Thursday, 20 May 2021, 10:47 am
It’s been a long journey for a group of internationally
qualified nurses who have arrived in the country and are now
working towards their nursing registration in New
Zealand.
Nine nurses from India, the Philippines and
South Africa, and one domestic student are enrolled in the
Certificate in Nursing (CAP) training scheme, a competence
assessment programme at Nelson Marlborough Institute of
Technology’s (NMIT) School of Nursing. Another five nurses
are currently in MIQ facilities awaiting to join the
programme.
NMIT moved swiftly to enable those in
quarantine to able to do some of their learning online but
The Future Of Work conference is back in Blenheim next month, after a Covid-enforced hiatus in 2020, with more than 75 Marlborough businesses, across 40 industries, already locked in. Tickets for the 2019 event sold out in an hour, so organisers – Graeme Dingle Foundation and the Marlborough District Council – decided to double the amount of tickets available this year to 300 to keep up with demand. Tickets for this year’s conference had almost sold out.
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The Future Of Work conference had its inaugural event in 2019. Marlborough Boys’ College prefect Thom Hall, 17, was unsure whether to attend university or take a gap year.
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Tucked into the back of the new Habitat Hub on Tāhunanui Drive, Nook is a training ground for young people with a wide spectrum of learning disabilities. Cooper comes in twice a week, and each time she does something different, learning new skills and consolidating past experience.
Braden Fastier/Stuff “It’s the highlight of her week,” manager Greg Dyer said. The former Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology hospitality tutor can’t wait to get to work each day. “I get out of bed and I’m so excited,” he said. Young people with autism, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder and Down Syndrome experience significant barriers to getting into work, Dyer said.
“This is knowledge and learning you just can’t pay for.” The young graduate had completed her six-monthly placements at NMIT and forestry company OneFortyOne. Having just started at Port Nelson, she was due to then go to the environmental management company, Nelmac. While hoping exposure to the businesses would increase her chances of getting a permanent job, the scheme also allowed her to identify which aspects of the work she most enjoyed.
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NMIT commerce graduate Selena Tunnicliff (centre), with representatives of the new Graduate Programme for the Nelson Tasman region, from left Jenny Van Workum, OneFortyOne, Tony Macfarlane, NMIT, Abby Kuyk, Nelmac, Russell Manning NTIN, Julie Baxendine, Intepeople, Nicky Dowling, Port Nelson, and Kirsten Thorp NRDA.