Skills Active today ceases to be the standard-setting body for sport, recreation and performing arts, and hands over this function to the newly established workforce development council, Toi Mai.
You spend so many hours at work, it helps if you enjoy it. That’s how Rotorua Aquatic Centre facility manager Leah Burgess sees it, and that philosophy is what drives the award-winning training and mentoring that her staff receive.
Jesse Puata was “a bit of a mongrel of a kid” when Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) planted a seed that grew his life into a different shape, and harnessed his abilities on and off the mat.
Skills Active Aotearoa has launched two new on-job qualifications for the professionals working to bring active recreation to life in Kiwi communities.
With the Level 4 lockdown extended until at least 31 August for Auckland, and 27 August for the rest of New Zealand, Skills Active staff are continuing to work from home, and staying in close touch with our industries.
Flyers Swim School owner Aimee Woodhead is driven by helping her community to thrive. It’s that same love of seeing people succeed that prompted Aimee to support her staff to enrol in swim education apprenticeships with Skills Active.
The magic loop of formal on-job training is that when a business upskills its staff, the staff then upskill the business, says McMillan’s Aquatic Centre (MAC’s) swim school owner and experienced workplace trainer Karen McMillan.
Skills Active graduate Shanae Yates has never let her cerebral palsy slow her down in pursuing her exercise career, and this year she is continuing to step up her skills.