Connexis | Te Pūkenga is focused on providing the experience needed for our learners to reach their full potential. With the Infrastructure Education and Training Charitable Trust grant awarded to Connexis, we were able to create a scholarship with Outward Bound to provide the necessary experience for our aspiring leaders. The Professional course offered by Outward Bound is a five-day …
Henare Thompson has always wanted a job where he could help people. Almost four years ago, Henare was working towards joining the police when he was offered an internship with Link Alliance to work on Auckland’s City Rail Link. As a health and safety advisor for the CRL, Henare has found a role that not only allows him to help people, …
Kellie Vincent is a Customer Service Account Manager (CSAM) from the Lower North Island. We asked her about her role and what she likes about being a Connexis | Te Pūkenga CSAM.
Careers in infrastructure can mean many different things and can lead to work on some of New Zealand’s most important public works.
Meet two Connexis | Te Pūkenga learners working for HEB Construction on the crucial Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū Tararua Highway, linking Ashhurst and Woodville.
As we welcome you back to training and prepare for some exciting projects in the year ahead, it is important to recognise the spotlight that has being put on your infrastructure industry due to the devastating flood and storm damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.
2023 was set to be a milestone year as Connexis transitioned into New Zealand’s largest tertiary education provider, Te Pūkenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology. As this year unfolded it is New Zealand’s infrastructure that has had the spotlight due to the devastating flood and storm damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.
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 …
