The NZSkillsConnect Project

October/November Project Update

ATTTO and HSI's careers web portal, NZSkillsConnect, is on track to go live in mid November.

NZSkillsConnect will be a ‘one stop’ careers site for the aviation, hospitality and tourism industries and includes the travel and museums sectors. It will provide career and professional development information and inspiration to people either wanting to work or already employed in the aviation, hospitality and tourism industries.

The website is part of the industries’ goal to attract, develop and retain skilled people in the workforce and in so doing, increase productivity. The website will provide current and potential employees with the tools and industry information to manage their careers by outlining the main job roles, career pathways and the training required to achieve their goals. The site has been informed by and designed around an innovative, dynamic career search tool. This has been developed to visually depict specific job roles and progression outlining a career choice, rather than a job choice.

The site will also show-case aviation, hospitality and tourism industry endorsed qualifications that will help people to achieve their career goals. Training providers who deliver ATTTO and HSI national qualifications or that embed a full national qualification within a local qualification that prepare individuals for aviation, hospitality and tourism industries are invited to register their qualifications and profile details about their institution.

Employers will be able to register on the site to search for potential employees who have listed their CVs, as well as profile their businesses as workplaces that offer on job training aligned to ATTTO and HSI qualifications and unit standards.

Initially, registration will be free of charge, so if you are a training provider or employer who is interested in finding out more about promoting your services, please contact either Chris or Brigid at Projects International about registering on the NZSkillsConnect site. 

Background to NZSkillsConnect

Phase 1: The Career Maps and Pathways Project

 
A joint initiative of ATTTO and the Hospitality Standards Institute (HSI) and funded by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), the Career Maps and Pathways project identifies the information needed by people looking for career options in the hospitality, aviation, tourism, travel and museums sectors. 

When completed, this project will provide a mechanism to show people where to start on a career in these industries. It highlights a map of the current jobs available, the qualifications required, and indicates other sectors a job can take them to. It also provides basic information about what it may be possible to earn now and in the future.

The information gathered goes beyond what might be found in existing qualification or career information, in that it not only describes what jobs are available, but also links these jobs into career pathways. It also maps how these career pathways move across the different sectors, making it easier for learners and job seekers to understand the transferability of their skills. 

The Career Map will provide information on how to gain a job with its necessary skills in one sector - and then show the alternative career paths, within the wider sectors of hospitality and tourism. It will also show them what skills and training they will need to progress their career prospects in their current job

The project is being managed by New Zealand consultancy Projects International.


 
Click on the icon above to view the Career Maps and Pathways presentation in PDF, or here to download the zipped version (1.3MB).

Phase One findings

A summary of the key findings from Phase One of the project is available here

The full report from Phase One is available here

For more information please contact:

Brigid Thorns
Projects International
Office 04-914-1697 | Mobile:021-837-703
Email:

Chris Knol
Projects International
Mobile: +6421 773 003 or email: