Ō Mātou Ākonga Learners and Providers

• The majority of ākonga (learners) we show for the Seafood industry are undertaking the New Zealand Certificate in Primary Industry Skills (Level 2), an entry-level qualification for the food and fibre sector. However, few work-based ākonga have enrolled in the optional Seafood strand.
• Through the Muka Tangata Seafood qualifications development project, industry and providers advised that the Seafood strand, alongside other seafood qualifications, was not meeting industry needs.
• As a result of the project two new Seafood qualifications will replace the existing Level 3 and 4 stranded qualifications. A range of micro-credentials at Levels 3, 4 and 5 will also be developed and listed on the NZ Qualifications and Credentials Framework throughout 2024. These are designed to be stackable towards a full qualification to meet ākonga and industry training needs.
• The New Zealand Certificate in Seafood Processing (Level 3) has the highest number of enrolments in a seafood-specific qualification, with around two thirds of people enrolled in provider-based learning. Work-based learning for this qualification has seen a decline in enrolments since peaking in 2020 which is largely due to changes in the workforce resulting from COVID-19.

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.