Growing Skills
Creating a learning environment at work is an important part of developing team members at large Auckland landscape construction company...
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May 1, 20233 min read
New on-the-job learning!
New Amenity training programme has options galore for landscape gardeners Featuring more choice and developed with industry, Primary...
Jul 1, 20223 min read
A rewarding career
Zoë Taylor has found her happy place working in landscaping after 10 years in the workforce doing a range of jobs from processing and...
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Learning For Landscapers
With a booming industry, and 250 new landscaping apprentices on board, Primary ITO Sector Manager Mark Orr provides an update on course...
Jul 1, 20213 min read
Apprenticeship wage support extension
The Apprenticeship Boost wage support has been extended until August 2022, paying employers up to $16,000 per apprentice to employ or...
Dec 1, 20203 min read
Centres of Excellence
A new Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) in Hawke’s Bay aims to deliver an industry-led approach to vocational education for the...
Oct 1, 20204 min read
Whāia te iti Kahurangi Pursue excellence
Workplace assessors are an important part of the training cycle. They oversee the formal marking process and provide mentoring. They are...
Aug 1, 20204 min read
Free Trades Training
In June, the Government announced significant new financial support for training. Primary ITO explains why this means that there will...
Jun 1, 20202 min read
Lessons Learned in lockdown and beyond
At the beginning of 2020, the suggestion that many of us would be working from home for an extended period, keeping our distance from...
Mar 1, 20203 min read
Education reforms – build skills now
It’s now a year since the Government’s announcement on reforming vocational education – including the workplace training that is so...
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