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AIE Apprenticeships

We see the training and development of young people as a key part of our business strategy. We currently have six staff in an apprenticeship scheme, including one adult apprentice.

We are very selective in taking on new apprentices as having the very best staff is one of the keys to our success in providing the best service to our customers.

Acceptance into an AIE apprenticeship scheme will be based on a combination of:

  • Good hands on ability and interest in mechanical hobbies – cars, motorbikes, etc

  • Good academic abilities, including Maths and English

  • Good pass marks in our Mechanical Aptitude and Maths tests

  • Good oral and written communication skills

  • Passion for heavy mechanical engineering

To help both us and a potential apprentice decide if heading down an apprentice path is the right thing to do for both of us, we will take top candidates on for a few months in a trades assistant/cleaner role. If they then look suited, we will offer them an apprenticeship through Skills4Work Apprentice Management.

AIE program

Here at AIE we can offer apprenticeships based on the work we do in both our workshops, we also work with other companies in Kawerau and Whakatane to help our apprentices gain all the skills they need to become a competent valuable tradesman. We work with Skills4Work so our apprentices gain an internationally recognised qualification they can take anywhere in the world. Skills4Work provides the framework for the term of the Apprenticeship and keeps in regular contact with the apprentice ensuring all coursework is kept up to date and the apprentice remains on track to finish on time.


Current AIE Apprentices

  

   

Completed Apprenticeships

- Dujon Taniwha - National Certificate in Maintenance and Diagnostics (Level 4)
- Completed in February 2009 and is currently working for AIE in the Fabrication area

- Eric Gaudion - National Certificate in Maintenance and Diagnostics (Level 4)
- Completed September 2006 and has gone overseas to broaden his experience.

- Scott Whyte - National Certificate in Maintenance and Diagnostics (Level 4)
- Completed in August 2007 and is currently working for AIE in our heavy, light, and CNC groups.

- Deon Bicknell , Jesse McConnachie and Karl Duxfield - National Certificate in Maintenance and Diagnostics (Level 4)
- Completed in March 2008 and are currently working for AIE in various areas of the workshop.

Customer Apprenticeships

Just as we send our apprentice's out into different workplaces to gain valuable experience, companies such as Mighty River Power, Norske Skog Tasman and ABB Ltd. send apprentices to AIE to gain the skills that they cannot get at their current company.



Simon Turner, ABB Limited

Dion Hudson and Dan Coates Mighty River Power Limited


If you are interested in a Apprenticeship at AIE please post or email your CV to:

Mark Lovegrove
Allied Industrial Engineering Ltd.
PO Box 108, Kawerau
mark@aie.co.nz
(07) 323 8877 ext 106
mob. 0274 328 877