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Industry Training Organisations

Training Organisations are established by particular industries and are recognised by the Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education) under the Industry Training Act 1992.

They are responsible for:

• Setting national skill standards for their industry
• Providing information and advice to trainees and their employers
• Arranging for the delivery of on and off-job training (including developing training packages for employers)
• Arranging for the assessment of trainees and
• Arranging the monitoring of quality training.

There are currently 41 training organisations but this number has been steadily reducing as mergers take place. This trend will continue as less viable organisations are subsumed by larger ones.

The Government is promoting the goal of generally upskilling New Zealand's workforce. The Funding for certified and recognised courses is administered through the Tertiary Education Commission. Training organisations act as the interfaces with the various industry sectors.

Industry training is designed and driven by industry and leads to credit and qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework (promoted and administered by the NZQA). Training is delivered by individual training enterprises, often in conjunction with tertiary education providers. These arrangements mix training in the workplace with training delivered in institutions.

Workplace learning can be on-job, off-job by a registered training provider, or a combination of both.

Industry Training Organisations manage the quality assurance of industry-based training by:

• Registering training standards
• Registering employees as work-place assessors
• Monitoring training and assessment, and
• Managing learning and reporting systems.

Training Organisations facilitate workplace learning for trainees in employment by:

• Setting national skill standards for their industry;
• Providing information and advice to trainees and their employers;
• Developing appropriate training arrangements for their industry;
• Arranging training that is appropriate for their industry;
• Arranging for the assessment of trainees;
• Monitoring of training quality; and
• Providing leadership to industry on skill and training needs.
• Industry training concentrates on workplace learning that raises skills and boosts competitive advantage for business.

Training organisations are supported partly by industry and partly by the Government through the Industry Training Fund which subsidises the cost of training where a registered training agreement is linked to an employment contract.