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We'll also be posting real-life stories featuring Masterlink Apprentices, Hosts and Regional Managers.
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Host News
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Host News
18th of June 2020Read moreApprenticeship Boost for our industry
Apprenticeship Boost is part of the government’s financial package to support employers to keep training their current apprentices and assist them to take on new ones.
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Host News
22nd of January 2020Read moreNext Generation - Jobseekers into work
Two young jobseekers have entered into plumbing apprenticeships, thanks to a Skills for Industry initiative between Masterlink, Master Plumbers and the Ministry of Social Development. We caught up on progress with their host employers, who receive a $10,000 subsidy.
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Apprentice News
30th of October 2019Read moreReal Lives - Drain man
Large drainage projects are all in a day’s work for Masterlink apprentice Shea Reynolds. For the past year, he's been working on a major project at the men’s and women’s prisons in Christchurch and the nearby, lower-security Rolleston Prison.
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Apprentice News
12th of September 2019Read moreReal Lives - Confident communicator
Ben McCulloch says his plumbing apprenticeship has taught him many things, including how to deal with people. “I used to be quite shy and quiet, but it has made me more confident in myself and my skills.”
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Apprentice News
24th of August 2019Read moreReal Lives - Career switch success
The thing Raukawa Paama likes most about plumbing is that she’s finally getting to build stuff.
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Apprentice News
7th of June 2019Read morePlumbing World Scholarships awarded to five Masterlink apprentices
At the 2019 New Zealand Plumbing Awards held on the Gold Coast, five recipients received scholarships, with one overall winner. Each recipient received a trophy and a certificate, plus a $1,000 voucher from Plumbing World. The overall Supreme Scholarship winner also won a trip to the 2019 New Zealand Plumbing Conference in Sanctuary Cove, Queensland, from 29-31 May.
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Apprentice News
20th of March 2019Read moreReal Lives - A prized perfectionist
Patrick Smith’s plumbing career began with a chance conversation and is now earning him accolades.
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Apprentice News
8th of March 2019Read moreVIDEO: Celebrating Masterlink's female apprentices
Ranging in age from 19 to 31 and located on the North and South Islands, these apprentices all share a love of plumbing and a desire to encourage more women to pick up a spanner.
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Apprentice News
6th of August 2018Read moreNew online, at-home learning component for PGD apprentices
The Skills Organisation has incorporated more learning into block courses by introducing an online, at-home component. Apprentices will need to have access to a computer and the internet to complete their theory assessments.
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