Ō Mātou Ākonga Learners and Providers

• Most Forestry ākonga (learners) are work-based, and enrolments have seen continuous growth over the last five years.
• In 2022, most Forestry ākonga were enrolled in level 3 and 4 qualifications, with a significant focus on the New Zealand Certificate in Forest Harvesting Operations. The Level 3 components of this qualification equip ākonga for entry-level roles in Forestry and provides skills for production roles with some supervision. Level 4 is tailored for those with existing skills to prepare them for senior positions without supervision.
• In 2022, there was a significant drop in the number of enrolments in the complex apprenticeship for Forest Harvesting Operations (manual) compared to the previous year.
• We are currently working with industry to review the suite of Forestry qualifications to ensure that they meet industry needs.

How did we get here? 

In this section, we show qualifications that fall within Muka Tangata’s responsibility. We have matched these to each of our industry groups. We have also matched relevant micro-credentials, not necessarily developed by Muka Tangata, to our industry groups. Some qualifications or micro-credentials appear in more than one industry group as they could be useful to that industry, regardless of whether they are currently being used.

Complex apprenticeships consist of multiple programme enrolments. We have matched the main programmes to their relevant industry groups as we do not have the information for the target qualifications. As the data we have only included enrolments in current qualifications and micro-credentials, a full picture of historical trends of all learners in the industry is not reported here.

Qualification strand information is available for ākonga undertaking work-based training (apprentices and trainees). However, due to the limitations of our data for provider-based learners, we cannot separate enrolments into specific strands. For this reason, we have only reported enrolment data at the qualification level. We continue to work on ways to improve the data available to us.

Quality of programmes delivered by training providers

Muka Tangata independently checks assessment material that providers have developed, as well as their assessors’ decisions. This is called moderation – its similar to an audit.

Moderation ensures training carried out by providers is robust. It improves provider practices, and ensures graduates have the skills they need.

The reports provide employers and industry with detail on our activities, the quality of provider assessment, performance of programmes and number of new programmes developed in the past 12 months.