NZITO Corporate Office to move into Waikato Innovation Park

New Zealand Industry Train­ing Organisation (NZITO) has announced it has signed a lease at the Waikato Innovation Park and will move into the park’s new building on 31st July. The organisation is currently located in Hamilton’s central business district.

NZITO general manager, Carl Ammon, says his organisation will benefit from being at the coal face of innovation in the agri-food industry.

“At NZITO, we’re focused on delivering on-the-job training that’s going to collectively build a world-class food industry. And, to ensure we stay on top, our trainers are continually keeping abreast of the latest innovations and trends in the food industry.

“It is the trends, products and technologies that provide information about the skills people are going to need in the future.

“Being at the Waikato Innovation Park is going to help us stay close to the latest innovations happening in our industry. And, we’ll have the chance to become even closer to the industry innovators who are truly at the forefront in NZ,” explains Mr Ammon.

NZITO is a charitable trust that provides training resources for all food export companies across NZ. It also works in the leather, pet food, biofuels, food quality assurance and industrial yeast industries.

NZITO currently employs 300 contract trainers and oversees 400 on-the-job assessors.

Each year, over 16,000 people train through NZITO – many of whom are gaining qualifications that take two or more years to obtain. Around 2000 people in the Waikato region are currently being trained through NZITO.