Apprenticeships
Course details
About the course
The classic success story
Apprenticeships are the proven way that businesses develop excellent skills and expertise in the workplace and employees build satisfying careers on the job. Whether you are in aviation, hospitality or retail, you can develop experts with a world-class ServiceIQ apprenticeship programme.
Your workplace could be eligible for a wage subsidy through the government's apprentice support programmes. Find out more here.
How we can help you
Employers
As your industry training partner, we:
- advise you on the right apprenticeship for your business and employee/s
- enrol your employee/s on the programme 鈥 design the training plan that works for your employee and your business
- mentor, monitor and assess your employee鈥檚 progress through to achievement
- keep you up-to-date on how they are tracking
- provide training and reference material and arrange offsite workshops, if required
- help you to support your employee throughout the apprenticeship.
Employees
As your employer鈥檚 training partner, we:听
- assess your application to be an apprentice (remember, you鈥檒l need to be working in a relevant part of the industry and have your employer鈥檚 support)
- plan your training with you and your employer
- mentor, monitor and assess your progress
- provide your training and reference material
- keep your employer up-to-date on your progress towards achievement.
Choose an apprenticeship
ServiceIQ鈥檚 apprenticeship programmes take about two to three years to complete, depending on your industry.听Employees learn at their own pace and training mostly takes place in the workplace.听
Retail
The complete package for up-and-coming retail stars
爆走黑料 Apprenticeship in Retail
Customers choose where to shop based on service, product, price, location and so much more.
But it鈥檚 skilled, talented and committed people that pull all that together and drive success for your business. Staff with the right skills and knowledge make your store the top choice for your customers.
ServiceIQ helps you offer talented, up-and-coming employees an apprenticeship that delivers everything they need to impress your customers and help you run a slick operation. It鈥檚 also vital for growing a serious career in retail or management.
The programme is easily delivered to your staff, on-job, and at a pace that works for you.
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Hospitality
The perfect recipe for up-and-coming chefs, caterers and front of house professionals
爆走黑料 Apprenticeship in Cookery
What makes this so special? This is an elite cookery programme where trainee chefs become qualified听experts by training on-the-job 鈥 developing their culinary skills and knowledge, and continually creating,听refining and perfecting their art to the highest standard. It鈥檚 the way many of the world鈥檚 best chefs听make their mark, because you can鈥檛 beat the true learning experience of creating great food in a high听pressure commercial kitchen for real, paying customers.
爆走黑料 Apprenticeship in Food and Beverage
Choosing where to eat or enjoy a drink comes down to the food, the atmosphere and of course, great service.听Front-of-house staff with the right skills and knowledge help to make your establishment the top choice for听your customers.
ServiceIQ helps you do just that by offering your talented, up-coming trainees an apprenticeship with all听of the skills they need to run the show and impress your customers. It鈥檚 also a vital ingredient to building a听serious career in restaurant, bar and club management.
爆走黑料 Apprenticeship in Catering Services
Catering is a fast changing, innovative industry with huge opportunities for business and the听smart people in it. ServiceIQ offers your talented up-coming trainees an apprenticeship with all听of the essential skills they need to confidently meet your customers鈥 expectations 鈥 whether you听serve airline passengers, hospital patients, stadium audiences, care home residents, or concert听goers and many, many more. It鈥檚 also a vital ingredient to building a serious career in catering.
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Aviation
The right stuff for aeronautical engineers
NZ Apprenticeship in Aeronautical Engineering (Aircraft Manufacture)
NZ Apprenticeship in Aviation Aeronautical Engineering with strands
Strands in Aeronautical Non Destructive Testing, Aircraft Mechanical, Aircraft Powerplant, Aircraft Structures, Armament, Avionic Electrical Repair, Avionic Instrument Repair, Avionic Maintenance, Avionic Radio Repair, and Rotorcraft
How to qualify for an apprenticeship?
First up, you need to have a job in the service industry.
Then you鈥檒l need your employer to support your application.
You鈥檒l also need a positive attitude, be committed to building a career in the service industry, be willing to learn new skills, and complete tasks and assessments towards your qualification.
Non-residents: providing you are employed full-time in a relevant workplace and you hold a two-year work visa, you can apply for an apprenticeship. Please be sure to visit for further information.
Get the job first!
Two very useful websites are which has lots of information and advice on literally hundreds of careers in the service industry and more.
And if you know the kind of job and industry you want to work in, you could also check out ,听听or 听which have thousands of jobs.
How to become a chef, caterer or front-of-house professional
You can carve out a career by landing a job in the right part of the industry 鈥 a kitchen if you want to be a chef or caterer, or in a restaurant if you want to be a food and beverage expert.
Then you need your employer to place you on an apprenticeship programme.
There are no specific secondary education requirements, but cooking credits are useful for aspiring chefs and caterers to show an employer that you have kitchen skills. Numeracy and literacy are also valuable since these roles involve weighing and measuring ingredients, ordering supplies and costing menus.
Many chefs and caterers start out as kitchen hands, learning the basics and how a kitchen works.听
How to become an aircraft engineer
It starts at school.听Successfully completing English, maths (NCEA Level 2), science and ideally physics听gives you the basics you need to get started.
Traditionally, many successful aircraft engineers have started in the classroom and moved into a job with an apprenticeship. If you鈥檙e still at school, a great way to discover if this is the right career for you is to sign up for the ServiceIQ Gateway Aviation programme. You鈥檒l get a good feel for the industry, plus credits towards your NCEA.
From there, you could join the RNZAF, or study at a tertiary institution to complete a pre-employment course, and then .
About the provider
On-job training takes place in your workplace. It means that you, as an employee, gain essential skills and knowledge while doing your job.
You learn the specific skills for your job and career and, by upskilling in the real work environment, gain the know-how plus proven experience to solve problems, meet challenges and deal with tasks that you will face day to day.
You also get the satisfaction of earning while you learn, and gaining a national qualification.
We offer a full range of on-job training programmes, apprenticeships and quick online courses for the retail, hospitality, travel, tourism, museums and aviation sectors.
Our programmes are designed for people at every level of the business, from new entrant to supervisor and manager.
Our expert training advisors are also there to support you and your employer throughout the process from enrollment to assessment and successful completion of the programme.