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InfraTrain NewsDiploma Scholarships for Māori. Read more Outward Bound Scholarships for Modern Apprentices. Read more Starting out wage. Read more TRoQ - important date changes. Read more Industry Training Review - update. Read more Important information for Wheels Rollers and Tracks Assessors and Providers. Read more Diploma Scholarships for Māori 15 May 2013 InfraTrain is pleased to be offering further Diploma Scholarships for Māori working in the civil infrastructure industry. Five Scholarships are available through InfraTrain’s Te Poutama Kaiahumahi programme, which is run in partnership with Te Puni Kōkiri. Each Scholarship is worth $10,000, and will enable the winners to study towards a New Zealand Diploma in Engineering Practice (NZDEP), a National Diploma in Infrastructure Asset Management or National Diploma in Surveying. The Scholarships aim to: ● Help Māori to develop their full potential and gain higher level qualifications. ● Increase the professional opportunities of Māori in the civil infrastructure sector. ● Enhance the wider capability of the civil infrastructure sector. How the Scholarships work: ● Funding to the value of $10,000 plus GST will be paid to the employer of each Scholarship winner to support them in their studies. ● Scholarship funding will be made available on receipt of an InfraTrain approved Diploma Training Agreement. ● Scholarship funding is available over and above the regular subsidies provided by InfraTrain. ● The employer of the Scholarship winner is required to provide InfraTrain with a financial report on the first Monday of December of each year. Applications Applications should be made on the application form below, with supporting recommendations from the employer. APPLICATION FORM Please email completed applications to Robbie Paul, or send to PO Box 435, Opotiki 3162. Scholarship applicants, their employer, InfraTrain regional advisor, or assessor (if applicable) may be contacted by phone as part of the selection process. Applications close 5pm, Friday 14 June 2013 Successful candidates notified Tuesday 18 June 2013  Outward Bound Scholarships for Modern Apprenticesspan> 07 May 2013
InfraTrain is giving two Modern Apprentices a chance to win the
experience of a lifetime – an Outward Bound Scholarship worth over
$3,000!
The scholarships are being offered in conjunction with BETA (the
Built Environment Training Alliance), which is made up of Industry
Training Organisations in the construction and infrastructure
sectors.
Each Scholarship includes:
Outward Bound is based on adventure and challenge in the outdoors.
The Scholarship winners will develop their leadership skills
and gain confidence, while sharing a life-changing experience with
people from other trades.
Modern Apprentice supervisors and training co-ordinators should by
now have received an application pack in the mail.
A link to the pack is also available below.
Outward Bound Scholarship 2013 – information pack
Important dates
Closing date for applications - 5pm on Friday 7 June 2013
Winners announced – Friday 14 June 2013.
Starting out wage The Government is introducing a new ‘starting out wage’ option for employers and employees from 1 May this year. The starting-out wage will give employers a real incentive to give young people a foothold on the employment ladder. Three groups will be eligible for the starting out wage. These are:
The starting out wage sits alongside other
Government initiatives aimed at helping more young New Zealanders
into work or training, including Work and Income Job Streams. More information on the starting out wage Visit the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment website
TRoQ - important date changes 12 March 2013 InfraTrain has changed the TroQ meeting dates for the Infrastructure Asset Management, Surveying, and Civil, Surfacing and Utilities reviews. Infrastructure Asset Management and Surveying The NZQA trigger for these reviews is later than anticipated. As a result the initial sector consultation meetings have been rescheduled from April (as originally planned). The Surveying meeting will now take place in Christchurch on 13-14 August. The date of the Infrastructure Asset Management meeting will be held in Wellington on 20-21 August. Infrastructure Works Stage 2 - Civil, Surfacing and Utilities Because the trigger dates for Infrastructure Asset Management and Surveying have now moved to August, the Working Group meeting for Civil, Surfacing and Utilities has been brought forward. It will now be held in Christchurch on 8-10 May 2013. The new date will help to ensure linkages and pathways with the Infrastructure Works Level 2-5 review. More information about TRoQ .  Industry Training Review - update 28 January 2013 InfraTrain New Zealand is pleased with the outcomes, released last Friday, of the review of Industry Training. The key change is the opening up of apprenticeship programmes to all age groups, instead of the current 16-21 years limit. This is especially positive for our industry, where the majority of new entrants are in their 20s already. Additional funding announced for apprenticeships also better reflects the validity of this training pathway, and the significant contribution that the apprentice, employer and Industry Training Organisation (ITO) put into enabling the development of the apprentices skills and knowledge. The additional funding will help InfraTrain to better support, and provide resources to apprentices and employers, leading to better quality outcomes in the form of well trained, consistent and productive employees. InfraTrain will need to consider the level and credit offering of our current programmes, as a New Zealand Apprenticeship is required to be a programme at Level 4 and above resulting in a minimum of 120 credits (around 18 months). The majority of our apprenticeship programmes currently sit at Level 3, with Level 4 considered as being supervisory level training. InfraTrain is currently revising many of its qualifications as part of the Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ). Part of this process will be the consideration of the level applied to each programme, in relation to job roles. Existing trainees will be able to continue their current apprenticeship programmes as is, through to completion. Apprentice reboot InfraTrain welcomes the re-boot programme. This programme is intended to swiftly grow the number of apprentices enrolled in industry-based training, by providing apprentices signed after 1 April 2013 with up to $2,000 towards their tools and off-job costs, with the same provided to their employer. It is significant that a higher rate ($2,000 instead of $1,000) will be applied to training in the infrastructure sector. This applies to specific roles and areas such as plant operation, road construction and maintenance, bituminous surfacing, foundation works, pipelaying, bridge construction and maintenance, engineering (highways), quantity surveying, and civil engineering. InfraTrain has qualifications and training pathways available to potential apprentices. There is still a lot of implementation to be worked through over the next year, and we look forward to working with our customers, government and the wider vocational training sector to achieve these outcomes. Should you have any questions around the announcement, please do not hesitate to call Philip Aldridge on 04 494 1880 or send him an email. The full media release from Minister Joyce is available here. Important information for Wheels Rollers and Tracks Assessors and Providers 23 November 2012 InfraTrain has updated the assessment material for the Operator
Safety Manual (OSM) for Earthmoving Machinery and the Wheels Rollers
and Tracks. The updates reflect recent legislative changes by the NZ
Transport Agency (NZTA). In summary, time licencing has been removed and replaced by
distance licencing, and most special-type vehicles are now exempted
RUC. Most diesel cars, utility vehicles and vans will purchase a
distance licence which is purchased in 1000km units. Some
special-type vehicles may need to purchase a supplementary licence
which is available in 50km units.
Transitional arrangements for using older assessment
resources Assessor using older versions of the Assessor
Guide should be aware that:
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The correct
answers for question 2 are in accordance with the table above, and;
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The checkbox in
the practical assessment for ‘Road
User Charge displayed The WRT Assessor Guide edition 7 is available from InfraTrain on request.
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