Tag: apprenticeships
Goulden’s legacy — training more than 40 tradies and counting
Martin Goulden, owner of Wellington-based Martin Goulden Building, will celebrate 50 years in the building industry in 2027. Over that time, his business has...
Improve your business and apprentices with a BCITO Building Capability Grant
To celebrate applications opening for this year’s BCITO Building Capability Grants, Building Today spoke with one of last year’s recipients, Jennian Homes Wellington managing...
A vocational education system fit for the future
Meeting a large skills shortage is no mean feat, but in challenge lies opportunity. Enter the Reform of Vocational Education (RoVE) — the biggest...
Building skills for the future — still a long way to go to meet...
The number of Kiwis taking up construction apprenticeships has reached record high numbers, but Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation chief executive Warwick Quinn...
Drainlayer tradies graduating with better prospects than ever
Forty-two apprentice plumbers, electricians, gasfitters and drainlayers graduated at the Apprenticeship Training Trust (ATT) awards held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum recently.
Apprentices from...
Wintec trades students get chance to beautify Hamilton’s Ward Street car park
Ward Street in Hamilton has had a makeover via some new additions to Wintec’s student car park, with 24 planter boxes filled with greenery...
Back In Time
20 years ago — December 1998:
• A decision by the BCITO to abandon polytechnic training for its apprentices and trainees would not adversely affect...
Quiet achiever reaches his goal
A building site is a noisy workplace, but not for Mark Siviter at Licensed Renovations in Auckland.
Recently qualified carpenter Mark has hearing loss, but...
New ATT chief executive appointed
The Apprenticeship Training Trust (ATT) has appointed Michael Blanchard as chief executive officer.
“We are very pleased to have Michael now leading ATT,” ATT chairman...
BCITO: Diversity the key to construction success
Women make up just 2.6% of workers “on the tools” in New Zealand’s construction sector, and the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO)...