Success Story Tenth team to Internationals WorldSkills New Zealand is sending its tenth team to compete on the world stage at the 2024 WorldSkills International competition in Lyon, France in September . We will be competing in two skills: Aircraft Maintenance...
Success Story Going live with electrical With the support of the Ministry of Education, WorldSkills New Zealand designed fun and dynamic regional interschool competitions focussed on electrical trade skills, communication and project management for Year 11–13...
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...
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,...
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...
Success Story Southland Plumber on a winning trajectory Plumber Adam is taking care of business In 2014, Adam entered the WorldSkillsNZ Regional competition in Southland. He went on to take the Gold Medal in the Nationals in Hamilton that year. From there, Adam won...
