Here for your reference is a consolidated glossary of terms and industry abbreviations used by MITO.
| AADS | Association of Australasian Diesel Specialists |
| ATech® | MITO's advanced technical training programme for the automotive industry |
| CRA | Collision Repair Association |
| ITA | Industry Training Advisor |
| EFTS | Equivalent full-time learners - measure used by TEC for institution-based education funding purposes |
| Gateway | A targeted funding programme which offers senior secondary school students structured workplace learning |
| IAME | Institute of Automotive Mechanical Engineers |
| IMVDA | Independent Motor Vehicle Dealers Association |
| Industry training | Systematic training provided for people employed in an industry |
| ITF | Industry Training Federation |
| ITO | Industry training organisation |
| ITPs | Institutes of technology and polytechnics |
| MIA | Motor Industry Association |
| MITO | New Zealand Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) |
| MTA | Motor Trade Association |
| NZQF | New Zealand Qualifications Framework |
| NZQA | New Zealand Qualifications Authority |
| OFPANZ | Outdoor Fabric Products Association of New Zealand |
| PTE | Private training establishment |
| Qualification | Requirements for certification established by a recognised SSB or TEO |
| RoI | Return on investment |
| STAR | Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource - additional funding provided by the Ministry of Education to state secondary schools for access to a wider range of courses |
| StartUp® | MITO's programme for secondary schools (administered under Gateway) |
| SSB | Standard-setting body |
| STEP | Strategic Tertiary Education Priorities |
| STM | Standard Training Measure - measure used by TEC for industry-based education funding purposes |
| STP | Strategic training plan |
| TEC | Tertiary Education Commission |
| TEI | Tertiary education institution: an institution established under Section 162 of the Education Act 1989 - universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, specialist colleges, and formally established wananga |
| TEO | Tertiary education organisation |
| TOPs courses | TEC's Training Opportunities programme that offers unemployed people over 18 the chance to gain valuable skills for free |
| US or unit | Unit standard: a nationally registered, coherent set of learning objectives |
| YT | Youth Training: a targeted funding programme that offers young people under 18 with low qualifications the chance to gain skills that will help them to get a job |