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TEACHING EXCELLENCE Centre for Industry and Trade Technology The Centre for Industry and Trade Technology brings together WelTec’s trade-level engineering and construction qualifications. This includes automotive, construction, electrotechnology, engineering, landscaping/horticulture, masonry, plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying. Industry involvement is part of its success in meeting student and employer needs. This is achieved through advisory groups, national certification and working with ITOs, as well as direct links with local and regional employers. The Centre is responsible for 90 percent of WelTec’s ITO contract values. The Centre’s graduates are in high demand. Its focus areas of engineering and construction industries, as well as offerings in transport/logistics, make it a vital contributor to the success of the region’s plans for the road and rail network development as well as ongoing major construction. Both in its range of programmes and number of students, WelTec’s Centre for Industry and Trade Technology is one of New Zealand’s largest providers of automotive industry training. A unique feature of WelTec is the ability for students to ‘staircase’ their qualifications. The Centre for Industry and Trade Technology works with the Centre for Creative Technologies to ensure that students who complete trade certificates can choose to go on to complementary diploma or degree level qualifications. Highlights for 2006 • Genesis Energy has renewed the contract for WelTec to deliver specialised mechanical and electrical engineering programmes to meet the needs of the electricity supply industry. The contract was also extended to include plumbing and gasfitting. • The Centre made a strong showing at the National SkillEx competitions, ensuring that both potential students and employers gained a deeper understanding of the high levels of skill, technology and professionalism that engineering and construction trades now involve. • A Certificate in Trades Entry Skills (Automotive) was developed to prepare and encourage young people into a career in the industry. • Two new National Certificates, in Electronic Security and Telecommunications, were also developed to meet industry needs. • An increasing number and frequency of trades industry people approaching WelTec for advice and access to future employees was one of the drivers for the development of the Regional Trades Training and Technology Centre. A significant amount work was done on the realisation of this centre in 2006. • New construction industry qualifications in 2006 included two National Certificates in Construction – one for leading hands and one in supervision. National SkillEx Competition 2006 1 12
Learning Development and Support Centre The Centre provides support across the whole of WelTec, as well as some professional development for academic staff. The Centre’s goals are to develop students’ ability to succeed in tertiary study, employment and the wider community. Its programmes and services are designed for students of all ages to extend language, literacy, numeracy, communication, computing and other key skills. The Learning Development and Support Centre was established in 2006 as part of WelTec’s restructured Academic Directorate. Its work spans both support and programme delivery. It aims to break down barriers to learning and provide generic skills that people need to succeed. Students that the Centre works with often go on to study successfully in another part of WelTec or go straight on a career goal. The Centre brings together Tertiary Study Skills, ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages); Communication Skills; PEP (Personal Education Planning); Learning Support; STAR Retail; Adult Community Education as well as career advice and career counselling. The Centre also works on developing flexible teaching, learning and assessment methodologies. Highlights for 2006 • The new Centre started work on how to deliver key generic skills across WelTec so that separate delivery and assessment are minimised while still meeting individual needs for contextualised learning and achievement. • Personal Education Planning was offered to new students. Those who took up the offer were positive about the value of the information and advice they received. • WelTec gained TEC funding for a literacy support tutor to provide help for those with literacy issues in their first language. • WelTec tutors worked in a professional development cluster with others from the Open Polytechnic, Whitireia Community Polytechnic and a PTE to develop reading strategies for adult learners. The outcome contributed to National Research for the Ministry of Education’s Learning for Living project. Training participant Sam Lemalie at work on Formway’s Life chair. 1 13
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