Wellington 25 September 2023: Abbey Meiritz Reid’s passion for the electrical supply industry and technical skills involved in her work has seen her named New Zealand Trainee of the Year for 2023, despite being less than two years into her career. Abbey, who has been a trainee electrical fitter with Connetics in Christchurch since the start of 2022, has been …
Wellington, September 2023: The best of New Zealand’s line mechanics and cable jointers will be going head-to-head in Invercargill in September, showing off the skills that keep the country’s electricity connected. Annual Connection 2023, proudly hosted by Southland’s electricity management company, PowerNet in conjunction with Connexis | Te Pūkenga will see line mechanic crews and cable jointers compete in events …
Wellington 17 August 2023: The best of New Zealand’s line mechanics and cable jointers will be going head-to-head in Invercargill in September, showing off the skills that keep the country’s electricity connected. Annual Connection 2023, proudly hosted by Southland’s electricity management company, PowerNet in conjunction with Connexis | Te Pūkenga will see line mechanic crews and cable jointers compete in …
For Aiverson Leonardo one of the best parts of being a line mechanic is being able to help the general public who rely on electricity. “Being a line mechanic is not a simple 9-5 job. You could get called to a job at any time of the night because people’s houses have no power. But seeing their power restored is …
“Don’t overthink everything and just stick with what you know.” That’s the advice for those entering skills competitions at this year’s Annual Connection from 2022’s winning cable jointer, Justin Quigley. Justin, a cable jointer with WEL Networks in Waikato, believes the secret to his success at the event in Levin last year was “trying to take a laid-back approach”. “I …
Reegan Reid of Waiotahi Contractors is well on his way to being qualified through Connexis | Te Pūkenga with the NZ Certificate in Surveying Level 4, which he will complete in February 2023. As the standard-setting body for more than 140 Construction and Infrastructure qualifications, Waihanga Ara Rau are celebrating Reegan’s achievements and progress.
Annual Connection 2023 will be proudly hosted by PowerNet Limited, the electricity network management company delivering power to Invercargill City, Southland, West Otago, parts of Central Otago and Stewart Island.
New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Works (Pipeline Construction and Maintenance) (Level 4) – With strands in Drinking-water, Stormwater and Wastewater, and Trenchless Technologies A programme review of the New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Works (Pipeline Construction and Maintenance) with Strands (Level 4) [Ref: 3853] is being undertaken by Connexis Te Pūkenga. The purpose of the review is to provide the …
With the official winding up of Connexis – Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation in 2021, an Infrastructure Education Training Charitable Trust (IETCT) was established. Managed by the Public Trust, the IETCT’s function is to support initiatives that step up the ongoing development of skills training within our workforce. The first tranche of funding was released in September 2022 which saw Connexis …
2023 will see the reintroduction of fees, with the end of the government’s Targeted Training and Apprenticeship Fund (TTAF, also known as Free Trades Training) – on the 31st December 2022. This was initially introduced as part of the Covid-19 recovery fund. Introduced in July 2020, TTAF has been a successful tool in stepping up the level of training toward nationally …
