Displaying items by tag: PRIMARY ITO

Wednesday, 05 February 2025 06:55

Short courses for all visa holders

Primary ITO has a wide range of work-based training options to help you grow the skills and knowledge of your staff in 2025.

Published in Management
Wednesday, 29 May 2024 12:55

Never a better time to train

Now is the best time for training, says the new sector manager for dairy at Primary ITO, Marianne Awburn.

Published in Management

Nine lucky school leavers passionate about farming will join Pamu for a two-year journey into agriculture, living and working at Pamu farm, Aratiatia near Taupo.

Published in Agribusiness
Wednesday, 06 November 2019 09:55

Primary ITO hopes for training boost

Primary ITO will apply to the Ministry of Education for more Trades Academy places with demand from schools now outstripping supply.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 17 July 2019 12:55

Shearing and wool courses

New ‘micro-credentials’ in wool harvesting will help meet a critical need to train shearers and wool handlers, claims Primary ITO chief executive Linda Sissons.

Published in General News
Monday, 01 October 2018 15:12

Aucklanders lead dairy apprenticeship intake

One in five of all people wanting to take up a dairy apprenticeship is coming from Auckland.

Published in General News
Friday, 31 August 2018 08:55

Hitting the books helps farmer taste success

Dairy farming is a hands-on industry, but Frankie Stevens discovered that understanding the theory and business practices that underpin a farm is the key to success, comments Primary ITO.

Published in Agribusiness
Thursday, 16 August 2018 13:55

Upskilling helps tackle HR issues

The 2007 national Farm Manager of the Year award winner Emily Woolsey (32) and her husband Daniel, of Southland, had a good grasp of dairy farming, says Primary ITO.

Published in Agribusiness
Monday, 09 April 2018 11:14

Scheme to attract 100 apprentices

A dairy apprenticeship scheme jointly developed by Federated Farmers and Primary ITO could have 100 apprentices nationwide by June.

Published in General News
Thursday, 08 February 2018 08:55

Primary industries – a great career choice

Primary ITO’s CEO Dr Linda Sissons, has a long career in vocational education, but it has only been in the last three years that she has “dived” into the primary sector.

Published in Industry
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