Dave Strong: Morrinsville Plumbing & Gas Services managing director on the calls to promote apprenticeships to young Kiwis
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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There's belief better pathways to industry and trades training are needed.
A report from the New Zealand Initiative has found just six percent of 16-to-19 year-olds participate in workplace learning, while 11 percent are unemployed.
It states schools are geared toward university education, even though only about a third enrol in degrees.
Morrinsville Plumbing & Gas Services managing director Dave Strong says the sector is still struggling with a perception problem.
"We don't seem to be recognised as a career...we're actually qualified professionals now, but no-one seems to want to recognise it as an alternative."
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