SITE VISITS
We have visited three different workplace training providers in the following areas:
Palmerston North (Tool for Schools)
Masterton (Wairarapa Workforce)
Otorohanga (Otorohanga Trade Centre) the project championed by their Mayor Dale Williams

All three surveyed the trades, workforces and schools in their areas, the differing demographics produced individual requirements.  This highlighted the need to develop area specific strategies for trade and youth employment. They developed their own specialised variations for trade promotion but quickly realised to be successful a much wider support network needed to be created.

The three main deliveries are:
Direct from ITO (Independent Training Organisation) to School presentations
Direct from School to Industry trips
Public Trade Expo days educating students and Parents

The providers we visited shared their successful and marginal programs, giving us the benefit of their mistakes without having to experience them, this information will help us fast track and develop our own individual Trade promotion program.

All three providers identified through their surveys another group desperately needing help, being the unsupported school leaving age group of 15 – 19 years who are not involved in further education, training or employment.  Supporting this group has resulted in positive flow on effects for the areas employment goals.