14 December 2015
Otahuhu engineer wins Competenz Engineering Scholarship
Winning a 2015 Competenz Engineering Scholarship is helping Otahuhu-based toolmaker David Carron tackle the advanced engineering training that will add business skills to his technical expertise and support his move...
10 December 2015
Our Competenz Scholarship Winners
Offering scholarships to promote training at levels 5 and 6 helps encourage our learners to continue their training. It’s great to announce this year’s winners.
02 December 2015
Welcome Grant Alsop, our new account manager in the print, packing, signmaking, and journalism (PPSJ) team
The Competenz team welcomes our new account manager for the PPSJ team, Grant Alsop.
01 December 2015
Celebrating student achievement at Rangitoto College’s vocational awards
Last month Rangitoto College celebrated 60 students from Year 11 to Year 13 at their Technology Department Vocational Awards.
30 November 2015
Engineering apprentice always willing to go the extra mile
For 32-year-old James Hohaia, taking on an apprenticeship later in his career was challenge he couldn’t refuse.
26 November 2015
Celebrating learner success at TradeQual
Early this month, more than 350 people attended the annual TradeQual evening at the Ascot Park Hotel, Invercargill to celebrate the achievements of over 80 learners who’ve graduated from trades...
26 November 2015
Taking the lead at this year’s Food and Grocery Council Conference
The power of cooperation, corporate leadership, and creating a positive culture were some of the key discussion points at this year’s Food and Grocery Council annual conference at the Sheraton...
26 November 2015
Engineering apprentice helping pave the way for more women in engineering
Being the only female in the workshop doesn’t faze 23-year-old engineering apprentice Lauren Thompson.
19 November 2015
Got a Trade? Got it made! at national careers conference
Exhibiting side-by-side under the Got a Trade? Got it Made! banner at this year’s CATE Conference is helping Competenz and nine other industry training organisations (ITOs), raise the profile of...
19 November 2015
Attitude, dedication, and motivation has engineering apprentice rise to the top
Mechanical engineering apprentice Benjamin Peffer likes a challenge.
