Immigration News July 12, 2021

New Leaders Help Fix Skills Shortage

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has stated that six new groups tasked with bringing togeth*-er industry and vocational education providers now have the required tools and leadership to do their work

The Workforce Development Council (WDC) will set skill standards, help industry plan what and how training is given and play a leadership role for industries.

Future planning is critical to ensure training providers are offering the right courses, to get the right people graduating with the right skills to address NZ’s skill shortages.

This includes meeting the needs of industries currently facing recruitment difficulties including IT, engineering, primary industries, building and construction etc.

The WDC will moderate assessments against industry standards and, if required, set and moderate assessments at the end of a qualification.

Every industry is covered by one of the six Workforce Development Councils:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics
Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure
Muka Tangata – People, Food and Fibre
Toi Mai
Community, Health, Education and Social Services, and
Services.

The WDCs will be up and running from October 2021.

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Author Details

Vandana Rai

(LIA 201400900)

Director

Vandana is herself a migrant and has a rare set of skill match, which could be considered ideal for a Licensed Immigration Adviser. She was a school counsellor from 1996 to 2006, a role in which she was a natural fit due to her nurturing and caring personality. Her earnest journey as a fully Licensed Immigration Adviser for New Zealand began in 2014, and she considers herself blessed to have the background and the skills that allow her, as an Immigration adviser, to effortlessly visualise herself in her client’s situation, understand their needs and problems, and use her knowledge, experience, and expertise to help find a solution for it.

She is currently on the Board of New Zealand Association of Migration and Investment (NZAMI) and was part of the Immigration Advisers Authority(IAA) referral group for 2016.