Forest Industry Safety Council (FISC) update
The Forest Industry Safety Council (FISC) has been working on a number of initiatives, many of which were suggested as part of the independent review of...
http://troq.competenz.org.nz/news/forest-industry-safety-council-fisc-update/Forestry apprentice of the year proud to follow in family's footsteps
For Jasmine Kuru, working in the forest is in her blood. She started out with Kuru Contracting, her parents’ business, when she was just 16 years...
http://troq.competenz.org.nz/news/forestry-apprentice-of-the-year-proud-to-follow-in-familys-footsteps/Butchery graduate's road to success
Hohepa Smith has been with Countdown Meat and Livestock in Auckland for over eight years and has recently completed his National Certificate in Meat Retail Butchery...
http://troq.competenz.org.nz/news/butchery-graduates-road-to-success/Tombleson Logging wins Forestry Family of the Year Award
For Nick Tombleson, winning Forestry Family of the Year at the 2016 Northland Wood Council Forestry Awards was a huge credit to his family and his...
http://troq.competenz.org.nz/news/tombleson-logging-wins-forestry-family-of-the-year-award/Engineering apprentice following his dream career and so is his dad
For 20-year-old Ben Norton, working in the engineering industry is his dream career. The mechanical engineering apprentice at Compac Sorting Equipment, Auckland is in his third...
http://troq.competenz.org.nz/news/engineering-apprentice-following-his-dream-career-and-so-is-his-dad/Stuart Tolhurst Apprentice Trophy winner shares passion for engineering with her family
Before engineering, 24-year-old Marlane Harmer had multiple part-time jobs in hospitality before starting a mechanical engineering apprenticeship at Ravensdown Fertilisers, Napier. It was through a chance...
http://troq.competenz.org.nz/news/stuart-tolhurst-apprentice-trophy-winner-shares-passion-for-engineering-with-her-family/Plastics graduate’s hobby turns into his career
Ben Ellis decided early on he wanted do an apprenticeship; it was just a matter of which industry he wanted to train in.“I was told I...
http://troq.competenz.org.nz/news/plastics-graduates-hobby-turns-into-his-career/Butchery apprenticeship opening doors for young apprentice
Nick Buist started in the butchery industry with a part-time job after school. After working in such a captivating environment, and seeing the opportunities that surrounded...
http://troq.competenz.org.nz/news/butchery-apprenticeship-opening-doors-for-young-apprentice/A career change leads signmaking apprentice onto creative career pathway
Signmaking apprentice Louisa Jessop had to Google ‘signmaking’ when she found a job on Seek that caught her interest. Over a year later, the 26-year-old is...
http://troq.competenz.org.nz/news/a-career-change-leads-signmaking-apprentice-onto-creative-career-pathway/Unexpected career inspires print graduate to become award-winning success
Working in the print industry was an unexpected career for Sione Taueli Tonga, but he knew immediately that this was where he wanted to be.The 33-year-old...
http://troq.competenz.org.nz/news/unexpected-career-inspires-print-graduate-to-become-award-winning-success/
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