07 May 2015
From Romania to Rangiora: our Signmaking Apprentice of the Year
Portable trade skills, a job vacancy in far-away Rangiora, the support of good employer and industry training organisation Competenz, and plain hard work combined to see recent Romanian immigrant John...
05 May 2015
GOT A TRADE? GOT IT MADE! has Kiwi Fern’s back
Already a staunch supporter of New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL), GOT A TRADE? GOT IT MADE! is getting behind the Kiwi Ferns as a sponsor of the women’s international programme.
04 May 2015
Getting the low-down on this year's butchery awards
Butchery apprentices who have entered, or are considering signing up for the Competenz Butcher Apprentice of the Year competition, will be interested in a series of workshops running nationwide in...
01 May 2015
Congratulations to our Print Apprentice of the Year
Congratulations to Print Apprentice of the Year, Cheyne Lesa, and this year's finalists.
30 April 2015
North vs South: butchers’ challenge
The North vs South Butchers’ Challenge was the hidden gem of the 2015 Retail Meat New Zealand Conference, held at Auckland’s Heritage Hotel, 17-18 April, 2015.
30 April 2015
Making it easy to train the ‘best of the best’
Auckland-based engineering firm Fluid & General is training their first ATNZ apprentice — and it's proving a good experience.
30 April 2015
Women in trades: You can’t be what you can’t see
One group of New Zealanders continues to be heavily under-represented among our ATNZ apprentices: women.
28 April 2015
Congratulations to New Zealand’s top signmaking apprentices for 2015
The 2015 New Zealand Sign and Display Awards in Rotorua on Anzac Day evening were a chance to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Sign and Display Association and to...
16 April 2015
Competenz Board: Listening to our learners
At their strategy day in April, members of our Competenz board met some of the people who are at the centre of everything we do: our learners.
16 April 2015
CZ at Building Officials Expo
Competenz is hosting a joint exhibition with Firetech Training Ltd, to promote the National Certificate in Passive Fire Protection (Routine Inspections) Level 3, at this year’s Building Officials Institute of...
