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News and Events 2013

Trainees Eyeing Christchurch Rebuild
Christchurch is crying out for tradespeople but for trainees who have completed pre-trade or more advanced courses it's not always clear who to ask, or where to go for work. Recognising this disconnect, WelTec has created a new Jobs Broker role and appointed Arnold Lomax.more...

1	Gold Award for WelTec/LCBNZI’s Hospitality Campus

Gold Award for WelTec/LCBNZI’s
Hospitality Campus

This month the hospitality campus in Wellington won a Gold Award in the Education category at the New Zealand Commercial Projects Awards. more...


WelTec’s Investment Plan Draws a Significant TEC Funding Increase

Indian delegation visits New Zealand to scope skills’ partnerships
A delegation of government officials and industry representatives from India arrived in Auckland on Sunday to take part in a week-long tour of New Zealand’s vocational training institutions, industrial enterprises and industry training organisations  more...


WelTec to sign agreement bringing Chinese students to study in New Zealand
A new agreement with Guangxi Polytechnic of Construction will see the number of Chinese students studying engineering or construction at WelTec increase significantly from mid-2014.  more...


New Zealand’s trainee chefs have taken away the top award at The International Culinary College Competition in Wellington.

New Zealand takes top award at International Culinary College Competition
Jung Mo Sung and Beth Christieson hospitality students from the Wellington Institute of Technology’s School of Hospitality triumphed in a 2½ hour cook-off against four of the best overseas teams.   more...


WelTec Student Continues Winning Streak

WelTec Student Continues Winning Streak 
Lachlan Clelland is the 2013 winner of the Institution of Professional Engineers Ray Meyer medal for Excellence in Student Design for his High Temperature Superconductor Continuous Flexible Winding Machine project.  more...


New Training to Address Cyber Security Risk

New Training to Address Cyber Security Risk
A new cyber security and information assurance course has been launched by WelTec in collaboration with the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB).   more...


WelTec Graduates to help Christchurch

WelTec Graduates to Help Christchurch
Rebuild Effort

First Choice Decorators Limited is employing two WelTec painting and decorating graduates and sending them off to Christchurch next week.  
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Orientation 2013

New students get the right fit for study at Orientation 2013
First time Animal Health students ask the advice of tutor Mary Fawcett while trying on their new uniforms at Petone Campus Orientation week.
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Graduation 2013

Graduation 2013
Over 2000 people attended Wellington Institute of Technology graduation ceremonies around the country in February.
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Top awards mean a step closer to helping re-build Christchurch for WelTec Student

Top awards mean a step closer to helping re-build Christchurch
A Wainuiomata student will receive two prizes totalling $5000 for excellence in study - another step forward in his goal of helping re-build Christchurch after the devastating earthquakes.
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"Girls go for engineering", says successful Hawkes Bay graduate

"Girls go for engineering", says successful Hawkes Bay graduate
Ms. Walch, aged 23 from Napier, says that young women should not be put off a career in engineering or see it as a male orientated field. 
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Wellington Trades Academy Student Excels

Wellington Trades Academy Student Excels
Gaining valuable work-place skills through the Wellington Trades Academy while still enrolled at secondary school has led to early success for Rebecca Rothwell.
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“World First” – Engineering Graduate Produces Unique Manufacturing Machine

“World First” – Engineering Graduate Produces Unique Manufacturing Machine Model
General Cable Superconductors, the only company worldwide that manufactures Roebel cable on a commercial scale, is benefitting from a brand new manufacturing unit designed and produced by Lachlan Clelland, WelTec's Bachelor of Engineering Technology graduate.
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WelTec Carpetnry Students Go Green Plumbing Graduates on their way to assist Samoan Rebuild
A group of five graduates who have just completed a WelTec or Whitireia pre-trade qualification in plumbing are flying to Apia, Samoa tomorrow where they will put their newly acquired plumbing skills into practice. more...

WelTec Carpetnry Students Go Green Carpentry Students Go Green
WelTec students are set to gain some of the latest skills and knowledge in the area of ‘green’ building, when they begin work on a high rating energy efficient home in Otaki this year.  more...

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