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No 426 House of Representatives Supplementary Order Paper Thursday, 20 March 2014 Industry Training and Apprenticeships Amendment Bill Proposed amendments David Clendon, in Committee, to move the following amendments: New clause 7A After clause 7 (after page 9, line 20), insert: “7A Minister must be satisfied of organisation’s abilities The Minister will not recognise an applicant organisation in respect of any industry unless satisfied, having consulted the New Zealand Qualifications Authority and having had regard to the matters specified in section 7, that the organisation can effectively and efficiently provide leadership within the industry on matters relating to skill and training needs by— identifying current and future skill needs; and “(a) “(b) developing strategic training plans to assist the industry “(c) to meet those needs; and promoting training that will meet those needs to em- ployers and employees.” Clause 15 In clause 15, delete new section 11A (page 11, lines 9 to 37).
1 SOP No 426 Proposed amendments to Industry Training and Apprenticeships Amendment Bill Explanatory note This Supplementary Order Paper amends the Industry Training and Appren- ticeships Amendment Bill to reinstate the skills leadership function of Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) that currently exists in the Industry Training Act 1992.

The Bill has removed this legislated skills leadership function and leaves it to ITOs to decide whether they continue with skills leadership activity.
The Bill focuses ITOs on just 2 core functions; setting skill standards for their indus- tries and arranging training.

The removal of the statutory skills leadership role of ITOs will not support the Bill’s purpose of improving industry training.

There is no assurance that the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment or any other agency is prepared to take up such a role, despite it being essential.
ITOs may continue to be skills leaders for their industries, but this role is essen- tial to their core business and the legislation should reflect that.
This Supplementary Order Paper also amends the Bill by deleting new section 11A which provides that persons other than industry training organisations may receive funding for industry training by allowing organisations to enter into funding agreements with Government undermines the purpose of industry train- ing, which is to provide generic and specific skills and knowledge that are ap- plicable beyond a particular business.
New section 11A unnecessarily spreads the pool of funding for the sector, and makes it more difficult to ensure a coor- dinated approach to vocational education and training.

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