A Pan-Auckland
Response to the
Skills Strategy
Unitec & MIT
Engineering & Trades Faculties
Students:
11,200 (4,350 EFTS)
Staff:
290
Degrees:
BE(Hons), BEngTech, BConstruction, B.Applied.Tech
Disciplines:
Civil, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management,
Construction Economics, Applied Technology, Property Development,
Architectural Technology, Carpentry, Building, Light Automotive,
Marine Technology, Boat Building, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Roofing,
Drainlaying, Electronics, Electrical Trades.
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Combined Coverage of Auckland Region
Plus Mahurangi and Pukekohe (off map)
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Why Collaborate?

Act as one entity to better support industry needs and
Government priorities in the Auckland area
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Become highly efficient, flexible & responsive to industry
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Move operations from “academic time” to “business time”
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Align and broaden combined offerings to better meet
employer needs and Government intentions
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Actively support “Line-of-Sight to Employment” for
Auckland secondary school students

Expand capability for applied research and technology
transfer

Respond jointly to the Built Environment Skills Strategy
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Key Driving Documents
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Tertiary Education Strategy 2010-2015
1.
Relevant & efficient tertiary education provision
2.
Tertiary providers working closely with industry
3.
Applied research and technology transfer
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Building Environment Skills Strategy
1.
Theme: “Fragmentation to Collaboration”
2.
Industry engagement with education & training
3.
“20% productivity increase by 2020”
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Building Skilled & Safe Workplaces
1.
More productive & innovative workforce
2.
Range of skills to be globally competitive
3.
Workplace safety is the embedded culture
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Delivering Better Public Services
1.
Boosting skills and employment
2.
Increase % of 18 year olds at NCEA L2 or higher
3.
Increase % of 25-34 year olds at L4 and above
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“Line of Sight” to Employment
Secondary
Schools
Education &
Training Sector
Vocational Pathways
Career Planning from Yrs 7 & 8
Bridging Courses
Trade Academies
Industry
Sectors
Industry Leadership
Aligned Portfolio
Responding to New Careers
Research & Technology Transfer
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“Line of Sight” to Employment
Secondary
Schools
Education &
Training Sector
Vocational Pathways
Industry
Sectors
Industry Leadership
Strengthen
Connections
between Education &
Training Sector and
Industry Sectors
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Problem: Complex
many-to-many interface
with unclear signals
School
Leavers
Existing
Workforce
Education
& Training
Sector
Industry Skill
Needs
Regional &
National Plans
?
Government
Intentions
“Graduates”
not necessarily
well aligned to
industry needs
?
Improved NZ
Economic
Productivity
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Output:
Industry sector Skill
Needs at each Level
for next 5 years
School
Leavers
(updated annually)
Existing
Workforce
Industry Skill
Needs
Industry
Leadership
Councils
Education
& Training
Sector
Skilled
Workforce
matched by
sector & region
Regional &
National Plans
Government
Intentions
Improved NZ
Economic
Productivity
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“Industry Leadership Councils”

Missing piece of the puzzle

Require support of all stakeholders to clarify industry
sector needs

National reach, with one for each major industry sector

Broadly similar to Skills Councils as they exist in UK,
Canada, Hong Kong, Australia but specifically adapted for
NZ needs

Purpose: To translate “Government intentions & industry
needs” into “education and training deliverables”

Output: National workforce skill needs mapped ahead
five years to guide programme design and delivery
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“20% Productivity Increase by 2020”
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Level 9
Level 8
Level 7
Level 6
Level 5
Level 4
Level 3
Levels 1 & 2
Suggestion: A framework for each skill set specified by region
(updated annually)
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“20% Productivity Increase by 2020”
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Level 9
Level 8
Level 7
Level 6
Level 5
Level 4
Level 3
Levels 1 & 2
Suggestion: A framework for each skill set specified by region
(updated annually)
Unitec & MIT Engineering & Trades Faculties
“20% Productivity Increase by 2020”
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Level 9
Level 8
Level 7
Level 6
Level 5
Level 4
Level 3
Levels 1 & 2
Suggestion: A framework for each skill set specified by region
(updated annually)
Unitec & MIT Engineering & Trades Faculties
“20% Productivity Increase by 2020”
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Level 9
Level 8
Level 7
Level 6
Level 5
Level 4
Level 3
Levels 1 & 2
Suggestion: A framework for each skill set specified by region
(updated annually)
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Concept Adaptable to Regional Needs
Industry
Leadership
Councils
“Translator”
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Summary

Unitec & MIT engineering and trades faculties collaborating for
educational, training and social benefit of wider Auckland area

Collaboration will bring us opportunities for greater efficiency

Problem of engaging with industry outlined and clarified

Unitec-MIT proposing a “Industry Leadership Councils” concept
to create a more practical and formal interface between
industry sectors, Government and tertiary education & training

Unitec & MIT keen to pilot this concept in Auckland area for
Construction & Infrastructure sector

Expected to have significant impact on productivity objectives

Happy to share this work with everyone interested.
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Suggested next steps …

Invitation to an independently facilitated national forum

Including industry and business leadership representation

Extended to all invitees to this Construction Skills Summit

Forum Purpose: To flesh out how Industry Leadership
Councils should be structured and function in practice

Forum Output: Charter to guide Industry Leadership Councils

Focus initially on Construction & Infrastructure sector

Aiming to hold this forum early in new year
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Discussion Questions
1.
Are there any other missing pieces of this jigsaw
puzzle?
2.
How do we assist more effective collaboration between
industry and tertiary education?
3.
What advice or guidance can the Summit give to Unitec
and MIT in our collaboration?
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