Connexis

Infrastructure Industry Training for New Zealand

WHO WE ARE

Connexis arranges, delivers, supports, and assesses work-based learning for the infrastructure industries of Civil, Energy, Telecommunications, and Water. That means we help up skill the infrastructure workforce. We set programmes, evaluate assessments, and support employers and learners to obtain nationally-recognised micro-credentials and qualifications through apprenticeships and traineeships.

We are passionate about creating a sustainable infrastructure workforce for New Zealand, which responds to the needs of industry, both now and in the future. This includes improving access to training and encouraging diversity to reach underrepresented groups such as women, disabled, Māori, and Pasifika.

Connexis is New Zealand's infrastructure training provider. As part of the redesign of the vocational education and training (VET) system, and from November 1, 2026, Connexis officially begins operating as Connexis Inc, an industry-owned and industry-led Private Training Establishment.

This milestone returns Connexis to industry ownership and strengthens our ability to deliver work-based training that responds to the evolving skills and workforce needs of New Zealand’s civil, energy, telecommunications and water sectors.

Read more about our Vocational education journey HERE.

What we do

We develop training programmes toward Qualifications

Provide access to training that works

Ensure quality and consistent outcomes for learners

Our team helps employers and employees to gain the skills required to do the job, work safely and use industry best practice. We do this through arranging the delivery of industry training and supporting our trainees to complete their programme of learning and achieve their qualifications.

We support employers to map out their company’s skill needs and grow their team through recognised career pathways.

Connexis is approved by the Tertiary Education Commission and New Zealand Qualifications Authority to develop and maintain programmes toward nationally recognised qualifications within the infrastructure industry.

A team of trained and professional assessors and moderators work with us to maintain quality for learners, employers and industry.

Quality and consistency of learner outcomes is monitored and maintained through pre and post moderation.

Consistency of assessment is important to us as it ensures our learners are gaining the required skills, at the appropriate level, to do the job safely and productively.

Products and Services

Our tertiary training is nationally recognised through the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and mostly delivered on-the-job.  We have arrangements with training providers for off-job learning, and a Learning Management System (LMS) for online learning, and we can coordinate all of this for you.

We provide a national field team of Account Managers - Learner & Workforce Development that work with employers to get their team qualified and recognised. This helps companies:

Improve safety practices onsite;
Improve productivity;
Reduce rework;
Have confidence in skill ability of their crews when tendering for projects;
Create a happy and healthy workforce.

Our team of Account Managers - Learner & Workforce Development also provide support to your employees / our learners to ensure their success. Our team helps learners:

Set clear and reasonable goals to tick off assessments;
Monitor their progress and keep them on track to complete on time;
Gain the on-job experience required by liaising with employers/ training managers;
Find ways around obstacles to progression;
Stay motivated;
Celebrate success!

Our Teams

Customer service

Managed by our Auckland North, Central and South Island Regional Managers - Learner & Workforce Development, we have a team out on the road supporting employers and learners across the whole of New Zealand. Connexis Account Managers - Learner & Workforce Development help support the infrastructure workforce to get their skills recognised. Account Managers - Learner & Workforce Development guide trainees to stay on track as they progress through their assessments and ensure they are getting the support they need from their supervisors, mentors and assessors.

Let us know if you would like an Account Managers - Learner & Workforce Development to visit your workplace to discuss your workforce skills needs. Contact us  today.

Key Account Managers

The Account Management team works with our larger, nationwide customers to them help better understand, measure and plan their industry training needs across all facets of their businesses.

Learning Solutions

Our team of product developers specialise in instructional design, desktop publishing and proofing, and work with industry-appointed Subject Matter Experts to develop programmes and resource materials, including trainee assessments and notes.

Quality assurance

This team maintains our internal assessment and moderation framework.

Marketing and Communications

Develops tools, resources and communications to promote infrastructure career pathways, Connexis programmes and our industry leadership initiatives such as Girls with Hi-Vis®. The team works with industry, schools and community to encourage more people to consider Infrastructure careers and understand the industry’s diversity and opportunity

Elearning

One of the aims of the new vocational education system is to provide more flexibility as to modes of learning. As such, we are investing $1.36 million into eLearning to increase accessibility and give learners more choice as to how they learn. Our aim is to have all our resources available online by 2023, ready to leverage the new unified vocational education system by providing greater accessibility and more learning options. Infrastructure Works Level 2 has joined the growing list of our programmes that are available online.

Corporate services

Providing the strong foundation for Connexis to be able to service our industries, this team encompasses our administration, technical support and finance people.