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Upskill required to meet demand
TANZ eCampus has formed a sector collaboration to deliver training to cadets in the workplace. Leveraging BCITO, ITP & TANZ eCampus expertise, from October 2019 TANZ eCampus will offer the NZ Diploma in Construction (Level 6).
ITOs to lose control of on-the-job training when apprenticeships are at record highs
Today the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) expressed disappointment that the Government’s long-awaited decision on the Reform of Vocational Education removes industry control for on-job learning.
BCITO reinvents school engagement
BCITO is focussed on getting in front of New Zealand’s young people at the right time, in the right place.
Hangin' with apprentices
Adriana Milne, BCITO Business Development Coordinator, briefly visited BCITO apprentices at their Outward Bound course and tells us about the experience of being a guest on a short "invitational" two-day visit. Here's her story.
Knocking Outward Bound off the bucket list
BCITO Frame & Truss National Advisory Group member Andrew McLachlan, from Placemakers in Wiri, willingly took up the opportunity to attend a two-day invitational at Outward Bound in Anakiwa.
New Zealand’s best residential and commercial interiors announced
The Association of Wall and Ceiling Industries (AWCI) announced the winners of their annual Awards of Excellence for 2019 at a Gala Dinner on 15 June in Christchurch.
D & R Decorating
Sofie Graf-Russell, Sonja Kahila, and Katrin Wehr have a lot in common: they are all loving life having started new careers as painting and decorating apprentices.
Tiakitai seeks the treasure
One of this year’s contestants on TVNZ One's Design Junkies is Tiakitai Haronga, BCITO carpentry apprentice of Argyll Building in Hawke’s Bay.
Learn from Lindsay
When Lindsay Gagen took up a labourers job with a bricklayer 43 years ago, he never thought it was going to lead to a career in the industry.
A-plus night for AAJ apprentices
A-plus night for AAJ apprentices