Huarākau Fruit

Attracting people with the right skills into the Fruit industry is a challenge and the existing qualifications related to the Fruit industry do not always align with the skills required to do the work. Non-formal learning is currently being used to support employees to move into leadership roles.  More recognition of transferable skills might help to attract people and move people to and from other industries, ensuring a more continuous work stream in line with seasonal demands.    

The industry attracts a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds, including school leavers and people who may not have any previous training or work experience, and supporting a multi-cultural workforce is a focus of the Fruit industry.

This is our plan to address the vocational education and training opportunities that arose from our engagement, research and analysis. It includes real projects that we are committed to delivering, with most of these spanning across some or all Muka Tangata industries. Our Projects have replaced our previous “Roadmap Actions” and present a consolidated view of our mahi. Some of the previous roadmap actions have been completed or closed out following a review of our work programme and engagement with industry on the priority of these actions.