Become an apprentice
If you're an employer, you can get financial support to hold onto your existing apprentices and to take on new ones.
The Apprenticeship Boost scheme will help you strengthen your business and get someone into a job. Apprentices can be an important part of your business and potential future leaders in your industry.
We may be able to help you find a suitable person to hire who will be a great fit for your business.
Find an apprentice
Hiring apprentices and training your staff kaimahi makes your business more efficient and profitable. For the future of New Zealand, it's also critical you pass on your valuable knowledge to the next generation.
Learn how to hire an apprentice
You're working in a BCITO trade right now and your employer has agreed to train you. It's easy to get everything set up.
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Being made redundant just before the birth of your first child makes for an incredibly stressful time. Yet new BCITO apprentice Stephen Rolfe now can’t believe his luck.
BCITO apprentice Krishanee Tamou’s journey into the world of exterior plastering is a tale of embracing new challenges and breaking stereotypes.
James Turner heard about BCITO’s Apprentice Lounge for Timber Joinery apprentices through his BCITO Training Advisor Damien. Keen to meet more new tradies like himself, he signed up straight away.
If you're an aspiring apprentice, employer or educator, contact us today to find out how we can help.
0800 4 BCITO
+64 4 381 6430
info@bcito.org.nz
Level 5, 234 Wakefield Street
PO Box 2615
Wellington 6140