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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) hosted World Trade Skills CEO Bruce Howat on the 13th of August around the impressive 5.5 million dollar trade’s facility upgrade. Mr Howat was in Invercargill as part of his national tour to interview medal winners from the recent World Trade Skills national competition which was held earlier this year in Hamilton. This is part of the final selection process to choose the Tool Blacks team that will compete at the World Trade Skills competition in Brazil in 2015
Mr Howat said “the facilities at SIT are excellent and top quality. It is great to see the Institutes of Technology and Polytechnic (ITP) sector supporting trades as it is the backbone of New Zealand.” Mr Howat went on to commend the Southern World Trade Skills apprentices that won the top region in New Zealand stating “the Otago/Southland region punched above its weight and shone during the competition, with the bulk of the team coming from Southland where the students trained at SIT with the support of Southern Group Training.”
There will be a team training camp later this year for apprentices to help them prepare for the World Trade Skills competition in Brazil in 2015. Each of the apprentices will be given a skills trainer in their particular discipline where they will have at least 400 hours of training to prepare them for the competition.
The apprentices will also compete in the World Trade Skills Oceania competition in April 2015 as a build up to get the apprentices match fit for the World Trade Skills competition in late 2015.
The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) hosted World Trade Skills CEO Bruce Howat on the 13th of August around the impressive 5.5 million dollar trade’s facility upgrade. Mr Howat was in Invercargill as part of his national tour to interview medal winners from the recent World Trade Skills...
The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) hosted World Trade Skills CEO Bruce Howat on the 13th of August around the impressive 5.5 million dollar trade’s facility upgrade. Mr Howat was in Invercargill as part of his national tour to interview medal winners from the recent World Trade Skills national competition which was held earlier this year in Hamilton. This is part of the final selection process to choose the Tool Blacks team that will compete at the World Trade Skills competition in Brazil in 2015
Mr Howat said “the facilities at SIT are excellent and top quality. It is great to see the Institutes of Technology and Polytechnic (ITP) sector supporting trades as it is the backbone of New Zealand.” Mr Howat went on to commend the Southern World Trade Skills apprentices that won the top region in New Zealand stating “the Otago/Southland region punched above its weight and shone during the competition, with the bulk of the team coming from Southland where the students trained at SIT with the support of Southern Group Training.”
There will be a team training camp later this year for apprentices to help them prepare for the World Trade Skills competition in Brazil in 2015. Each of the apprentices will be given a skills trainer in their particular discipline where they will have at least 400 hours of training to prepare them for the competition.
The apprentices will also compete in the World Trade Skills Oceania competition in April 2015 as a build up to get the apprentices match fit for the World Trade Skills competition in late 2015.
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