TRAINING

Three categories are identified when considering the types of staff training offered by SPI:


Safety Training

SPI is engaged in ongoing compliance to maintain the safety standards that are expected within the engineering industry.

SPI are one of the main member companies of the Northland Training Alliance (NTA), a group comprising large industrial enterprises and other main maintenance contractors.  In conjunction with NorthTec (the local polytechnic institute), NTA have established SafeTrades North, a health and safety training centre based in Whangarei and run by NorthTec. 

SafeTrades North was set up to provide high quality, affordable safety training to NZQA standard for the engineering industry. All our employees attend safety training, with several aiming for level 3 National Certificate in Applied Safety Practices. It is our aim that our employees complete the 50 credit programme.


Management and Supervisory Training

SPI provides internal and external training opportunities for management staff. Staff attend seminars when available, relative to their core functions. This has been a great advantage for their personal development within SPI.

SPI is in the process of having all our regular supervision personnel (down to leading hand level) to attend training in First Line Management (to NZQA Level 3).


Apprentice Training

It is very important to the company and we take a proactive role by ensuring than we have a continuous flow of apprentices being trained (currently we have 10 apprentices). We ensure that the necessary training is followed through and reviewed continuously, based on the apprentice’s Employment Training Agreement.