We’ve been consulting with the building industry to understand how micro-credentials or smaller qualifications could be useful to help businesses and the workforce thrive.
Industry members told us some barriers to completing longer qualifications include:
The proposed micro-credentials will supplement longer trade qualifications like the New Zealand Certificate in Carpentry by providing more flexible training pathways.
This project’s scope doesn’t currently extend to leadership or project management roles. These qualification pathways will be explored separately.
We consulted with a broad range of building business owners, apprentices and industry organisations to understand what micro-credentials or smaller qualifications would be valuable for learners and employers.
Some key things we heard were:
Take a look through the proposed micro-credentials and the groupings of skills and knowledge, and then complete a short survey to give your feedback. Your feedback will inform our project to develop these micro-credentials in 2025.
We’ve described the worker (or learner) each micro-credential might be relevant to. Each table heading within each learner group signifies a separate micro-credential.
This person is new to the trades. They are developing skills, learning from others, and need direct supervision.
This person has fundamental building skills and knowledge. They know the level of performance required for fundamental building work and can do some tasks without direct supervision.
This person applies knowledge and performs a broad range of skills for the trade, is technically proficient, and meets the level of performance required without supervision.
This person is trade qualified. They are competent, and the quality and level of their work are up to the standard expected of a well-rounded carpenter. They can be developing advanced or specialist technical skills.
This project is open for feedback until Monday, 6 January 2025.
