Mission - Wellington Institute of Technology

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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