Employers

Apprenticeship Boost is a payment to employers of apprentices in their first or second year of training, available until 31 December 2023. Employers can receive payments of $1,000 per month in each apprentices’ first year and $500 per month in their second year, until August 2022. After August 2022 until 31 December 2023 employers will receive $500 per month for each first-year and second-year apprentices. 

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There are numerous advantages to taking on an apprentice. Not only will you be giving back to your industry by increasing the skill level of the overall workforce, but you’ll also be bringing new skills to your workplace while keeping up to date with the latest industry developments. So where do you start?

Sign up an existing employee

An apprenticeship and on-the-job training is an excellent way to support your employees, introduce new skills to the workplace and boost productivity and staff loyalty at the same time.

List your job with MITO

MITO lists current job vacancies on our website. If you’re looking for your next apprentice, you can advertise it on this website!

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Register on the MITO Job Hub

View the profiles of jobseekers looking for roles in your industry and your location. Like what you see? Get in touch with them directly!

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Support our school programmes

By becoming a StartUp®  , ShiftUp®  , RockUp  ®  , or LoadUp®   employer through MITO, you will offer interested and engaged students the opportunity to spend one or two days a week at your workplace where they will gain valuable work experience. You may even find your next apprentice!

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MITO learners can expect help and support from various sources — on and off the job.

In the workplace

The employer or supervisor provides the main support during the training. They demonstrate the skills of the job and oversee the training.

MITO Training Advisor

The local MITO Training Advisor is involved with the learner right through their training with a minimum of four visits annually (often more). When learners start their training, the Training Advisor meets with them and their employer to explain the process. During Training Advisor site visits they:

• Update the learner's personalised training plans
• Provide the employer with up-to-date reports on training activity
• Set goals with the learner and employer to help them achieve their qualification
• Arrange any off-job training that is required

MITO eLearning support services

The majority of MITO's programmes have the theory component delivered through eLearning. This allows learners to access online learning resources, including videos, interactive simulations and online theory assessments, at any time with an internet-enabled device. Real-time results and progress reports are available through MITO’s online Portal to both the learner and their supervisor.

The majority of MITO's programmes also have the practical requirements delivered online. Learners are required to collect and collate practical evidence and upload this online. When the learner has captured all of the evidence requirements, (this could be photos of jobs they have completed or copies of invoices to show the work carried out) they submit this to their supervisor through the Portal for verification.

Resource materials

Learners are provided with a training folder which has detailed information on the training programme to help track progress and achievements, including:

• What must be achieved
• Any unit standards to complete
• The tools and equipment required
• What is needed to pass the practical assessments, assignments and tests
• How assessment will be carried out.

The resource materials are designed for ease of use and to allow a step-by-step approach to achieving a qualification.

Loan devices

MITO has internet-enabled devices available to support learners who do not have their own adequate device to support them in their eLearning and submitting practical assessments online.

Industry Mentors

This programme provides mentoring services through an experienced or knowledgeable person guiding learners through the technical components of their programme. While on-job training is delivered within the workplace by skilled technicians, the Industry Mentor programme is designed to be supplementary to support that learning process.

Māori and Pasifika

MITO is committed to supporting the educational aspirations of Māori and Pasifika employees in our industries by facilitating opportunities to participate in industry training and helping to achieve successful learning outcomes.

13% of MITO’s learners are Māori and 6% Pasifika. With a large proportion of New Zealand’s population growth in the next 20 to 30 years expected to come from Māori and Pasifika communities, there are wide-ranging opportunities for Māori and Pasifika people to participate in industry training and achieve career success.

We are working to:

• Ensure industry training meets the current and future skill development needs of industry
• Promote access and successful participation of Māori and Pasifika learners, including achievement at Level 4 and above
• Build our bi-cultural capability and capacity to support our Māori and Pasifika learners.

MITO works alongside a range of industry stakeholders, including the Māori and Pasifika Trades Consortia, to encourage Māori and Pasifika people to train for employment and connect them with local employers. 

Kaiwhakamanawa

The Kaiwhakamanawa programme is additional support designed to complement the on-job learning support that a learner already receives. It is intended to provide mentoring services with an experienced or knowledgeable person to provide and support the cultural capability, Māori culture, values and Tīkanga of Māori learners. The Kaiwhakamanawa will also assist Māori learners with components of their programme that they are struggling with.

A key aim of the programme is to enable Māori learners to develop their own skills, strategies and capability so they are able to successfully navigate and complete the requirements of their training programme. This includes meeting the expected credit achievement requirements and to achieve their qualification within expected duration. 

Kaiwhakamanawa are supporting Māori learners to develop the skills and confidence to operate their programmes independently I.E. the support is intended to be supplementary.

Pasifika Mentors

Similar to Kaiwhakamanawa and Industry Mentors, the Pasifika Mentoring programme is additional support designed to complement the on-job learning support that a learner already receives along with cultural advice and support. This programme is currently only available in the Auckland and Bay of Plenty regions and is facilitated by an external provider.

Study hubs/peer networking groups

Study hubs are designed to engage first-year automotive apprentices at the commencement of their training. The study hubs are run over three nights and cover an induction refresher, use of their online portal, eLearning and practical assessments and give them a chance to create a community with other first-year apprentices in their region.

Use of off-job training/block courses

Learners may need to attend off-job training at a polytechnic or training provider. This is either because it’s part of their training programme, or if the workplace cannot support a particular part of the learning requirements.

Off-job training can include block courses, day release courses, theory support, online workshops and specialist industry courses.

Do you have staff with supervisory or management potential? Help them to prepare for the next step up the ladder with MITO's business skills training programme.

New Zealand Certificate in Business (First Line Management):

MITO's nine-month First Line Management programme offers a professional development opportunity for people aspiring to management excellence.

It provides insight into how effective businesses work and earns graduates a New Zealand Certificate in Business (First Line Management) (Level 4) - a nationally-recognised qualification that can enhance long-term career prospects.

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