Registered Master Builders New Zealand and Builders Academy New Zealand (Builders Academy) have announce a newly formed joint venture aimed at lifting the quality and accessibility of vocational education to support a better built New Zealand. This significant partnership marks a step towards developing a more robust and skilled workforce and offering more choice for aspiring carpentry apprentices.
As the sector continues to focus on building a strong, highly skilled future workforce, both organisations recognised that industry involvement is critical to successful vocational training and a thriving construction sector workforce.
Master Builders’ CE David Kelly says, “During a time when we are training more apprentices than ever before, choice of education providers is extremely important. Our partnership with Builders Academy reflects our commitment to providing more choice and greater industry involvement when it comes to training and talent development. Working closely with Builders Academy is an opportunity for our members to help shape how we train our apprentices to best suit the needs of our sector.”
The partnership is founded on a shared vision for inclusive vocational education and training. General manager of Builders Academy, Glenn Duncan explains its industry-led approach and deep understanding of the needs of building and construction employers.
“We believe that industry involvement is pivotal to successful vocational training. This is part of our DNA – Builders Academy is laser focused on lifting the standards of the industry and optimising learning outcomes. From our board down, we are focused on listening to, and serving the building and construction sector. This comes through in our approach to education that has been developed with builders in mind. As we continue to expand across New Zealand, having a partnership with Registered Master Builders is central to our growth. We want to make sure that we are delivering in a way that suits and supports Kiwi builders.”
As Master Builders widens its support across the vocational training network, it will continue to work with other workplace learning providers.