Motu Notches an Industry First
Christchurch’s Motu Fialele has become the first person in New Zealand to receive the National Certificate in Hot Dip Galvanizing (Introductory Skills) Level 2. An employee of Perry Metal Protection, he has worked in the industry since 2001 and said the qualification helped him understand the job more fully, especially the importance of safety.
“If you don’t do the job properly, you can put others at risk. When you are handling hot steel, there are consequences if something is overlooked. Other people can be injured,” he said.
Motu earned his certificate with a mix of on and off-job training with the range of skills taught including crane usage, first aid and tool safety. Prime Minister John Key sent a message of support to last June’s presentation ceremony, saying he wanted to raise the esteem in which trades training was held. A shortage of skilled workers was preventing businesses from growing, he said.
Susi Batterbury, EXITO Industry Training Advisor for the Protective Coatings sector, said Motu’s achievement was an important milestone for the industry. |
Motu Fialele receiving his National Certificate with (from let to right) Duane Baguley, John Notley and Kelvin Frisken. |
Pilot Courses Launched for Resource Recovery Industry
Three pilot courses to test run newly developed assessment material within the Resource Recovery industry have been completed successfully.
Pilot courses are used to kick start training within the industry and are an assessment of a candidate’s current knowledge in line with industry unit standards. As well as trying out the new material, the pilots provide industry “champions” who will become workplace assessors.
The first pilot was held in late 2008 involving twelve people from the Community Recycling Network (CRN). The national certificate selected was the Zero Waste and Resource Recovery (Principles for Implementation) Level 3.
It resulted in eight people gaining the Zero Waste & Resource Recovery National Certificate. These certificates were presented by Environment Minister Nick Smith at the Beehive on September 24th, 2009.
The recipients were: Marty Hoffart (Waste Watchers, Tauranga), Rick Thorpe and Jaqui Forbes (Xtreme Waste, Raglan), Jonathan Hannon (Zero Waste Academy, Palmerston North), Sheryl Stivens and Sharon Breakwell (Canterbury Wastebusters, Ashburton), Karen Noble (Central Otago Wastebusters) and Peter Simpson (Wanaka Wastebusters). Daniel Robson (Metalcorp NZ, Christchurch) received a certificate in Scrap Metal Recycling, Level 2.
The second pilot began in October 2009 and involved eleven people from the composting fraternity. The national certificate selected was the Composting (Core Skills) Level 2. The pilot was run before the WasteMINZ conference to take advantage of people attending the conference.
The third pilot was for scrap metal and started in December 2009 with follow-up workplace assessment in January 2010. The national certificate selected was the Scrap Metal Recycling (Introductory Skills) Level 2.
Kevin Walker, EXITO CEO said: “Resource recovery is a vibrant, growing industry comprising a diverse range of commercial and community interests. It provides environmental services to many other industries that make critical contributions to New Zealand’s economy and sustainable development.
“This contribution will be greatly enhanced by the development of an effective and integrated industry training strategy.”
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First National Certificate Presentation for Resource Recovery Sector
Back row from left: Marty Hoffart, Jonathan Hannon, Graham Burt,
Peter Simpson, Trevor Munro, Rick Thorpe and Daniel Robson.
Front row from left: Sheryl Stivens, Jacqui Forbes, Minister Nick Smith, Karen Noble and Sharon Breakwell.
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