Pacific Training Institute - Strategic Plan 2016 - 2019
Contents:
1. Background
2. Our Vision, Mission and Values
3. The Tertiary Education Strategy 2014-2019
4. Market Analysis
5. Our Goals
6. References
7. Appendix: The Tertiary Education Strategy 2014 – 2019 Priorities
1. Background:
Pacific Training Institute Limited (PTI) was established in Wellington 23 years ago in 1993 as a
Pacific owned and managed Private Training Establishment (PTE) providing high quality training
and education in the Wellington region and beyond. Established from the Pacific Islands Resource
Centre Inc. in Wellington, PTI offered Government funded programmes to youths and adults of
Pacific, Maori and other ethnicities. PTI initially ran English for Speakers of Other Languages
(ESOL), Retail, Motor Mechanic and Panel Beating courses with a particular focus on Pacific and
Maori peoples. PTI has since run government-funded work-based training programmes at National
Qualifications Framework Level 1-3 including Business Administration, Computing, Youth
Development, Motor Trades, “Be Your Own Boss”, In-to-Employment, Foundation-Focused
Training Opportunities, Training for Work, Governance, literacy & numeracy and Aoga Amata
Early Childhood Teacher Training courses as well as Diploma in Business level 5 and 6 at the
tertiary level.
On March 9, 2016, NZQA gave approval for PTI to gain a new minority shareholder in Universal
Network of Infotech New Zealand Ltd (UNI-NZ). This new shareholding arrangement will bring
together the successful experience of PTI in New Zealand with the international experience and
marketing expertise of UNI-NZ. UNI-NZ is an experienced multinational IT education provider
with associate campuses in Fiji, Australia, England and India.
NZQA has imposed one condition on PTI’s new shareholding arrangement as follows: “Pacific
Training institute may have a maximum of 120 international students enrolled at any one time
across the entire range of programmes and training schemes that PTI has the accreditation and/or
approval to provide”.
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2. Our Vision:
Pacific Training Institute (PTI) aims to provide high quality education and training within a
multicultural context.
Our Mission:
Pacific Training Institute aims to provide the best teaching and support appropriate for peoples of
many ethnic origins to help learners gain credit toward recognised New Zealand Qualifications and
prepare for employment, further study and full participation in New Zealand Society.
Pacific Training Institute facilitates successful outcomes based upon culturally familiar and learnercentred environments to motivate and reach out to meet the needs of individual learners and the
wider community.
Our Values:
Honesty, integrity, empathy and good conduct are the key principles that we endeavour to adhere to
at PTI. In order that our high standards are maintained, we insist that these values are clearly
articulated and practiced within and outside our premises. To this end, our core values of honesty,
openness and spirituality have been encapsulated in the following values and code of conduct:
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Respect for the law, the individual and each other
Accountability, openness and willingness to be scrutinized
Declaration of any conflicts of interest
Learners and staff must always feel safe within PTI
A zero tolerance for discrimination and bullying
Honesty and fairness in dealing with all stakeholders
Embracing cultural diversity, change and new ideas
Ensuring the well-being of all we serve
We endeavour to promote and support these principles by leadership and example.
3. The Tertiary Education Strategy 2014 – 2019
The “Tertiary Education Strategy 2014-19” (the Strategy) outlines the Government’s long-term
strategic direction for tertiary education. The Strategy was jointly developed by the Ministry of
Education and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
The Strategy focuses on ensuring New Zealand has an outward-facing and engaged tertiary
education system, with strong links to industry, community, schools and the global economy; and
gives highest priority to the requirement that the skills people learn and develop through tertiary
education are very clearly matched with labour market employment opportunities.
The Strategy notes that the tertiary education system has to become more flexible and strategic and
can do this by:
 Ensuring that the tertiary education system performs well, not just as its own system, but
also as a part of the wider New Zealand economy;
 Ensuring the system can adapt more quickly to change, including changing technologies and
changing patterns of demand;
 Addressing changing skill needs so that the skills gained in tertiary education link to
employment opportunities in the labour market; and
 Continuing to maintain a strong international credibility and deliver educational
performance that compares with the best in the world.
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The Tertiary Education Strategy 2014 – 2019 Priorities:
Priority 1 - Delivering skills for industry
Priority 2 - Getting at-risk young people into a career
Priority 3 - Boosting achievement of Maori and Pasifika
Priority 4 - Improving adult literacy and numeracy
Priority 5 - Strengthening research-based institutions
Priority 6 - Growing international linkages
PTI’s Main Strategy Focus - Priorities 1, 3 and 6
 Priority 1 - Delivering skills for industry is a main focus for PTI and its students as
students come to PTI to gain employment (Training for Work) and career enhancing
qualifications (PTI Diploma in Business L5 and NZDipBus L6)
 Priority 3 - Boosting achievement of Maori and Pasifika is also an implicit priority for
PTI given its Pacific governance, origins and connections.
 Priority 6 - Growing international linkages is essential for PTI to survive and grow as
Government funding declines and new revenue streams become essential.
4. Market Analysis:
In terms of Tertiary Education Strategy 1 - delivering skills for Industry, New Zealand’s forecast
“employment growth is predicted to remain above the long-run average in the medium-term (to
2019) but decline slightly afterwards… the medium to long term outlook for employment is that
growth will be strongest for highly-skilled occupations, such as managers and professionals.
Business services will be a major driver of employment growth in the medium-term…” (Ministry of
Business, Innovation and Employment, Dec 2015, p.3).
Employment growth for industry groups in New Zealand for 5 and 10 years and average annual
percentage changes shows:
 Business Services as the second largest area of employment, behind Retail Trade and
Accommodation and third to highest employment growth, (Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment, Dec 2015, p7).
 Businesss Services adding 68,900 jobs over 2014-2024 (2.2% growth) and
 Information, Media and Telecoms adding 5,400 jobs over 2014-2024 (1.1% growth).
Top 25 occupation groups in NZ (MBIE, Dec 2015, p10) ranked by 2014-2024 employment %
changes shows:
 1st: Office and Practice Managers adding 24,300 jobs (4.9% growth)
 2nd: Business and Systems Analysts, and Programmers adding 19,300 jobs (4.4% growth
 3rd: ICT Managers adding 4,100 jobs (4.3% growth)
 8th: ICT Network and Support Professionals adding 3,100 jobs (3.8% growth)
 13th: Business Administration Managers adding 27,500 jobs (3.5% growth) and
 22nd: Sales, Marketing and Public Relations Professionals adding 7,900 jobs (3.2% growth)
The Careers NZ “Jobs in skill shortage” list which shows the jobs on Immigration New Zealand's
long-term and immediate skill shortage lists, and it currently includes:
 Business and
 IT and Telecommunications
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This data supports PTI’s current offering of career enhancing (PTI Diploma in Business L5 and
NZDipBus L6) qualifications and PTI’s intentions to offer IT qualifications in association with
UNI’s overseas branches.
Geographically speaking, the ASB/ Main Report Regional Economic Scoreboard, December 2015
Quarter presents a positive economic outlook for Wellington, noting:
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“Annual employment growth is modest now and insufficient to match growth in the working
age population. So while the unemployment rate remains low, there are more opting out of
work, especially amongst women and those over 50.”
Wellington is 13.2% of the NZ economy (March 2014) (with Auckland 35.3%), the June 2015
population was 497,000 with a 1.1% growth rate (Auckland 2.8%) with 275,000 in
employment growing at 2.5% per year (compared to Auckland 819,000 and 2.9%
respectively).
Wellington region is economically healthy with good employment growth, a pick up house
sales and prices, rising retail sales in the December quarter and accommodation outlets have
been much busier, despite a quiet 7s tournament. “The hint is that the cycle is on its way up in
Wellington”, (p2).
In terms of Tertiary Education Strategy 6 - delivering skills for Industry in terms of international
students, enrolled numbers are expected to grow in the PTE sector. Education NZ www.enz.govt.nz
has two international student enrolment scenarios to 2025, both showing growth and significantly
increased (72%) tuition fees per student for PTEs.
PTI is a very small PTE given the average number of students per PTE in New Zealand is currently
164 and expected to grow to between 188 and 270, so there is much room for growth in this regard,
(Education New Zealand, (November 2015) p4).
Education NZ (22 March 2016, p.10) has identified the PTE sector priorities as:
1. Lift capability of individual providers
2. Build new sector collaborations for offshore delivery
3. Ensure ENZ, INZ and NZQA are aligned on growth markets
ENZ notes (ibid p.5) these positives and challenge as related to the 2010 to 2015 period:
 Student numbers in PTEs (excluding English language students) rose 21% to just under
34,000 students
 Tuition fee income increased 22% to $35 million
 66% of the student numbers growth came from India
Education NZ has prioritised offshore student markets into three categories following an extensive
evaluation process recommends:
1. Rebalance: in China and India ENZ’s focus is on retaining growth in Chinese and Indian
student numbers while rebalancing our investment to focus on future value and
sustainability. ENZ is assessing the position of Chile, Malaysia, Germany and South Korea,
and will, over time, adjust resources accordingly.
2. Promote markets refer to the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Japan, Thailand, Viet Nam
and Saudi Arabia.
3. Explore markets refer to Pakistan, the Philippines and Colombia
(Education New Zealand (n.d.).)
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5. Our Goals
Goal 1
 By August 2017 grow PTI’s local student enrolments beyond the current number of 50 and grow PTI’s
international student enrolments to 120.
This goal is vital for PTI to achieve in order to strengthen cashflow in order to survive, thrive and be able to offer
top quality programmes. International students will be sourced from a diverse range of countries including India,
China, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Pakistan, Africa, Thailand, Korea, Sri Lanka, Fiji, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
This goal is aligned with the Tertiary Education Strategy’s Priority 6 - Growing international linkages.
Achieving Goal 1:
 Strengthen PTI’s marketing ability, capacity and student recruitment networks and channels
 Ensure PTI complies strongly with the Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students
and has strong systems including self-review.
 Achieve very high levels of student satisfaction, completion and success rates
Goal 2
 Develop and deliver quality and relevant international education programmes up to level 7, initially in
Business/Management and later Information Technology fields by 2019 with validated pathways to further
study and employment.
This goal is vital for PTI to survive, grow and meet stakeholder needs and opportunities as Government funding
declines making growth revenue streams essential. Furthermore, a skilled labour force helps build and sustain
economic growth. Business/Management and Information Technology are both seen as areas of high demand so
students achieving qualifications in these areas should be able to pathway into good career opportunities. This
goal is aligned with the Tertiary Education Strategy’s Priority 1 - Delivering skills for industry
Achieving Goal 2:
 Investigate, select strands and update the current NZDipBus qualification to the new NZDipBus
qualifications, plus investigate L7 qualification(s)
 Investigate, select and develop appropriate NZ Certificate and Diploma in Computing/IT qualifications,
including those at L7.
 Develop and maintain recognised cross credit and study pathways to other education providers as well as
employers, both within New Zealand and overseas
Goal 3
 Timely well informed decision making and self-review resulting in quality educational performance
This goal is vital for PTI to ensure relevance, responsiveness, innovation and quality and that PTI’s training
provision and graduate pathways are aligned to the evolving contexts and needs of stakeholders including
students, employers, industry and community.
Achieving Goal 3:
 Conduct comprehensive stakeholder consultation to determine training demand levels, employment, labour
market and career and trends as well as relevant ethnic community needs.
 Systematically conduct stakeholder surveys and consultation. Hold at least two stakeholder advisory group
meetings per year.
 Develop related self-review, evaluation and review to the extent that PTI achieves an NZQA Category One
rating.
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6. References:
ASB/Main Report Regional Economic Scoreboard, December 2015 Quarter. (26 Feb 2016).
Main Report.
Careers NZ. (n.d.). “Jobs in skill shortage”. Retrieved from
http://www.careers.govt.nz/jobs-database/whats-happening-in-the-job-market/skill-shortage-jobs/
Education New Zealand. (n.d.). “Markets and Research”.
Retrieved from http://www.enz.govt.nz/sites/public_files/PTE%20final.pdf
Education New Zealand. (22 March 2016). “PTE Sector International Education Roadmap”.
Retrieved from http://www.enz.govt.nz/markets-research
Education New Zealand. (November 2015). “NZ International Education Industry Strategic
Roadmap 2015 Progress Update, Draft Nov 2015”. Retrieved from
http://www.enz.govt.nz/sites/public_files/IE%20Roadmap%20%20Strategic%20Roadmap%202015%20Progress%20Update.pdf
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Dec 2015. “Medium-Long Term Employment
Outlook Looking ahead to 2024”. Retrieved from
http://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/employment-skills/labour-market-reports/forecasting/medium-longterm-employment-forecasts/document-image-library/medium-longterm-employment-outlook-2024.pdf
Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. March 2014.
“Tertiary Education Strategy 2014 – 2019”. Retrieved from
http://www.education.govt.nz/further-education/policies-and-strategies/tertiary-education-strategy/
ISBN 978-0-478-42254-2 (Print), ISBN 978-0-478-42255-9 (Web)
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