Wing your way to the National Aircraft Competition in Wigram

Wing your way to the National Aircraft Competition in Wigram

Wing your way to the National Aircraft Competition in Wigram 1 February 2022   If you have a fascination with planes, here’s your chance to get an up-close-and-personal view inside jet planes at an easy social distance. The National Aircraft Maintenance...
WorldSkills Champions inspire at APAC Forum

WorldSkills Champions inspire at APAC Forum

WorldSkills Champions inspire at APAC Forum 14 November 2021 Inspiring WorldSkills Champions bring wow-factor to APAC TVET Forum Four World Skills Champions are the stars of the 2021 APAC Technical and Vocational Education and Training Research Forum. Representing...
Maria’s passion for plumbing

Maria’s passion for plumbing

Success Story Maria’s passion for plumbing “Straight away I felt like I was in my zone. I was enjoying it. It made me feel happy like I knew it was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.” These are Maria Contreras Huerta reflections on her plumbing...
Amelia  – Business owner and floral designer

Amelia – Business owner and floral designer

Success Story Amelia – Business owner and floral designer Amelia Addis was doing her floristry apprenticeship in Palmerston North when she ‘caught the WorldSkills bug’. She went along to the 2014 National Competitions for Floristry in Hamilton, and then to Sao Paulo,...
Mike’s career takes flight

Mike’s career takes flight

Success Story Mike’s career takes flight 15 Jun 2021  Mike West took out the Silver Medal for Aircraft Maintenance at the 2013 WorldSkills International Competition in Leipzig, Germany. Today, he is working for the Royal New Zealand Air Force and after a rigorous...