Funding of workplace training and work-integrated learning for the construction and infrastructure industries
Funding and incentives structures for vocational education and training that better meet the needs of the Construction and Infrastructure sector.
The issue
Funding and incentive structures for vocational education and workforce development in the Construction and Infrastructure sector could be optimised and best aligned with the government's broader objectives for vocational education and training.
More information about the context for the research and the high-level model of the resourcing flows in the system is available here: Background report - Funding of workplace training
Intended outcomes
The main questions we want to answer are how the funding and incentive structures for vocational education and workforce development in the Construction and Infrastructure sector can be optimised to:
- Create a more responsive system that promotes and maintains alignment between education outcomes and workforce needs
- Strengthen industry-education-government partnerships and co-investment in skills development
- Promote equitable access and outcomes from vocational education
The steps
- Interview a wide range of stakeholders across industry, tertiary education, and government
- Literature review and landscape scan
- Conceptual Model and Discussion paper
- Final report
Project status and expected delivery date: May 2025
Contract Research Organisation: Mischewski Consulting
Brenden Mischewski
Brenden has over twenty years of experience in policy, operational policy, and investment, focusing on improving public services for underserved populations and bridging traditional agency boundaries. He has held senior leadership, policy, quality assurance, and funding roles in DPMC, MBIE, MoE, MoH, MFAT, MSD, MPP, NZQA, TEC, and WDCs.
His expertise includes tertiary education, research quality, and Pacific health issues. Notable achievements include managing the $300m per annum Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF), reviewing industry training to free up $55m for government reinvestment, completing two major Pacific health workforce forecasts, and establishing Workforce Development Councils (WDCs) to enhance sector governance and operations.
Roger Smyth
Roger is an independent advisor, consultant and commentator on tertiary education. He has more than 30 years’ experience working in senior roles in tertiary education – in university management, in government and as a consultant.
Until April 2017, he was Group Manager, Tertiary Education Policy at the Ministry of Education. Before joining the Ministry in 2002, he worked for 14 years as an academic manager at Lincoln University, becoming Assistant Vice-Chancellor in 2001.
Project Status: In Progress
Contract Research Organisation: ConCOVE
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