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29 August 2016

The New Zealand Certificates in Manufacturing are now available

Manufacturing businesses across the country will now be able to effectively handle operational issues and coordinate manufacturing operations through the New Zealand Certificates in Manufacturing qualifications launched this month.

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24 August 2016

Taupo print graduate building his career in local print shop

Print graduate Andrew Jenkins was a shy kid growing up.

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22 August 2016

Got a Trade? Got it Made! Week is here!

Got A Trade Week is back for 2016. The national campaign to raise awareness of on-the-job training and careers in New Zealand’s trades and services is returning 22-26 August.

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22 August 2016

Stock car champion on the road to career success

When 19-year-old Rebecca Barr isn’t racing stock cars at the International Speedway in Palmerston North with her father, she’s working with the team at Excel Refrigeration & Air Conditioning in...

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19 August 2016

Nelson baker continuing family trade

For baking graduate Matthew Watson, becoming a baker is in his blood.

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17 August 2016

Unexpected career inspires print graduate to become award-winning success

Working in the print industry was an unexpected career for Sione Taueli Tonga, but he knew immediately that this was where he wanted to be.

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17 August 2016

A career change leads signmaking apprentice onto creative career pathway

Signmaking apprentice Louisa Jessop had to Google ‘signmaking’ when she found a job on Seek that caught her interest.

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16 August 2016

Butchery apprenticeship opening doors for young apprentice

Nick Buist started in the butchery industry with a part-time job after school.

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16 August 2016

Plastics graduate’s hobby turns into his career

Ben Ellis decided early on he wanted do an apprenticeship; it was just a matter of which industry he wanted to train in.

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15 August 2016

Stuart Tolhurst Apprentice Trophy winner shares passion for engineering with her family

Before engineering, 24-year-old Marlane Harmer had multiple part-time jobs in hospitality before starting a mechanical engineering apprenticeship at Ravensdown Fertilisers, Napier.

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