Industry Training Perspective

Ruma KaraitianaKaiwhakahaere Matua - Chief Executive

Building & Construction Industry Training Organisation

Māori In Industry Training • Many Māori begin and end their tertiary

education within the industry training sector• September 2012– 89,364 learners active in industry training system– 13,087 of these identified as Māori (11,278 other/unknown)

• Little known about or researched• Little attention given within the system to the

particular needs/differences in circumstance

Māori In Industry Training • Most research on Māori in the tertiary sector

does not include learners in Industry Training– Kerehoma C (2012) Māori Learners in Workplace Settings– Kerehoma; Connor; Garrow; Young (2013) A Model for Successful

Māori Learners in Workplace Settings

• Well understood concepts and practices do not apply or work in Industry Training

• We have to actively modify and recreate our current strategies and challenge assumptions

Te Ako TiketikeA Model for Successful Māori Learners in Workplace Settings

1. Personal commitment, attitude & motivation2. Peer mentoring, peer learning & role models3. Connectedness (with employer, the ITO and colleagues)

4. Whānau support and encouragement5. Strong Foundations (literacy, numeracy & financial

management)

• Will require significant change

The BCITO Journey

• High completion rates overall (as measured by TEC)

• OK Māori Participation – 2012 937 Māori learners (12.9%) 847 above L4

• Māori learner completion lagging the norm • 2010 decision to do something about it• Mātauranga Māori – construction knowledge,

comprehension, or understanding

The BCITO Journey

• Heritage equity from Māori Trade Training Programme

• Heritage equity from Project Te Araroa– St Stevens Church/ Whare- Karakia; Matahi Marae; Tutua

Marae; Potaka Marae; Hinerupi Marae

• Internal neutrality of support• External neutrality from Industry• Positive expectation/support from Iwi

The BCITO Journey

• Challenge – how do you do something collective when all learners are located separately and never come together

• Answer – change every separate interaction• Requirement – change your people through

knowledge, comprehension & understanding

The BCITO Journey

• Garyth Arago-Kemp - Kaitakawaenga Māori responsible to lead strategy development (2011) - Key parts of our strategy are:-

• boost Māori apprentice success and completion rates• boost Māori participation in higher level qualifications and career

prominence• boost Māori employer and trainee engagement with formal training• boost community involvement in supporting formal training• support field staff working with Māori apprentices and employers• up skill field staff in Māori learning and cultural concepts • mentor field staff in working with people from different cultures• Increase cooperation and interaction with communities and stakeholders

The BCITO Journey

• 2012 piloted in the BCITO Midlands Area• 2013 - Ropata Wharehinga - Kaitautoko

Māori/Coordinator• 2013 Key Tasks

– support field staff working with Māori apprentices and employers– up skill field staff in Māori learning and cultural concepts – mentor field staff in working with people from different cultures

• Active engagement with Iwi to support their own initiatives

The BCITO Journey

• It is early days on a long journey• The journey is of our own making

Mō tātou, ā, mō ka uri a muri ake neiFor us and our children after us