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Helpful Websites
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This site provides high quality information for school leavers and graduates. This site is a government organization which aims to provide all people living in New Zealand with access to the best careers information, advice and guidance to achieve their life goals Latest online information centre for West Coast youth www.ird.govt.nz/yoursituation-ind/during-study Dedicated pages for students - secondary and tertiary - contains lots of information from Inland Revenue including loans, tax payments etc. Most forms are available online. The Department of Labour's primary role is to improve the performance of the labour market in New Zealand and as such they have information about legal work requirements and your rights and responsibilities as an employee. What will you do when you leave school? Heaps of young people are 'in transit,' moving through school and thinking about their next steps. This site helps you to plan what you want to do when you leave. CV4Me is an interactive tool that will create a CV for you based on the information you provide Is about young people living in New Zealand, but especially 13 to 18 year olds living in Christchurch and Canterbury. You’ll find heaps of information on anything and everything affecting young people, from music and movies to relationships and school, much of it created by people like you. |
Useful Road Code Websites
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To make our roads safer, two of the give way rules are changing. These changes come into effect at 5am on Sunday 25 March 2012. Until then the current give-way rules apply. These changes will affect all drivers, riders, pedestrians and cyclists. Make sure you know the new rules so you’ll know what to do. Road Codes for all vehicles online with typical questions that link straight to relevant parts of the Road Code. Institute of Driver Educator's Website Really good site. You can do just 35 questions or go through the whole lot. BIOS Systems International Ltd. A really good site with computer generated questions. Each time you do a test you get different questions - 25 general and 10 special. Tells you whether you have passed or not. Free online Road Code quiz. Road Code test questions plus links to other useful websites Prepare for your drivers license test and practice online |
Books To Help You
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Looking for these topics - click this underlined link - Writing a CV - Job Hunting online - Job Interviews - Great Resumes
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DVDs -to help youwith careerchoices |
Just the job - is a TV series giving high school students a unique up-close and personal insight into the myriad of career paths on their doorstep and elsewhere in New Zealand. Click the underlined links to see if the DVD is in Just the job series 1 - includes, Building, Truck driving, Joinery, Plumbing, Automotive Refinishing, roofing, Hairdressing, Pharmacy Technician, Road Construction, Mussel Farming etc Just the job series 2 - includes, Tourism, Pharmacist, Tiler, Electrical Engineering, Dairy Farming, Wood Processing, Television Production, Customs etc Just the job series 3 - includes, RNZAF Pilot, hospitality, Furniture Manufacture, Refridgeration Engineering, Hospital and Operating Room, Community Health Care Just the job series 4 - includes, Bus Driving, Road Marking, Engineering Officer, Aircraft Technician, Outdoor Recreation, physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Mental Health etc
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Youth TransitionServices |
WestREAP are contracted to the Ministry of Social Development to deliver the Youth Transition Service in the Westland region. The Youth Transition Service is a joint initiative by Buller REAP, Family Focus and WestREAP. The target group is youth in Westland aged 15 to 19. The aim is to make and maintain contact on a regular basis to ensure that clients are in employment or training, or are being supported to move into appropriate training or work. WestREAP Youth Coach, Pip Challenger, develops an individual plan with each client. This may include: - Exploring Tertiary Educational/Study Options For more information about the service, contact Pip Challenger on 027 204 3335 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Funding
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StudyLink is a service of the Ministry of Social Development. It connects people with the information they need to make informed decisions about student finances and other study-related issues, and provides financial support to students. |
Training
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Tai Poutini Polytechnic (TPP) offers a range of exciting programmes, has had course completion rates above the sector average for the last three years, has low student to tutor ratios and great relationships with business and industry. CPIT - Christchurch Polytechnic Institute Of Technology CPIT is one of New Zealand's largest tertiary institutions educating about 30,000 students per annum and is located in Christchurch. At CPIT we emphasise 'applied' learning, where theoretical education is combined with a hands-on approach. The success of our 'applied learning' approach is borne out by the number employers who prefer CPIT-trained employees.
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Job profiles
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Have you ever considered one of the careers listed below? Willie Leaf : Community Relations Manager Rebecca Gibson: Education Officer Ted Brennan: Community Relations Programme Manager Ingrid Gruner: D.O.C Scientist
Have you ever wanted to work in a Library? Click on the link below to see a slideshow http://www.slideshare.net/thewikiman/if-you-want-to-work-in-libraries
The New Zealand Centre for Workforce Literacy Development Workbase is New Zealand’s leading organisation tackling literacy and numeracy issues in the workplace. Literacy Profiles provide in-depth descriptions of all the literacy and numeracy tasks within a particular job. Site visits, observations and interviews with employers and employees have been used to develop these Profiles. Employers and ITOs have reviewed and verified each Literacy Profile. Most of the Literacy Profiles also identify the literacy and numeracy skills required to complete these tasks. Click the link below to see a list of profiles Click here http://www.workbase.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=807#ACh |
