Well established Group Training Organisation, Apprentice Training New Zealand, has achieved NZQA accreditation and registered as a PTE, with plans for commencement in January 2023.
ATNZ plan to hit the ground running, quickly expanding beyond the current suite of apprenticeships offered across the engineering disciplines. ATNZ will introduce a new welding course from early next year, a micro-credential that has been widely called for by the engineering and manufacturing communities for some years.
In a New Zealand first, welding simulation machines will be transported around the country, allowing ATNZ to give focused support and one-on-one tuition to learners across the country, both in workplaces and schools.
Not far behind this will be the introduction of CNC simulation equipment. This will enable ATNZ to train the Kiwi engineers of the future how to operate CNC machinery without their employers or host companies needing to buy expensive machinery.
Reacting to NZQA Registration ATNZ CEO Tim Wilson CEO said “
PTE registration will also allow ATNZ to offer non-managed engineering apprenticeships to improve the completion rate across the country. ATNZ apprentices have a significantly higher completion rate than the industry average. The completion rate is defined as the percentage of those apprentices who started their training five years earlier that completed their apprenticeship. Due to the impact of Covid through 2020 and 2021 the last year that provided meaningful completion rates was 2019. In 2019 the ATNZ completion rate was 78%. Other training options had a completion rate of only 64%.
About ATNZ
Apprentice Training New Zealand has been providing quality apprentices and service support to the engineering sector since 1999. ATNZ is New Zealand’s largest employer of engineering and related trades apprentices, currently employing 376 apprentices.
ATNZ works in partnership with almost 200 host companies, where the apprentices are placed for the on-job component of their apprenticeship training. ATNZ is a registered charity and as such a not-for-profit investing back into its apprentices every year.
