Industry Training Perspective
Ruma Karaitiana
Kaiwhakahaere 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 Tiketike
A Model for Successful Māori Learners in Workplace Settings
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Personal commitment, attitude & motivation
Peer mentoring, peer learning & role models
Connectedness (with employer, the ITO and colleagues)
Whānau support and encouragement
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 nei
For us and our children after us