Ō Mātou Ākonga Learners and Providers

• Many of the ākonga (learners) we show for the Support Services industry group are undertaking qualifications that are relevant to multiple industries. However, there has been a significant increase in the number of ākonga enrolled in qualifications specific to Support Services over the last five years, particularly for Aboriculture, Landscape Construction and Pest Control.
• Enrolments in the New Zealand Certificate in Pest Operations (Level 3) - Urban Pest Control strand have seen a steady increase in part due to demand for pest control services for mice. Recent initiatives, such as Predator Free 2050 and the post-COVID-19 recovery ‘Jobs For Nature’ programme are also likely to have contributed to an increase in enrolments specific to pest control.
• The number of people enrolled in complex apprenticeships (NZA) for both Arboriculture and Landscape Construction has significantly increased since 2018. Horticultural Services (Landscape Construction) has the second highest number of learners enrolled in a complex apprenticeship across all of Muka Tangata.

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.