NZQA stories
Project Fetu pilot in Otago boosts digital skills for Pacific and rural workers, offering community-based training amid regional manufacturing job cuts.
A formal certificate aims to cut injuries in New Zealand construction, where the sector still records one of the highest claim rates.
A new qualification could ease labour shortages in hydraulics and pneumatics by giving workers a recognised career path in New Zealand.
A long-standing skills gap in hydraulics and pneumatics is easing as the first NZQA-approved fluid power qualification opens new career paths in New Zealand.
Job-seekers can now gain entry-level trade skills in months as BCITO and Waihanga Ara Rau roll out five new construction micro-credentials.
Road contractors face new duties as New Zealand shifts temporary traffic management from compliance rules to risk-based controls.
Falls from ladders and roofs are costing New Zealand about $24 million a year, prompting a first-of-its-kind VR training package.
NZQA introduces online marking system for NCEA exams, with 14 subjects going online this year and more in 2020. Students support move to digital assessment.
Construction workers can now earn a nationally recognised health and safety qualification by completing 40 Site Safe programme credits.
Driver shortages may ease if more women are recruited, as new training courses attract female students and boost industry retention.
Sixteen scholarship recipients will gain a nationally recognised qualification, boosting construction safety skills across New Zealand’s workforce.
Free scholarships are open to workers from member and non-member firms, with five categories covering under-25s, Māori, Pasifika and women.
Female enrolments at Manukau Institute of Technology’s new transport course are helping tackle a driver shortage that has hit freight operators hard.
More than 600 apprentices will receive standardised first aid and CPR training under a nationwide deal, boosting industry competency.
Workers face a 4 April deadline to complete asbestos training, as only accredited providers will have their courses recognised by WorkSafe.
Workers handling asbestos will need new training units from 4 April 2018, as New Zealand tightens rules to cut exposure risks.
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) has withdrawn the registration of Linguis International Institute, a private training establishment.
Potential course fees of up to GBP £1,500 loom as WorkSafe consults on training rules for asbestos removal workers.
The Government will create eight Industry Skills Boards, allocating creative and IT sectors like game development and AI to ISBs, not NZQA as initially planned.
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