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Operational Excellence Subsidies

Capability Building and Mentoring funding is available from New Zealand Trade and Enterprise for many of our programs. To find out more please follow the link below.

NZTE Capability Building Grants

Food Industry Sector

If you are in the Food Industry Sector you may be eligible for the New Zealand Fast Forward incentives. To find out more please click on the icon below.

New Zealand Fast Forward logo

 

Training Subsidies

Training subsidies are available for many of our training programs in New Zealand. 

Our Competitive Manufacturing and First Line Management programs can be tailored to suit your business needs. This enables training subsidies to be available based on the number of training credits, and the number of levels completed.

National qualifications may be attained in the following levels and funding subsidies are available.

  • Level 2 National Certificate in Competitive Manufacturing (suitable for new operators - 40 credits)
  • Level 3 National Certificate in Competitive Manufacturing (Technical Strand - suitable for technical staff - 50 credits)
  • Level 4 National Certificate in Competitive Manufacturing (suitable for supervisors - 70 credits)
  • Level 4 National Certificate in Competitive Manufacturing (Facilitation Strand - suitable for change facilitators - 90 Credits)
  • Level 5 National Diploma in Competitive Manufacturing (pending)

For more information on funding programs we recommend that you speak to your Industry Training Organization. Follow the links below for contact details.

ITO's

ITO

Industries

Occupations

Apparel & Textile ITO
Ph (03) 377 8443

Carpet, clothing & textile manufacturing, dry cleaning, laundry

Machinist, dry cleaner laundry operator

Aviation, Travel & Tourism ITO
Ph (04) 499 6570

Aeronautical engineering, air crew, airport operations, rental car services, tourist operators, casinos, travel agents, tour wholesalers & booking offices

Aeronautical engineer, airport ground crew, tour operator, visitor information, gaming operator

Boating ITO
Ph 0800 600 242

Boat building, marine sales

Boat builder

Building & Construction ITO
Ph (04) 381 6430

Carpentry, concrete, construction, plastering, interior systems, floor & wall tiling

Builder, plasterer, tiler, foreman, labourer

Competenz
Ph (09) 371 9295

Food & beverage processing, engineering, refrigeration, heating, air conditioning, locksmithing, fire alarms & protection systems

Refrigeration engineer, gunsmith, locksmith, baker, winemaker, factory supervisor, welder

Electricity Supply ITO
Ph (07) 834 3038

Power production, transmission & maintenance

Electrician, line mechanic, cable jointer or layer, call centre operator, plant operator

Electrotechnology ITO
Ph (09) 525 2590

Telecommunications, security, call centre operations, electrical appliance repair, electronic manufacturing

Electrical engineer, call centre manager, security guard, telecommunications technician

NZ Extractives ITO
Ph (03) 377 8473

Quarrying, mining, drilling, explosives, tunnelling

Miner, explosives engineer

FITEC
Ph (09) 356 7250

Planting, harvesting, wood processing, wood product manufacturing

Skid worker, saw doctor, quarantine officer, production manager

Furniture ITO
Ph (04) 801 5083

Furniture manufacturing, finishing, upholstery, bedding, steel furniture, retail

Carpenter, upholsterer, retail assistant

Joinery ITO
Ph (04) 385 8814

Glass & glazing, aluminium & laminate fabrication

Glazier, joiner, craftsperson

NZITO
Ph (07) 958 3430

Dairy, meat and export food industry

Food processor, food technician

Plastics & Materials Processing ITO
Ph (09) 263 6098

Plastics production, glass container manufacturing, paint, ink & resin manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing (Excluding medicines)

Plastics process technician, plastics engineer

PrintNZ
Ph 0800 654 455

Printing, binding, finishing, administration, carton making, graphic communication

Digital or offset printer operator, binder,

Seafood ITO
Ph (04) 385 4005

Aquaculture, seafood processing & retailing, vessel operations

Shellfish farmer, factory trawler technician, fisherman, deck hand

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