Previous years
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About the course
| 2020 | |
| December 2020 | WDC Order in Council Consultation. The Order in Council process is what is required to stand up the Workforce Development Councils as Crown-owned entities. |
| August 2020 | The Education and Training Act 2020 comes into effect. |
| July 2020 | Interim Regional Skills Leadership Groups established |
| June 2020 | Interim Establishment Boards for Workforce Development Councils appointed |
| April 2020 | The 16 Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) become subsidiary companies to Te Pūkenga (New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology) Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) become Transitional Industry Training Organisations (TITO’s) |
| 2019 | |
| December 2019 | After consultation on the number of Workforce Development Councils, Education Minister, Chris Hipkins, announced that there will be six industry-led Workforce Development Councils. |
| August 2019 | After a period of consultation, the reforms were committed to proceed |
| February 2019 | Announcement of reforms |
About the provider
As the
largest Industry Training Organisation in the country Skills works across 23
different industries from plumbing, and electrical through to scaffolding, real
estate and more. We act as a broker between industry, government and training
providers, to develop standard setting qualifications, that will help develop
the leaders of tomorrow.
For more than 25 years, we’ve been helping train up the next generation of tradies and professionals. We work with industries to ensure that qualifications provide trainees with the right skills at the right time.