Mission - Wellington Institute of Technology

We focus on the future with the
wisdom of the past
Mission
Wellington Institute of Technology has had an important role in the Wellington region for over 100 years,
delivering quality trades technical and professional education to meet the learning needs of students and the
workforce productivity needs of those who employ them. Our core areas include a focus on the mid-level
skills vital to the New Zealand economy and industries such as manufacturing, tourism, construction,
engineering, service industries and trades.
VISION
To be the first choice of customers for applied learning and development through innovation and partnership
MISSION
To be an internationally recognised centre of excellence in vocational education and to contribute to the economic
and social growth of the Wellington region, New Zealand and the global knowledge economy
VALUES
ACCOUNTABILITY AND INTEGRITY
In terms of what we are; what and how we teach; how we relate to students, industry, each other; how we
take responsibility for our actions; our commitment to critical enquiry and academic freedom
TEAM WORK
Contributing to an effective and supportive team environment, using and fostering creativity and innovation
PARTNERSHIP
With business and industry; with iwi; with students; with fellow providers
CUSTOMER FOCUS
Being passionate about customers and students
Looking for improvement and efficiencies in our service
Providing a learner-centred environment marked by relevance, applied learning, respect
Being a place that is inclusive, where diversity is recognised
SUSTAINABILITY
Of the institution; of ourselves; and of the environment
COMMITMENT TO HIGH PERFORMANCE AND PROFESSIONALISM
Each individual, each day, aiming for excellence
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Contents
Mission 1
Contents 2
Chairperson’s Report 3
CEO’s Report 4
Key Activities 6
Responsibilities 8
People 9
Partnerships 10
Professionalism 12
Products 13
Performance 14
Research Highlights 15
Council and Senior Management 16
Advisory Committees 17
Statement of Objectives and Service Performance 21
Financial Statements 41
Auditor’s Report 59
Acronyms 60
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These are interesting and exciting
times for the tertiary education
sector. It has been heartening to
have the Government acknowledge
that it is time to focus on quality,
not quantity.
Chairperson’s
Report
Quality has always been an important value for WelTec.
Quantity presents us with challenges. As we specialise in
trades and technical training our practical classes have an
optimum operating number. Not for us the economies of
scale possible by packing more bodies into a lecture
theatre.
WelTec's strategic goals and objectives have been
designed to be consistent with the aims of the Tertiary
Education Strategy (TES) and the Statement of Tertiary
Education Priorities (STEP). We believe that WelTec is a
partner with Government in delivering what the New
Zealand students, employers and economy need for a
prosperous future.
WelTec made many positive and strategic moves in 2005.
We furthered our commitment to Wellington by opening a
new campus in the city; ensuring a wider range of
programmes is available there, as well as improved
student facilities.
WelTec had a good year in academic achievement, with
further development of our business goals. More
international agreements were signed for co-operation at
all levels. The target of establishing a number of Centres
of Excellence made progress as planned. We have
retained our Quality Assured Status following an ITPQ
audit and continued to tightly manage risk within WelTec.
Effective risk management saw us take early action to
address the financial situation that looked likely when,
owing to full employment, TEC-mediated student number
appeared likely not to meet our expectations. A total
review of the estimated performance for 2005 was rapidly
undertaken and a modified target for the year was
established. A proposal was put to the Crown and a loan
was made available to us to provide financial stability while
a long-term Sustainability Business Case was delivered.
This situation was not a surprise to us however. We have
been advising for some time that the anomalies in funding
and income mean we receive significantly lower funding
for delivering ITO contracted training. As WelTec is the
largest deliverer of ITO contracted training in New Zealand
we sustain the greatest loss. We operate as efficiently as
possible and have kept infrastructure investment to a
minimum to balance the books.
In 2001 the Council decided not to
participate in a large-scale community
education programme, although many
others in the sector did. This has
turned out to be good for our reputation
but left us without financial reserves.
WelTec has reached a critical point.
The high cost of delivering technical
and trades training, insufficient income
received from ITO contracts and no
financial reserves have put us in a
vulnerable position. We have looked at
our situation and ourselves very hard
and have presented a Sustainability Business
Case to Government proposing a way forward.
There are challenges, but we remain confident
that our education strategies are correct and that
we have support from students, industry and our
wider community. We are committed to
delivering quality training and education in the
long-term.
An organisation is the sum of its vision, support
and people. In these respects 2005 was a great
year for WelTec. I would like to acknowledge the
efforts, intelligence and support of my Council
colleagues during the year, especially the
Committee Chairs.
We are fortunate to have the skills of our CEO
who, as well as effectively managing a complex
organisation, was also Chairperson of ITPNZ
during 2005.
WelTec staff, our students and industry partners
and associates are all important components in
the success of this organisation. I thank them
again this year.
Denford McDonald OBE BE (Mech), C Eng,
MIEE, FIMNZ
Council Chairperson
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CEO’s Report
Tertiary education, particularly the
institutes of technology and
polytechnic sector, is an exciting
business to be in.
We have the potential to have a real
impact on the economy as well as
students' lives. WelTec made significant
contributions to both in 2005. We are
proud to continue to be the major provider
of vocational/technical education in the
Wellington region and a significant provider
for New Zealand.
Highlights
In a year marked by some high-profile
difficulties for the sector, WelTec was
pleased to report a 7% increase in
individual students over 2004, and a 4.4%
increase in Equivalent Full-Time Students (EFTS).
Positive student trends were noted in a number of
areas including Maori student success rates and
presence at higher levels of the Framework;
Pasifiki student enrolments; and continuing high
levels of student satisfaction.
All 12 of our existing Industry Training
Organisation (ITO) contracts were renewed, and
three new ITOs committed to work with WelTec.
We have forged some strategic new industry and
community relationships and built on existing
ones.
Staff achievements were very strong: Neil Carroll
(Academic Director) was a Woolf Fisher Fellow;
Lorraine Rastorfer (Visual Arts) won the 2005
CoCA/Anthony Harper Award for Contemporary
Art; Barbara Woods (Counselling) was invited to
present her ground-breaking research on youth
depression and suicide at Oxford University;
Stephen Pope (Hospitality) became the first ITP
recipient in several years of a Prime Minister's
Tertiary Teaching Excellence award for Sustained
Excellence.
WelTec took responsibility for raising wider
awareness that those with trades and high level
technical skills are the 'New Professionals' of the future,
ensuring that our marketing benefited the sector as well as
furthering our own reputation in this area and encouraging
students to consider a trade as a serious career option.
With our strengths in trades and technical skills training
and education WelTec has consolidated its role as the
logical regional hub and focus for delivery in the Wellington
Region. In 2005 we contributed to the Wellington Regional
Economic and Workforce Strategies and have put in place
programmes needed by the major industry sectors that
influence both the current landscape and the shape of skills
needs in the future.
Funding
Both WelTec's responsiveness to industry needs and the
unprecedented full employment situation in 2005 resulted in
an increase in students undertaking study while at work,
and a decrease in those for whom study was their sole
occupation.
This led to a situation where our TEC-funded income was
only 50% of our revenue. Because of the funding
differential between TEC and other (especially ITOmediated)
EFTS, this caused serious concern for us and we
approached government for short-term loan facilities at
mid-year. This situation confirmed what WelTec, in a major
submission to the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) in
August 2004, had said would inevitably happen as a result
of the funding level differential.
We were grateful for the decisive response in 2005 which
the Minister, Hon. Trevor Mallard, announced by saying
"WelTec is performing commendably in providing the
Wellington region much-needed trades training, as well as
technical skills in health services, engineering, media
design, and other practical fields.
"The programmes it is running support the recent
Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities and the direction
this Government wishes the polytechnic sector to focus on.
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"However, this year a shortfall on planned revenue has
placed WelTec under some financial pressure. The
Government is committed to supporting WelTec so that
these programmes can proceed successfully and the
interests of its students and staff are protected."
Owing to very vigilant management throughout the year,
WelTec ended with a small deficit before one-offs, and with
some key ratios such as EFTS:FTE staff and the percentage
of expenditure on personnel showing
positive trends over 2004.
It is now abundantly clear that the
Government is correct in its analysis
that the volume-based funding formula
of the past decade needs to be
adjusted in order to positively support
ITPs, which contribute significantly
and consistently to the economic
transformation of the region and
country.
Academic Achievement
Twenty-seven new vocational
programmes were approved by
Council and the Academic Board over
the year including Diplomas for
Building Officials, New Venture Development
and two qualifications in Trauma Studies.
Research outputs exceeded those of 2004.
Highlights are profiled in this report.
WelTec received a positive evaluation in the
mid-term academic quality review by
Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics
Quality (ITPQ), confirming continuation of our
Quality Assured status.
The opening of a significant campus (700 EFTS) in
Wellington City ensured we more effectively deliver on the
promise of our name, Wellington Institute of Technology.
At year-end, we celebrated some very positive trends:
More Students…
20% growth in individuals and 40% growth in EFTS from
2001-2005.
…. with More Industry Commitment …
55% growth in ITO-mediated EFTS between 2002-2005
… tackling skill shortages …
17,500 students trained in the Department of
Labour's 16 skill-crisis areas between 2002-2005
… and meeting the ever-increasing need for
high-value qualifications
In the period 2003-2005, the proportion of
students at Levels 1-3 of the National Qualification
Framework fell by 9.2%, and the proportion at
Levels 4-7 rose by the same
percentage.
Our students, staff,
community supporters and
industry can be confident that
WelTec's senior management
team is committed to
continue with the excellent
work we are renowned for.
While 2005 compelled us to
even more stringent
efficiencies we can take this
not much further without
affecting the quality of our
delivery so the Council and I
look forward to actively
working with Government to
resolving funding issues for the
future.
Acknowledgements
WelTec's staff make the institute
what it is. During a time of skill
shortages and full employment
many of our staff had other options
and I thank my colleagues for the
loyalty, hard work and
commitment that has ensured we continue to
deliver high quality training and education. I
sincerely thank my senior management team for
their support and professionalism through a
challenging year.
I thank the WelTec Council, particularly our
Chairperson, for the focus and energy that saw
us successfully through 2005. Our industry
partners and supporters have again contributed to
WelTec's success.
Dr. Linda Sissons, Chief Executive Officer
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Key Activities
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4 YEAR SUMMARY INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2005*
2005 2004 2003 2002
Actual Actual Actual Actual
$000 $000 $000 $000
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Grant income 19,343 19,031 18,428 16,742
Other income 19,421 20,135 16,241 14,212
Operating revenue 38,764 39,166 34,669 30,954
Operating expenses 39,456 37,079 32,759 30,750
Operating surplus (692) 2,087 1,910 204
Non operating items 581 700 968 1,038
Net surplus (deficit) (1,273) 1,387 942 (834)
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
Current assets 6,952 8,662 6,228 2,429
Non-current assets 40,580 39,411 35,715 36,366
Total assets 47,532 48,073 41,943 38,795
Current liabilities 12,344 11,547 9,774 7,029
Non-current liabilities 3,426 5,760 7,252 9,719
Total liabilities 15,770 17,307 17,026 16,748
Total equity 31,762 30,766 24,917 22,047
Total equity and liabilities 47,532 48,073 41,943 38,795
ENROLMENT INFORMATION
No. of Students 12,350 11,489 10,946 10,086
MOE EFTS 2,747 2,806 2,794 2,596
Total EFTS 4,503 4,313 4,069 3,559
Student / EFTS ratio 2.7:1 2.6:1 2.7:1 2.8:1
EFTS : FTE academic staff 22:1 21:1 20:1 16:1
FINANCIAL INDICATORS
Total assets to total EFTS 10,556 11,146 10,308 10,901
Total income to total EFTS 8,608 9,081 8,520 8,697
Total expenses to total EFTS 8,891 8,759 8,289 8,932
Net surplus to operating revenue (3.3%) 3.5% 2.7% (2.7%)
Net surplus to total assets (2.7%) 2.9% 2.2% (2.1%)
Net surplus to total equity (4.0%) 4.5% 3.8% (3.8%)
Working capital % 56.3% 75.0% 63.7% 34.5%
Debt as a % of total capital 18.4% 23.7% 34.7% 50.4%
Operating surplus plus interest to interest ratio (1.1) 6.8 7.0 19.5
Operating surplus as a % of total debt (11.8%) 27.7% 21.9% ( 1.8%)
* representing the financial years Wellington Institute of Technology has been operating as a consolidated entity
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Responsibilities
In the financial year ended 31 December 2005, the Council and management of
Wellington Institute of Technology were responsible for:
• The preparation of the financial statements and the judgments used therein.
• Establishing and maintaining a system of internal control designed to provide
reasonable assurance, as to the integrity and reliability of financial reporting.
In the opinion of Council and management of Wellington Institute of Technology, the
financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2005 fairly reflect the financial
position and operations of Wellington Institute of Technology.
D McDONALD
CHAIRPERSON
2 AUGUST 2006
L SISSONS (DR)
2 AUGUST 2006
R C ADAM
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
2 AUGUST 2006
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Our business is ‘learning’,
in the widest sense.
People
Highlights
The PEP (Personal Education
Plan) process was introduced this
year to ensure that students are in
programmes that best suit their needs.
PEP also contributes to their success
by giving students, and their tutors,
information about their
individual learning style.
WelTec retained over
90% of its
International
students with a
success rate of over
81%.
Business Communication
students took a
leadership role in the
New Zealand and South
Pacific Regional Enterprise
Experience (SPREE).
This year’s Student Satisfaction
Survey showed another increase in
student satisfaction with their tutors –
99 percent saying they found their
tutors to be helpful and supportive.
WOW – 52 students and 10
tutors from WelTec’s
Centrestage School of
Hairdressing, Beauty Therapy
and Makeup Artistry played a
major part in the Montana
World of Wearable Art
Awards.
The 2005 Graduate Destination Survey showed that 94%
of WelTec degree and diploma graduates who
looked for work found employment. 87% of degree
students found that their qualifications were relevant to
their current work and 91% said they used skills and
knowledge from their qualifications in their current work.
More programmes
employed flexible
delivery and learning
options including offering
courses in a range of
environments.
Hospitality students again achieved
excellent results in the National
Salon Culinaire competitions.
Kimberley Atwell juggled his responsibilities at work as a support engineer at Assa Abloy NZ Ltd
(formerly Interlock Group) with his own ‘high flying’ business.
High Flying
“Photo Higher grew out of my hobby – flying radio controlled helicopters – and my work as a tool
maker, says Kimberley. “I designed a camera mount for taking aerial video and photographs and was
doing thermal imaging work.
“But I realised with more work I could develop the camera mount and turn that into a commercial
proposition. So I enrolled in a product design diploma at WelTec. I decided to do a diploma in
mechanical engineering at the same time.
“Now that I’ve finished my study I’ve got more skills to offer at work. And my camera mounts are
nearly ready for launching into the US and Europe markets.”
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Partnerships
Improving productivity now;
building capability for the future
Highlights
WelTec’s programmes are developed with and for industry to meet the needs of students and those who employ
them.
WelTec’s partnership with Industrial
Research Limited (IRL) in R&D
Jumpstart was launched with a
product development project with clothing
manufacturer Norsewear. R&D Jumpstart
aims to help build science and technology
capability in polytechnics and connect
them with businesses.
WelTec’s Memorandum of
Understanding with Massey
University Wellington saw
Massey transfer to WelTec its subdegree
hospitality,
telecommunications and computer
servicing programmes.
WelTec and Odyssey House signed a training
agreement to help increase the skills and qualifications
of addiction care services in the Greater
Auckland area. WelTec will train staff from Odyssey
House and other drug and alcohol support service
providers towards two nationally recognised
qualifications in drug and alcohol studies.
The new Certificate in Health Leadership was developed with Hutt Valley District Health Board to
complement managers’ existing professional qualifications to help them to be more effective managers in the
health environment
Powerful Partnership
WelTec is providing specialised mechanical and electrical engineering programmes for Genesis Energy, which
has identified the current and potential shortfall of people to meet the needs of the electricity supply industry.
The electricity supply company selected WelTec as a national partner for pre-employment education for young
people.
Genesis Energy Chief Executive, Murray Jackson says that the scheme was designed to address a number of
issues, from the immediate, like the commissioning requirements for a new Genesis Energy power plant, to other
issues like the ageing workforce within the power industry as well as the national trades skills shortage facing
the country.
“The business risk if we don’t encourage the training of potential new staff is that competency levels would
drop, quality standards will be eroded, and the performance of industry in the coming years will be at risk,” says
Murray Jackson.
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Highlights
The Centre for Health and Wellbeing was invited to
deliver further marae-based programmes for DHBfunded
Maori agencies providing alcohol and
drug services. An agreement was signed with Nga
Manga Puriri, an agency funded by Northland DHB
for a new programme.
The Centre for Hospitality and Tourism Professionals
continued to make both industry and academic,
regional and international connections
with benefits for students, WelTec and industry. This
included talks, projects and partnerships with
Oklahoma State University, ACCOR NZ, “41” the
premier Sydney restaurant, Les Sorbets School in
France, the Rarotongan Beach Resort and the
Cordon Bleu School in Adelaide, Australia.
WelTec received a high level of funding under the Business Links Fund, which is being used in a focussed and
strategic way to sharpen WelTec’s relevance to business. There were 18 projects in 2005. Examples include
bringing together a group of senior industrial designers to give advice and insight into expectations for graduates’
capabilities in the New Zealand creative manufacturing sector and a project with Positively Wellington Tourism to
improve teaching resources and assessment methods to better meet the skill needs of the sector.
Building Issues Minister Chris Carter launched the first nationally-delivered Diploma in Building Controls.
The diploma was initiated by the Department of Building and Housing and will be delivered by WelTec.
New Diploma for Building Inspectors
“The government’s aim is to ensure an effective housing and building sector, with competent
practitioners undertaking all critical work,” said Mr Carter. “More formal education of building
inspectors will provide further assurances to the public that buildings will be designed and built right first
time.
”We face a growing shortage of building inspectors and this diploma should help solve that problem in
future by attracting new and younger people into the industry through a clear and explicit training path.”
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Professionalism
You have to be passionate about
what you do.
Highlights
Staff continued to receive awards and recognition:
Visual Arts Tutor, Lorraine
Rastorfer won the 2005 CoCA/
Anthony Harper Award for
Contemporary Art.
Counselling Tutor Roy Bowden presented a paper
on the history of psychotherapy in New Zealand at
the World Congress of Psychotherapy in Buenos
Aires.
Counselling Tutor Barbara
Woods presented her work on
youth suicide and depression at
Oxford University.
WelTec developed the New
Professional concept for its
marketing material, promoting
people with technical and lifelong
learning skills as the professionals
for the future.
CEO Dr Linda Sissons was
Chairperson of ITPNZ
(Institutes of Technology and
Polytechnics of New Zealand)
for 2005.
Interior Design Tutor
Andrew Leach won a
significant research grant from
the Institut Historique de Belge
a Rome. He presented papers
at Ghent University, Brussells;
University of Edinburgh,
Scotland; and University of
Greenwich, London.
Academic Director Neil Carroll was awarded a
Woolf-Fisher Fellowship for a study tour to
the UK and Europe including attendance at the
Online Educa e-learning conference in Berlin.
Manager of Alcohol, Drug and Counselling Studies
Raine Berry provided expert advice on drug
and alcohol practice and training issues to several
regional and national organisations.
Excellence in teaching
WelTec Programme Leader of Professional Cooking and Patisserie, Stephen Pope (L) won a
Sustained Excellence Award in the Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards 2005 announced by
the Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard.
Graduates from Stephen’s programmes are highly sought after by industry, and WelTec’s
Culinary Arts programmes are oversubscribed. Students come from all over New Zealand and
from overseas to learn from him.
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It’s about increasing skills for
people, business and the New
Zealand economy.
Products
Highlights
The new Centre for Smart
Product worked on innovative
technology transfer projects with
industry and continued to develop its
range of visualisation and replication
equipment that benefits both students
and manufacturers.
WelTec sought,
and won, an
increase of 20
percent to the
number of
Modern
Apprenticeships
that it is approved
to deliver.
WelTec delivered customised
training for some of New
Zealand’s leading companies
including Steel and Tube,
Formway, Toll Rail and Hutt City
Council as well as many small
and medium sized enterprises.
WelTec’s Information
Technology School became a
recognised Pearson
Vue Testing Centre –
the only one in the
Wellington Region.
Both the number and value of
WelTec’s contracts with Industry
Training Organisations
improved over 2004 with an increase
in income of 20% from ITO off-the-job
training contracts.
A training needs analysis project with two Wingate, Lower Hutt, manufacturers proved these businesses can be
learning organisations, with tangible productivity benefits.
The first independent survey of employer satisfaction with WelTec graduates demonstrated a high level of
satisfaction with both the currency and work readiness of our graduates, and also the “future-proofing” given
by our qualifications.
New programmes
Twenty-seven new WelTec programmes were introduced in 2005 including the
Diploma in New Venture Development, a Diploma for Building Officials, a National
Certificate in Motor Industry (Advanced Technical), which is the first national qualification
at Level 5 for this industry.
WelTec teamed up with skylight – the national organisation working to support children,
young people and their families affected by change, loss and grief – to develop two new
qualifications in trauma management.
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Performance
Building capability for our future
Highlights
The IT Services team was reviewed to identify
possible improvements in customer
service and systems support. A new
structure was put in place in the last quarter
of 2005 that provides for improved ICT project
management and architecture. It will allow
WelTec to save $100,000 per year in third
party support.
A project was launched to bring
business continuity planning at
WelTec in line with international best
practice.
WelTec continued to address areas of potential
risk through quality audits as part of a
quality assurance and monitoring programme.
The Institute retains its Quality Assured status
after an ITPQ mid-term review in 2005.
An ERO evaluation in
May 2005 of Te Whare Ako,
WelTec’s early childcare
centre, gave it a positive,
‘congratulatory’ report.
New Wellington Campus
A new Wellington Campus opened in 2005 to make Wellington’s own Institute of Technology available to people and
businesses in the city. Programmes in IT, creative industries, health and wellbeing, business and hospitality are now
available at the site. WelTec shares the building with Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiãrangi, which uses a floor as its
administration base for Wellington.
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Research Highlights
These are some highlights of WelTec’s research output for 2005. A full Research Report is available from the
Academic Director.
Celebration
Senior WelTec Interior Design staff, Andrew Leach and Gill Matthewson, assisted with the organisation of Celebration:
the 22nd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, a major international conference. Gill and
Andrew were responsible for academic standards and conference proceedings.
International Expectations
Senior Business Lecturer, Trish Baker worked on an investigation of what international students expect and what they
actually get from their education experience in New Zealand. The research has resulted in widely-used guidelines for
teaching international students.
Model Challenge
Information Technology Lecturer Steve McKinlay’s paper on Model-Theoretic Conception and Modelling Knowledge,
which appeared in the New Zealand Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology, challenges the
validity of a popular approach to representing knowledge.
Working Doctors
Mike Smith contributed to a greater understanding of the problems faced by resident medical officers with an annotated
biobliography that reviewed their education and hours work and what had been done internationally to try to remedy the
problems faced by these professionals. This work was used as part of the ongoing discussions between the resident
medical doctors and their employers about conditions.
Do You Feel Lucky Punk
Senior Visual Arts Lecturer Grant Corbishley and Interior Design Lecturer Tony De Goldi worked collaboratively on
an installation for the JOC Jewellery Exhibition in Sydney. The installation, Do You Feel Lucky Punk, responded to the
concept of jewellery in a radical way and has attracted attention from around the world.
Organising Principles
Senior Visual Arts LecturerTutor Lorraine Rastorfer won the prestigious CoCA/Anthony Harper Contemporary Art
Award. The judges said they were impressed and enamoured by her work Organising Principles.
Beating Depression
Senior Counselling Lecturer Barbara Woods was invited to present a paper to an international conference in Oxford,
England on a school-based preventive depression programme trial. The trial has delivered very positive outcomes for
some vulnerable young people.
Integrated Treatment
Alcohol and Drug Studies Team Leader Raine Berry highlights some of the steps being taken to provide a more
cohesive and co-ordinated level of treatment for clients with coexisting addiction and mental health problems. Her
presentation on integrated treatment to the Cutting Edge Addictions Treatment Conference in Dunedin was well
received and has resulted in invitations to give advice to agencies around New Zealand.
International Recognition
Senior Interior Design Lecturer Andrew Leach received a significant research grant from the Institut Historique de
Belge a Rome to progress international architectural history research on Manfredo Tafuri’s œuvre for his doctorate at
the University of Ghent.
Healthy Eating
Cookery Lecturer Ben Shadbolt worked with diet and nutrition professionals on menu development for Kai for Kids
– a business providing meals to Early Years learning centres.
Quality Education
Visiting Research Fellow Jenny Thornton worked with WelTec to prepare two discussion papers for the Ministry of
Education on quality assuring the delivery process of qualifications to achieve learner satisfaction and value for money
in the tertiary education sector. The work considered the impact of Transactional Six Sigma philosophy as applied to
the delivery of government funded training.
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Council and
Senior Management
Council
Denford McDonald (Chairperson),
Peter Preston (Deputy Chairperson),
Kevin Burrows, Ray Harding, Geoffrey Hume-Cook,
Claire Hurley, Peggy Luke-Ngaheke, David Moloney,
Toni Spiro, Peter Steel, Carol Stigley, Nancy Ward,
Linda Sissons (CEO)
Senior Management
Linda Sissons
CEO
Rod Adam
Chief Financial Officer
James Brodie
Deputy CEO; Acting Head of School,
Information Technology (from July 2005)
Heather Moore
Head of Centre, Health and Wellbeing
Neil Carroll
Academic Director; Acting Head of School,
Construction and the Built Environment
(until December 2005)
Irene Corpuz
Manager, Quality Assurance Policy and Audit Unit
Debbie Martindale
Manager, Business Development
Penny McDonald
Director, Corporate Services
Kay Nelson
Head of Centre, Hospitality and Tourism
Professionals
Robin Stone
Head of School, Business and Enterprise
Amanda Torr
Manager, Strategy & Development ( on leave
from May 2005)
Neville Weal
Acting Manager, Strategy & Development
( from June 2005)
Michael Volkerling
Head of Centre for Creative Industries
Murray Wills
Head of School, Information Technology
(to July 2005)
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Advisory
Committees
ALCOHOL & DRUG PROGRAMME
Patsy Ballinger (CADS Wellington)
Mary-Anne Cooke
Julie Crosslands (CADS Wellington)
Terry Dodson (Bridge & Oasis Programme Salvation Army)
Colleen Flux-Hollings (Hutt Valley District Health Board)
Pauline Gardiner (Well Trust)
Tim Harding (AEDIS Consultancy Limited)
Fiona McDonald (Mid Central Health)
Christine McGCarrison (ADDOX)
Myles Plummer (Salvation Army Bridge Programme)
Adrienne Transom (Problem Gambling Foundation)
AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
Mark Boyle (Boyle Kawasaki)
Richard Eyles (Harbour City Motor Co Ltd) Chair
Rob Gibbs (AJ Auto Electric Centre)
Hus Kala (Hutt City Auto Electrical)
Wal Smith (NZ Army Trade Training School)
Mike Todd (Truck Stops)
Owen Woodman (Woodman Automotive)
BACHELOR OF DESIGN (INTERIOR)
Penny Angell (Tse Group)
Deb Cranko (Deborah Cranko Architects)
Lyn Garrett (Massey University)
Tommy Honey (NZ Film School) Chair
John Hunt (University of Auckland)
Clayton McGregor (Te Papa)
John Mills (JMA Architects)
Lucy Moore (Custance Architecture & Design)
Neville Parker (Designers Institute of NZ)
BEAUTY
Toni Brennan (House of Camille)
Anna Collins (Global Beauty)
Jan Liow (Serenite Day Spa)
Steve Flaunty (Decos) Chair
Angeline Knapp (Indulge Beauty Therapy)
Marguerite McDermit (Isbliss Day Spa)
Melissa Parker (Beauty Association)
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Beauty Cont’d
Lynley Ramsey (Urban Sanctuary)
Brigitte Redman
Paula Siddells (Celtine)
Sandy Trinder (Purr-fect Nails)
Fiona Tweddle (Hoppers Pharmacy)
Jo Watson (Urban Sanctuary)
David Weekly (Global Beauty)
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Meg Campbell (Standard Recruitment Consultants Ltd)
Karen Drivers
Lyn Murphy (NZ Racing Board)
Joseph Onekawa (Work & Income)
Jan Robinson (NZ Racing Board)
John Sheehan (The Call Centre)
Colleen Singleton (Plumbers Gasfitters & Drainlayers Board) Chair
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & ADULT EDUCATION
& INDUSTRY TRAINING
Leo Austin (Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce)
Neville Baker (Te Runanganui O Taranaki Whanui Ke Te Upoko O Te
Ika a Manu Inc)
Dave Chapman (NZIM)
Lance Cottam (Upper Hutt Chamber of Commerce)
Charles Gilmore (Indeserve Ltd) Chair
Leonce Jones (Fire & Rescue Services ITO)
Wirangi Luke (Te Runanganui O Taranaki Whanui Ke Te Upoko O Te
Ika a Maui Inc)
Kara Puketapu (Te Runanganui O Taranaki Whanui Ke Te Upoko O Te
Ika a Manu Inc)
Jan Stephen (Naenae College)
Noreen Tocker (Electro Technology ITO)
Elaine White (Pritchard McCullough)
CARPENTRY
Community & Vocational Learning Skills (CVLS)
Cont’d
Helen Wilson (Emerge Supported Employment Trust)
Fiona Young (Hutt Valley Disabled Resources Trust)
CONSTRUCTION DIPLOMAS
Paul Bunkall (Rawlinsons Ltd)
Pieter Burghout (Master Builders)
Kevin Collins (Design Network)
Dave Comparini (Mainzeal Property & Construction Ltd)
David Cunningham (Joyce Group Ltd) Chair
Fintan Downes (Armstrong Downes Ltd)
John Granville (NZ Institute of Quantity Surveyors)
Ian Hargreaves (Rigg-Zschokke Ltd)
David Lingard (Building & Construction ITO)
Brian Nightingale (McKee Fehl Constructors Ltd)
Mark Scully (Department of Building & Housing)
Richard Sedgwick (Sedgwick Group Architects)
George Skimming (Building Consents & Licensing Services, Wellington City Council)
Tony Sutherland (Rider Hunt Wellington)
Diane Taylor (Redican Allwood Ltd)
Kevin Wafer (Local Government ITO)
Kevin Walker (Infratrain NZ)
Martin Watson (Brown & Watson Ltd)
Alana White (Infratrain NZ)
Dave White (Fletcher Construction)
COUNSELLING
Trudi Betschart (Counsellor)
Helen Bowbyes (Wellington Girls’ College)
Jean Martel (NZAC)
Judy McCormack (The Counselling Group)
Amy McLaughlin (He Korowai Aahura)
Jenny Packard (Counsellor)
Helen Sullivan (HELP)
Miriama Tolo (Counsellor)
Garyth Argo-Kemp (Building & Construction ITO)
Scott Fresey (Scotty’s Construction) Chair
Paul Greenfield
Jim Juno (Juno Civil Ltd)
Kevin Lockley (Z Group)
Brian Ludlow (Ludlow Builders)
Peter McGuinness (L T McGuinness Ltd)
Graeme Paton (Building & Construction ITO)
Bill Peryer (Peryer Construction Ltd)
Phil Wootten (Maycroft Construction)
COMMUNITY & VOCATIONAL LEARNING SKILLS
(CVLS)
DIGITAL MEDIA
Viv Bernard (Frontloader)
Tim Copeland (Silver Stripe)
Brian Fairchild (Signmaking Industry)
Paul Flannagan (Weta 3D Animation)
Dave Hullah (Roland DG NZ Ltd)
Mario Papadopolas (Musicas)
Sandra Pringle (CATZ Design)
Mike Rumble (W2020)
Ian Smyth (Signmaking Industry)
ELECTROTECHNOLOGY
David Chapman (Xact Services)
Lisa Forbes (Emerge Supported Employment Trust)
Nicki Mackenzie (Work & Income)
Pauline Manly (Pathways Trust)
Terry Murray (Ignite Supported Employment, IDEA Services)
Heather O’Brien (Naenae College)
Prue Ursell (Group Special Education) Chair
Lester Abbey (Abbey Systems)
Richard Beaufort (Laser Electrical Wellington)
John Cavill (BDT Ltd)
Duncan Forman (The Open Polytechnic of NZ)
Keith Hutton (NZ Army)
Barry Marlow (Industrial Research Ltd)
Ian Shearer (Energy Information Services) Chair
Paul Young (Areva T & D)
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ENGINEERING DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT CIVIL
HAIRDRESSING
Ross Baker (Horokiwi Quarries Ltd)
Ed Breese (Tonkin & Taylor)
Bill Caradus (Fulton-Hogan Ltd)
Dr Peter Davenport (R E Lendrum & Associates Ltd) Chair
Jim Juno (Juno Civil Ltd)
Garth Raines (Technical Recruitment Solutions)
Brian Zemanek (Transit NZ)
ENGINEERING DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
MECHANICAL
David Bennett (ATNZ)
Allan Brown (Metallion Ltd) Chair
Duncan Fraser (Acme Engineering Ltd
Malcolm Hammond (MJH Engineering)
Graham Hope (Metric Sheetmetals)
John Morrison (Southward Engineering Co Ltd)
Daryl Peters (A E Tilley Ltd)
Martin Simpson (Fraser Engineering Ltd)
John Taylor (South Pacific Tyres NZ Ltd)
Fred Walker (Agmar Tools Ltd)
Richard Whitmore (Lamnei Plastics Ltd)
Peter Wilcock (Exactus Ltd)
ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER
LANGUAGES (ESOL)
Nora Ball (Hutt Language Group)
Penny Fisher (Refugee & Migrant Service)
Gail Kirkland (WelTec) Chair
Judy Moore (Whitireia Polytechnic)
Mollie Ngan Kee
Shirley Payes (Hutt Ethic Council)
Vesna West (ESOL Home Tutor Scheme)
Roger Bergin (Havoc Hairdressing)
Mitchell Boult (Zookenee Hairdressing)
Maureen Bowring (Hair Craft Centre Ltd)
Kerri Cox (Blue Cactus)
Yvonne Hamlin (Eclipse Hair Design)
Wayne Hartley (Shape Hair Design)
Murray Heaney (Murray Heaney Hair Design)
Natalie Henderson (Yazoo Hairdressing) Chair
Charmaine Jackson (Chairmaine’s Hair & Beauty Studio)
Jean Jacques (Jean Jacques Hair Design)
Belinda Jorgenson (Samson & Delilah)
Karl Madessen (Salute Hairdressing)
Judy Morahah (Catch)
Bernadette Robinson (Sarak Hairdressing)
Janine Simmons (Balliage Hair Design)
HORTICULTURE
Adam Castle
Sue Chandler (Horticulture ITO)
Mary Dinniss (Horticulture ITO)
Dave Fletcher (Moores Valley Nursery)
Rosemary Hickton (Outlooks Outdoor Environmental Designers)
Kate Kidman (Wellington Botanic Gardens)
Jeremy Kennerley (Nursery & Garden Industry Assn)
Chris Logan Chair
Judy Robb (Hutt City Council)
Robyn Smith (Otari/Wilton Busy Wellington City Council)
Kerry Thompson (Bark Ltd)
Dave Treadwell (Ecoseeds)
Todd Wagner
Kim Walton
HOSPITALITY
EXERCISE SCIENCES AND RECREATION
Jamie Delich (Wellington City Council)
Barry Hislop (Sports Wellington Region)
Chris Knol (Outdoor Safety Institute)
Andrew Lesley (Hutt City Council)
Jan Liow
Kirsten Malpas (Porirua City Council)
Steve Millar (Lifestyles Health & Fitness)
Mike Ryan (WRFU) Chair
Gerry Salmon (Les Mill Xtreme)
Matt Warren (Recreation Porirua)
FUNERAL SERVICES
Stephen Dill (FDANZ)
Professor Mike Marfell-Jones (Education) Chair
Simon Manning (NZEA)
Anne McGuire (Education)
Ian Parker (FDANZ)
Mark Pattinson (NZEA)
John Peryer (Non Aligned Funeral Homes)
Trudy Boyce (James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor)
Linda Campos (Hotel Intercontinental Wellington)
Lisa Chatter (Novotel Capital)
Anthony Dey (Brentwood Hotel)
Megan Enright (Mercure Hotel ACCOR Group)
Francois Febvre (Francois)
Simon Jamieson (Duxton Hotel)
Mike Lucas (Food & Beverage Services Ltd)
Hina Luke (Waiwhetu Marae)
Amber Margrain (Novotel Capital/Ibis)
Samantha Mathieson (Duxton Hotel)
Adrian Mattinson (Clubs New Zealand) Chair
Pat Mattinson (HSI)
Jonathan Morgan (The Interisland Line)
Stephen Morris (Bolton Hotel)
Amy Murphy (James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor)
Steve Perrins (Simply Food)
Mahindra Singh (Angus Inn)
Nicki Stewart (Beer Wine & Spirit Council of NZ)
Christopher Wagstaff (Fidels)
Eddie Wairau (Petone Workingman’s Club)
Edmund Weicherding (Hotel Intercontinental Wellington)
Nina Weir (Hotel Intercontinental Wellington)
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
PAINTING & DECORATING
Lester Abbey (Abbey Systems)
Mary Campbell-Cree
Jason Cruickshanks (Synergy International Ltd) Chair
Jon Harris (Tech Tonics Group Ltd)
Gerry McCullough (Open Polytechnic)
Peter Moffitt (AM PM Calling)
Brian Roberts (TVNZ)
Ian Shearer
Geoff Yeats (Transit NZ)
Steve Benson (Mainzeal Property & Construction Ltd)
Steve Flett (Webb Property Services Ltd)
Don Fraser (Painting & Decorating ITO) Chair
Daryn McCready (Colourplus Thorndon)
Paul Reddish (Paul Reddish Painting Contractors)
Roger Swandell (Resene Paints Ltd)
Erin Whitaker (Top Coat Painting)
PLUMBING, GASFITTING AND DRAINLAYING
JOINERY
Kellie Coxon (Joinery ITO)
Eva Durrant (Joinery ITO) Chair
Peter George (Wellington Joinery Manufacturers Assn)
David Ladd (David Ladd Joinery Ltd)
Corinne Moore (NZ Joinery Manufacturers Assn)
Paul Richardson (Wainui Joinery Ltd)
Bruce Scandlyn (Valley Joinery)
Robert Christenhusz (Plumbers Supreme Ltd) Chair
Paul Cottington (School of Military Engineering)
Graham Newdick (Masterlink Ltd)
John Pepper (James B Malcolm Ltd)
Mike Pinfold (Pinfold Plumbing)
Ross Tait (K J Tait Plumbing)
Colleen Upton (Hutt Gas & Plumbing Systems Ltd)
Stu Weddell (Plumber 1)
Doug Wilson (Plumbing, Gasfitting & Drainlaying ITO)
MASONRY
TRAVEL & TOURISM
David Barnard
Don Fraser (Masonry ITO) Chair
Greg Sinden
MEAT
Peter Courtier (Woolworths Wainuiomata)
Vaughan Crimmins (Skills NZ)
Jason Cunningham (Lesnies) Chair
Ricky Durrand (A E Preston)
Warren Harrington (Pak ‘N’ Save)
Stephen Macaulay (Retail Meat Federation ITO )
Kevin O’Rielly (Foodstuffs)
John Quigley (NZ Pork Board)
MEDIA PRODUCTION PROGRAMMES
Chris Graham (Flying Fish Ltd)
Geoff Head (Protel Ltd)
Emily Loughnan (Clicksuite Ltd)
Mina Matheson (M 3 Media)
Mark Sweeney (W.H.S.)
Sharon Te Rangi (Atiawa Toa FM)
Simon Wilmot (Deakin University)
Paul Brydges (The Terrace Travel)
Clare D’Arcy-Smith (Qantas Airways Ltd)
Bruce Forsyth (Silverstream Cruise & Holiday Centre)
Kelly James (American Express Travel)
Paul Lambert (Upper Hutt City Council)
Christine O’Leary (Upper Hutt City Council)
Rachael Shadbolt (Tourism Industry Assn NZ)
Babs Smits (Broker – Go International) Chair
Alan Stevens
Scott Wagstaff (Holiday Shoppe)
VISUAL ARTS
Dianne Baker (Wellington Art House Charitable Trust)
Anne Brodie (Ministry of Education)
Salme Kortet (The Dowse)
Brett Mason (Museum of Wellington City & Sea)
Claire Rergnault (The Dowse)
Karin Van Roosmalen (Massey University)
Tim Walker (The Dowse) Chair
MOTOR BODY TRADE
Mark Connor (Auto Smash Repairs)
Kevin Dowd (Porirua Auto Crash Repairs)
Steve Gaskin (Rolrich Panel & Spray 1988 Ltd)
Cory McLaughlin (Ashton Panel & Paint)
Grant Morris (Porirua Motor Body (NZ) Repairs Ltd)
George Robinson (Colorspec Paints Ltd)
Tony Straugheir (Hutt City Panel & Paint)
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