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A sneak peak of todays comp, and the final for battle of the pans 2024.
Full album to follow
A big thanks to John McGlashan College for hosting our final event this year!

Battle of the Pans #3 was held yesterday in Hokitika. A big thank you to Hokitika for your hospitality and Westland High School Hokitika for hosting event 3 of this year's competition!

Also joining the epic battle was South Westland Area School.

Thank you too to our fantastic judges - Aroha Matthews (General Manager) and Christopher Mendaje (Head Chef) at Copthorne Hotel Greymouth and Colin Cutler of Woodstock Hotel.

Our two joint winners (from a strong field of 12 talented competitors) will be heading off for hugely valuable work experience with Christopher at the Copthorne.

With just one event to go, more than 100 students will have fired up their culinary skills and bravely put themselves to the test. Well done all involved!

Battle of the Pans number 3 is underway. Photos to follow

Thursday 13 June was the first of our Battle of the Pan events for 2024! Thank you Rutherford College for hosting.
Participating this year was Henderson High School, Hobsonville Point Secondary School, Selwyn College, WGHS - Westlake Girls High School, Westlake Boys High School and Rotorua Boys' High School

A wonderful start to the comp. well done all involved

Battle of the Pans - Wellington is underway. Thank you to Aotea College for hosting this event for the region. Good luck to all the students taking part from Wainuiomata High School, Wellington East Girls' College, Whanganui High School and Tawa College.

ServiceIQ is excited to announce the Battle of the Pans is back for 2024: a fun, easy, cost-effective way for students to achieve credits and experience the hospitality competition environment while making connections with employers and industry.

The Battle of the Pans is a series of regional competitions open to your Year 12/13 students.

This year, four regional competitions are running, and entry is free.

More Info: https://www.serviceiq.org.nz/schools/noticeboard/battle-of-the-pans-is-back/

Happy Holidays from the team here at ServiceIQ. We're taking a break from 23 December 2023 and will be back up and running from 8 January 2024.

And, in case you're wondering what the news from Government that Te Pūkenga is being disestablished means for you and us ... it's business as usual!

We will continue to provide all our employers and their trainees, and our schools and their teachers and students, with everything they need for workplace training and classroom learning.

✈️ Elevating Excellence in Aviation! 🏆

Kudos to the top guns of the WorldSkills New Zealand Aircraft Maintenance competition at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand in November:

🥇 Gold — Elliott Farnan ( Air New Zealand, Auckland)
🥈 Silver — Michael Hey (Airbus, New Zealand)
🥉 Bronze — Tim Duncan (HeliSupport New Zealand Ltd, New Zealand)

Hats off to all competitors for nailing it! Your skills are legit world-class.

Dave Evans, ServiceIQ Sector Manager - Aviation and Defence, says: “Aeronautical Engineering maintenance operators have always had a strong training culture in the highly regulated sector. The Apprenticeship systems that have been in place for many years, produce globally sought-after engineers. New Zealand’s first experience of the international WorldSkills competition in 2013 produced a Silver medal by Mike West from the RNZAF. This was followed a Gold medal in 2017 by Jarrod Wood from Air New Zealand. All the New Zealand competitors at the international competition do very well. This success proves that the New Zealand training system is world class.

Given the global staff shortages in the aviation industry New Zealand is well placed to become a global trainer for aviation engineers.

Congratulations to Elliott Farnan who was the winner of the national competition for 2023. Elliott is a 20-year-old second year apprentice from Air New Zealand, so an outstanding effort for this young engineer who has a great future ahead of him."

And the winners are in!
Special congratulations to our top placegetters: Gold — Elliott Farnan (Air New Zealand, Auckland), Silver — Michael Hey (Airbus New Zealand), Bronze —Tim Duncan (HeliSupport New Zealand).
Well done to all our WorldSkills NZ Aircraft Maintenance competitors, what an awesome two days!

It’s been a great first week of the school holidays for students who attended the two ServiceIQ Gateway Cultural Camps at Waitomo and Waimarama.

The camps give Year 13 students the rare opportunity to gain first-hand experience, practical skills, and unit standards, while staying in a unique New Zealand cultural setting. Thanks Hospitality Training Trust for the fantastic support and helping make these Camps happen.

Here’s some of the learning and fun from Waimarama, with students from William Colenso College Tamatea High School, Taradale High School, Katikati College, and Taikura Rudolf Steiner School.

There is more on the ServiceIQ Gateway Cultural Camps on our website here: https://www.serviceiq.org.nz/schools/gateway-training/serviceiq-gateway-cultural-camps/

📣 Exciting news from WorldSkills New Zealand 🌍✈️

The Aircraft Maintenance National Selection Competition was a soaring success at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Woodbourne on 22 July 2023! 🎉

ServiceIQ is proud to support this competition that showcased ten brilliant young aeronautical engineers, training or employed in the aviation industry, as they competed for a coveted spot in the National Competition, scheduled for Christchurch this November.

Competitors came from Air New Zealand, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Airbus, HeliSupport New Zealand Ltd

One exceptional competitor will have the honour of representing New Zealand in the WorldSkills International competition in France next year. 🏆🇳🇿🌍

The competitors tackled three tasks, including aircraft inspection, sheet metal fabrication, and fuel filter replacement. Their accuracy, attention to detail, and adherence to safety standards were key throughout the competition. ⚙️✅

WorldSkills is an international organization promoting vocational education and training. With the support of the New Zealand government, WorldSkills New Zealand nurtures young talent through national and international competitions. 🌟🔧✨

Congratulations to all the participants for their remarkable achievements! 🎊

Let's celebrate the passion and skill displayed by these in the competition. 🛩️🔧
Show your support for and the incredible that pave the way for a brighter future in the aviation industry! 🙌🌟

More information: bit.ly/3p7Y9Pn

It’s fantastic to be working with the fantastic folk at The Warehouse
stores like The Warehouse to give thousands of students great learning and work experience opportunities.

Two wonderful examples from Dargaville High School are Coleman Maaka-McCrea who has Down Syndrome and Harmony Hemara who has learning issues. Both excelled on their The Warehouse Red Shirts in Schools Gateway

https://www.serviceiq.org.nz/schools/gateway-training/red-shirts-in-schools/ training, which is run by .

Jo Laing-Smith, of The Warehouse says:

“We have had the pleasure of Harmony and Coleman join us here at The Warehouse Red Shirts in Schools Gateway programme. They have both been extremely helpful in their time here.

“Harmony, shy at first has really come out of her shell. Her passion was the Clothing Department - I could always tell when she had been there, with table stock folded perfectly and everything else hung so neatly.

“Coleman is an extremely outgoing young man. He really enjoyed working in our toy department but would also help other team members with tasks such as dropping footwear from the tops in preparation for our yearly stocktake.

“Thank you, Harmony and Coleman, for lending us a hand here at the Dargaville Red Shed.”

Harmony and Coleman are working towards their Customer Service Award and the 23 NCEA Level 2 credits that go with it. Fantastic mahi!

ServiceIQ is proud to be working with For Trades Apprenticeships to help Shelby with her Apprenticeship in Retail.

For Trades Apprenticeship Trust is a Business South initiative that supports young people to pursue their vocational ambitions and provides the business community with the next generation of talent.

If you are a southern based employer looking to grow your workforce, then contact the team at For Trades Apprenticeships who have young and motivated people looking for opportunities.

Shelby is enjoying undertaking her 4Trades Retail Apprenticeship at the University of Otago. Shelby is learning a wide range of valuable hands-on skills across the campus’ retail operations, which also helps her to meet the learning requirements of her qualification – which she keeps track of online. If you would like to have an apprentice become a valuable member of your team, please contact us about becoming a host: [email protected]

The 2023/24 WorldSkills Aircraft Maintenance events to find the best young New Zealand maintenance engineers (born from 1999 onwards) have been announced. Successful competitors will represent the country at the WorldSkills International in Lyon, France in September 2024.

It kicks off 22 July with the National Selection competition (for up to 12 competitors) at the Air Force school at Woodbourne. The skills tested will include:
• a component replacement on a gas turbine
• a daily inspection on an aircraft
• a sheet metal fabrication task.

Then, at the National Competition up to eight competitors will strive to show they’re the best over two days in Oct/Nov (date TBC) at the Air Force Museum in Christchurch. This National Champion will have significant training opportunities to prepare for the 2024 event in France.

New Zealand entrants to the International WorldSkills events have often done well: New Zealand won a Silver medal on its first outing in 2013 (CPL Mike West, RNZAF ) and a Gold medal in 2019 (Jarrod Wood, Air New Zealand). This is an ideal opportunity for aviation engineering organisations to recognise their best and brightest by encouraging them to enter.

To find more information or register by 10 July 2023 | bit.ly/3p7Y9Pn

Delaware North hospo staff at Wellington’s Sky Stadium continue to tackle the hard mahi, getting structured training, NZQA credits, and a ServiceIQ Hospitality Savvy Award.

With results like these, it is no wonder that Delaware North Australia and New Zealand are finalists in the Outstanding Achievement in Training and Workforce Development category of The Hospitality New Zealand Awards for Excellence.

🥳🥳 It was fantastic to join your graduation last week. 🥳🥳

The Hospitality New Zealand Awards for Excellence are New Zealand’s premier industry awards and honour operators nationwide, recognising excellence in both the accommodation and food and beverage sectors. 🙌

So, we are thrilled to see all the finalists in the Outstanding Achievement in Training and Workforce Development category are all partner with ServiceIQ 🎉

Congratulations to all the finalists: Delaware North NZ, EVT Hotels and Resorts NZ Ltd, Kaiser Brew Garden, The Keg Room, and Wynyard Pavilion, who have shown excellence and innovation in their services.

The winners will be announced on June 28th and we can’t wait to celebrate with you all! 🥂

🥳🎉👏🤝👍 Congratulations Shannon 🥳🎉👏🤝👍

Also well done to Grand Casino for being a great employer and supporting your staff to earn qualifications on the job.

Inclusion and diversity are important to us, not just because we want to be an employer of choice, but because these are cornerstones of so much of our nation’s service sectors. Employers and employees in hospitality, retail, tourism, travel, and aviation understand and value all individuals and their right to be themselves.

Read more ... https://bit.ly/3A4t6pl

Choosing where to stay, eat or enjoy a drink comes down to the food, the atmosphere and of course, great service. Front-of-house staff with the right skills and knowledge help to make your establishment the top choice for your customers.

ServiceIQ helps you do just that by offering your talented, up-coming staff an apprenticeship with all of the skills they need to run the show and impress your customers. It’s also a vital ingredient to building a serious hospitality career.

Nick Rogers – Director, Experience Collective (which manages The White Swan, Tui Brewery and Monteith's Brewery Greymouth) and Maddison Wiles – Front of House Apprentice, The White Swan Country Hotel, explain why they engage with ServiceIQ.

ServiceIQ Professionalising Front of House Choosing where to stay, eat or enjoy a drink comes down to the food, the atmosphere and of course, great service. Front-of-house staff with the right skills ...

Meri Kirihimete ki a koutou me to whānau (Merry Christmas to you and your family)

The ServiceIQ team finish at 12pm Friday 23 December 2022 and our offices will reopen on Monday 9 Jan 2023.

From all the team at ServiceIQ, we wish you safe happy holidays and look forward to seeing you next year!

Ngā mihi nui

With the appointment of Andrew McSweeney as inaugural Te Pūkenga Deputy Chief Executive Learner and Employer Experience and Attraction, ServiceIQ’s Tony Laskey is adding the role of Division Director to his current General Manager Industry Engagement title.

Full story ▶️ bit.ly/3XY7F42

It's great to work with fantastic employers like New World Balclutha, helping them to up-skill and industry qualify their talented people. Congratulations!

Two ServiceIQ Cookery Apprentices doing some great mahi at Falls Retreat.

Delaware North hospo staff at Wellington’s Sky Stadium, home of the All Blacks, Hurricanes, Wellington Phoenix FC, and Wellington Rugby are tackling the hard mahi, getting structured training, NZQA credits, and a ServiceIQ Hospitality Savvy Award.

🥳🥳 It was fantastic to join the celebration last week. 🥳🥳

Discover the great value for staff, business, and customers

Find out more. 🔗➡️ https://bit.ly/3RtfMB7

Proud to be a finalist in the Restaurant Association of New Zealand Canterbury Hospitality Awards in the Outstanding Supplier category and our very own Joseph Clarke in the Outstanding Sales Rep category. Also a huge well done to our current and recent apprentices who have also been nominated.

Good luck to all the finalists!

🔥🔥 SAY HELLO TO YOUR 2022 FINALISTS 🔥🔥

Vote today: 🙌🙌
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CanterburyAwards22_Voting
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Wellington Airport is hosting a Job Fair to help match job seekers with over 220 jobs on offer across the airport.

📅 Saturday 24 September
⌚ 9am to 11am or 12pm to 2pm
📌 Wellington International Airport

Wellington Airport Job Fair - Saturday 24 September Wellington Airport Job Fair