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Anyone sit the exam yesterday?
How'd you find it. I thought was pretty easy wasn't too much technical stuff in it. Didn't really use the code at all apart from the multi choice.
What'd you guys think.
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It was very dissappointing to see that the ages ranged from late 20's to 40's for registration and the Certifying guys aged from 50 to nearly dead. If my exam was indicative of all, then there wont be any registered guys in a few years just the old farts.
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hi guys,yes wombles that show us all the effect of a disfunctional Board, who would want to go into a trade like ours when it costs so much to be able to go to work, you could earn just as much painting with no ongoing costs,cheers
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from 50 to nearly dead.....LMAO lolololololol ;D
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Very true. My work mate sat the craftsmen exam and he said he was the youngest in the by far. Hes 24.
And yes the board are a bunch of wankers. :) 300+ bucks for the exam and i won't even find out the results for another 3 months. So whats the 300 for? 10 pieces of paper and black ink, surely they could hire another marker or two to get this 3 months shorter. Lol.
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$300 to pay for venue, supervisors, and exam markers... Nothing for nothing matey! I think the markers get a set fee for each paper they mark. And yeah, you're right you are paying for the paper and ink too.
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hi guys, found this on the net,
The New Zealand Chambers of Commerce says the country's Industry Training Organisations aren't up to scratch.
They're pushing for a review of ITOs by the next Government in an effort to solve New Zealand's labour shortages.
Spokesman Michael Barnett believes ITOs could be making a better contribution and also thinks there are too many of them.
He says it's a paradox that despite the economic downturn, employers continue to face a shortage of suitably skilled workers.
Michael Barnett says the review needs to focus on what's needed to retain talent and overcome youth unemployment in local areas.
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Well amen tot hat - our ITO are not pulling their weight. They are short on communication, quality control and money!! Questions hang over their heads like the executioners axe - it just needs to fall on the right persons head. National Certificates are appalingly slow in coming out to trainees who have completed (and I'm talking 12 weeks and counting) - with absolutely NO, ZERO, ZIP communication to said trainees about why they are held up. There are questions around the quality of the learning material - which meets with a standard answer around the rigour that this material goes through before being put to market - and yet, mistakes are still found. When mistakes are found and acknolwedged - are the corrected immediately - no - the ITO wait for another print run. In the meantime trainees continue to pull their hair out when they can't understand it.
For years we wanted to know who the mysterious people were who set the registration exams - and now we want to know who the "evaluators" are that go over the learning material. It's like a secret club. Too many academics running the show and not enough consultation with the customers!!
If the Chamber of Commerce can get some sort of inquiry going then ITO's will quake in their boots. They have been feeding at the trough for too long and have not been accountable enough to their customers. Transparency is non existent. The PGDRITO Board need to have a long hard look at their processes and perhaps take a leaf out of the PGDB book - and maybe call in at a few block courses and hear the complaints of the trainees for the substandard learning materials they are being dished up, talk to some employers and see what they think about the one week block courses and even talk to the tutors and get their feedback - becasue it seems to me there are grumbles coming from all corners - with no one listening and engaging beyond lip service.
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Results are in. Very happy. Makes me a licensed plumber and Gasfitter. Certfying in june :)
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Congrats Shore side and good luck with the certifying go hard while its fresh
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I'll add my congratulations to that as well!! And I agree - keep on studying while you are in the mode to do it. Too many "have a break" and then find it extremely difficult to do it later.