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Wairarapa young people are gaining from boosts to three different work-training schemes.
Employment and Social Development Minister Steve Maharey today announced a doubling from next year in the number of Gateway schools, giving students a head start into work.
Wairarapa MP Georgina Beyer says this will see Dannevirke High School and Makoura College join Kuranui College, plus more than 200 other schools nationwide in the Gateway programme. Gateway puts students from forms 4-7 into work environments such as restaurants, factories or farms. The skills they learn can count for credit in later training or apprenticeships.
Georgina Beyer says Gateway is part of the government's plan for every 15-19 year-old to be in school, work or training by 2007.
"The Modern Apprenticeship scheme is also going from strength to strength. I'm pleased to announce that the latest figures to June 30 show 98 Modern Apprentices in the areas covered by Carterton District, Masterton District, South Wairarapa District, and Tararua District councils. That's up from September last year, when there were 69. There are now 5,739 in the country as a whole."
Ms Beyer said that the Government also actively encourages people to enter schemes run by industry training organisations.
"The total number of people training in industry continues to climb," said Ms Beyer.
In the wider Wellington region there were 8,045 industry trainees at the end of June, including 873 in Masterton council's area, Tararua (634), South Wairarapa (92), and Carterton (45). The most popular training categories in the region were engineering, food & manufacturing (1,207), electrotechnology (986), forestry, sport, fitness & rec, and building.
Across New Zealand there were 86,337 industry trainees at 30 June 2003, up 10 percent on the 78,240 at 30 June 2002, and substantially more than the 49,577 in industry training at June 1999.
"Workplace training sets you up for sustainable job opportunities because employers everywhere need trained people ready and able to do the job," said Georgina Beyer.
See also:
Modern Apprenticeships
Gateway offers structured workplace learning
Industry Training
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