How Skills4Work Works
The future of industry is dependent on skilled people. Taking on an apprentice is supporting the next generation and ensuring a solid foundation of skilled tradespeople.
Benefits:
- Contributes to your business productivity by providing you with additional manpower. Many times an apprentice will continue working for a company after they have finished their apprenticeship providing you with a qualified tradesman.
- Keeps your company abreast of new technology and advances in industry through the studies the apprentice must undertake as part of their apprenticeship.
- Current staff acquire valuable management and supervisory skills
- Skills are transferred from the older to younger generation
- Word of mouth advertising about your company is generated when existing apprentices talk to other apprentices and friends and tell them about your company
- Skills4Work provides options for those companies that don’t have the capability or inclination to find and manage an apprentice (the ATNZ Apprentice Plan).
Quote:
“I really believe in taking on apprentices…It’s rewarding to use our company to pass on information and skills to young people that set them up for the future. It also benefits us – we don’t have problems getting qualified and skilled staff because we’ve trained them ourselves” Neil Pulford, Director Hawkes Bay Refrigeration.