Media Releases

Careerforce, with the support of Hospice New Zealand, has created an assessment package to recognise the competency of the workforce providing palliative and end of life care.

MEDIA RELEASE 6 March 2018 “The youth work sector is very excited to see the launch of Careerforce’s new Youth Work Apprenticeship programme,” said Jane Zintl manager of Korowai Tupu o Ara Taiohi, the professional association […]

Careerforce, alongside 10 other industry training organisations (ITO’s) has signed a historic agreement (Kawenata) with Waikato Tainui. This initiative represents an important step in the tribe’s plan to increase career opportunities for its people. The […]

MEDIA RELEASE 5 Feb 2018   The New Zealand Society of Diversional Therapists welcomes a qualification that they now recognise as meeting the requirement for their members. NZSDT Inc. is the professional organisation for individuals […]

Careerforce received overall ratings of Highly Confident in both its educational performance, and its capability in self-assessment, having rated as Confident in its previous review (2013).

The final report found that “the organisation has a clear purpose and direction and is well led by a highly effective sector and industry skills-based board and senior management team” and that “Careerforce has effective processes that contribute to training outcomes. It is meeting the most important needs of employers, industry, trainees and government agencies.”

New Zealand’s volunteer sector is getting a professional development boost with the introduction of a new certificate aimed at experienced and aspiring managers.   Careerforce, the industry training organisation for the health and wellbeing sectors, […]

Pacific learners engaged in workplace training have the best chance of success when they are part of a supportive team learning environment, new research shows. A new research report, Pacific Learner Success in Workplace Settings, […]

A diversional therapist, a youth coach, a mental health worker and a disability support worker are the winners of this year’s Training Excellence Awards, hosted by the Industry Training Organisation Careerforce.   Thames-based youth worker […]

Careerforce, the Industry Training Organisation for the health and wellbeing sectors, kicked off its third Workforce Development Conference at Te Papa on Monday. Careerforce Chief Executive Ray Lind says the conference is a meeting of […]

New Zealand is fortunate to have such rich cultural diversity and wealth of knowledge within our care and support workforce.   In our new role assessing care and support qualifications for pay equity equivalence, we’ve […]

The very first cohort of New Zealand’s Health and Wellbeing Apprentices will be celebrated in style at a graduation evening next month, as part of the Careerforce Workforce Development Conference (CWDC), hosted at Te Papa […]

MEDIA RELEASE: 14 July 2017 A deep understanding of the unique bi-cultural setting of New Zealand’s health system must be demonstrated by care and support workers holding international nursing degrees who wish to gain equivalency to […]

MEDIA RELEASE: 10 July 2017 Care and support workers holding nursing degrees from the Philippines, India, South Africa, Australia and the United Kingdom now hold qualifications equivalent to the New Zealand Certificate in Health and […]

MEDIA RELEASE: 10 July 2017 Careerforce, the Industry Training Organisation (ITO) for the health and wellbeing sectors, has been tasked under new legislation to take on a new role to support the recognition of the […]

Careerforce to kick off Workforce Development Conference   MEDIA RELEASE 04 July 2017   Pay equity, suicide prevention and the state of mental health in New Zealand will be hot topics at the third Careerforce […]

Pay Equity In April 2017, the Government signed a $2 billion pay equity settlement which will be delivered to New Zealand’s 55,000 care and support workers over the next five years. As per the Care […]

Apprentices, trainees and workplaces across New Zealand’s Hygiene, Health and Wellbeing sector are invited to take part in the 2017 Careerforce Training Excellence Awards.

The Careerforce Training Excellence Awards recognises employees and employers who are committed to training, professional development, and in making a difference in the lives of New Zealanders.

Careerforce Chief Executive Ray Lind says these awards are the first of their kind for the health, wellbeing, social and community services, cleaning and pest management sectors.

“Apprenticeships are much more than just trades,” says Penny Rogers, Manager for Apprenticeship and Vocational Training at Industry Training Organisation (ITO) Careerforce.

“The term ‘Apprenticeship’ usually makes people think of the traditional bricks-and-mortar style workplace training,” Ms Rogers says.

“But a new suite of Apprenticeship programmes are now available for the health and wellbeing sectors – a first for New Zealand!”

MEDIA RELEASE 05 May 2017 New Zealand’s health and wellbeing sector needs an injection of younger workers to combat an imminent skills shortage, according to a new report by a leading economic research agency. The […]

Careerforce has joined At Your Service Aotearoa’s call to arms over a mounting skills shortage within the service sector workforce and urges greater focus on workplace training. As the Industry Training Organisation for the health […]

Mental health worker Tracey Currie says self-reflection is a “powerful tool” support workers can use to achieve better outcomes for their clients. Tracey works as a Coordinator with PACT’s Balclutha Link Centre in South Otago, […]

Aged care support workers from Counties Manukau Homecare Trust are celebrating a workplace success after graduating with a nationally recognised Careerforce qualification. And the best part is, their workplace training programmes have allowed them to gain […]

  Keeping people with dementia at home in the community is one way to manage the ticking time-bomb of rising dementia rates, says Careerforce CEO Ray Lind. “We believe the community care model is part […]

Mental health and addiction outcomes in rural New Zealand will benefit from greater focus on workplace training

Industry training should play greater role in preparing New Zealand school-leavers for the workforce, says the head of Industry Training Organisation, Careerforce. With only three in ten high school-leavers going to university, post-school education should […]

New Zealand business has been celebrated in style as more than 600 guests from the government, academic and business sectors came together to honour the winners of the 2016 AUT Business School Excellence in Business […]

22 August 2016 A clean environment is critical to staying healthy. As the Havelock North community rebounds from the debilitating infection that swept through the community, industry training organisation (ITO) Careerforce wants to help raise […]