a compulsory core that recognises the core skills and knowledge of precast manufacture, including testing, mould manufacture and fabrication, cutting and drilling,...
Workplace Assessors Training programmes crucial in continuing education
If you are involved in training or want to get involved in training an apprentice then completing the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation’s...