Grow your business: Getting the right people
As the New Zealand construction industry gains momentum, many builders are looking to the future, and expanding their teams. There’s already a skills shortage,...
Building a clear path to the future
The end of the school year is looming and, in the current environment, builders are feeling much more confident about the future.
The construction industry...
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...
Building industry in dire need of 5000 more apprentices
The construction industry is still woefully short of building apprentices despite a massive 55% increase in new apprenticeship sign-ups in 2013, according to the...
Celebrating industries’ finest apprentices and leaders of the future
June has been a whirlwind month of celebrations for BCITO’s newest business group — Specialist Trades. Apprentice awards in all industries covered by the...
BCITO thrilled with NZQA’s recognition of micro-credentials
The Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) was pleased to be involved with the Government’s recent announcement to recognise micro-credentials within New Zealand’s...
BCITO joining Te Pukenga whanau in October
BCITO chief executive Toby Beaglehole outlines the transfer of BCITO functions and training to Te Pukenga, which is the merger of the 16 Institutes...
BCITO CEO Warwick Quinn: Truly unprecedented times
BCITO chief executive Warwick Quinn says the Government needs to be congratulated on the unprecedented investment in trades training — but challenges loom in...
Celebrating NZ’s top performing BCITO apprentices
Winter may bring chilly and wet weather, but a big highlight for the BCITO is that it’s also a season of celebration...
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...