encouraging, Inspiring and supporting...

women into trade and technical roles in the infrastructure Industry.

Ultimit: Women in Infrastructure is a Connexis initiative, supported by industry partners.

Currently, women are seriously under represented in these roles, and we want to change that.

The Ultimit initiative promotes opportunities for a more diverse workforce, with the overall goal of ensuring a continuous supply of skilled trade and technical people.

Apprenticeships available now in:

• Bitumen Surfacing Construction
• Civil
• Forestry Earthworks
• Pipeline Construction and Maintenance
• Piling

These Civil Infrastructure Apprenticeships are registered on the NZQA framework and provide a structured career pathway from Level 3 to Level 4.

View and download the Civil Infrastructure Apprenticeship brochure or browse our offerings below. You can also find out more about an epic career in Civil Infrastructure at www.epicwork.nz

An apprenticeship in Bitumen Surfacing Construction will teach you the skills to ensure you are capable of working independently to complete bitumen surfacing site works.

Learn how to:

• Assess and prepare a site for bitumen surfacing
  construction
• Implement quality work processes on a bitumen surfacing construction worksite
• Safely operate bitumen surfacing construction equipment and machinery
• Assess a worksite for health and safety
• Support and mentor a team onsite

The apprenticeship in Civil will teach you the skills to produce quality work across a range of different civil infrastructure work sites.

Learn how to:

• Work safely on an infrastructure worksite
• Read site plans and carry out work to specifications
• Operate machinery and organise materials needed for your civil site works
• Communicate well within your crew

There are three strands on offer which will teach you specialised skills in either; earthworks, road construction or road maintenance

A forestry earthworks apprenticeship may be for you if you work on a forestry worksite.

Learn how to:

• Read and make plans for forestry earthworks
• Ensure you are working within environmental, sustainability and safety standards
• Work within a team and with other forestry users
• Meet worksite requirements using flexible work practises

A Pipeline Construction and Maintenance apprenticeship will ensure you are capable of working independently on a range of pipeline construction and maintenance jobs.

Learn how to:

• Follow and make plans to construct and maintain pipelines
• Coordinate materials and operate the tools and equipment needed to construct pipelines
• Meet health and safety requirements while ensuring the safety of yourself and your crew
• Communicate well within your team while onsite

You will also gain specialist skills in one of three available strands: drinking-water, wastewater and stormwater, or trenchless technologies.

If you are working in an infrastructure worksite on piling operations, a Piling apprenticeship could be for you to take your career to the next level.

Learn how to:

• Install piles to job specifications
• Implement work plans and drawings
• Apply health and safety requirements
• Monitor site conditions and communicate with stakeholders on site
• Meet compliance requirements onsite

We are committed to ensure all our trainees receive high quality training, and are assessed fairly and consistently against national standards. 

We do this by:

• Developing assessment resources for Connexis-approved programmes listed on the NZQCF.
• Having a robust registration process for assessors.
• Providing WDC-approved assessment material for assessors and training providers to assess Connexis learners.
• Conducting comprehensive moderation of assessor practice.
• Offering professional development and support to our moderators and assessors.

An assessor makes a judgement on the skills and knowledge of an individual to determine whether they meet the required competencies (unit or skill standards). Some companies have their own in-house assessors, while others use assessors outside their companies.

Registered assessors have industry experience and extensive technical knowledge and skills. All workplace assessors will hold unit standard 4098 – Use standards to assess candidate performance or have demonstrated equivalent knowledge and skills (Level 4).

To ensure all registered assessors have sufficient knowledge and skills, assessors are provided with an assessment scope. This scope reflects the experience and qualifications the assessor currently holds and determines what unit or skill standards they are permitted to assess for Connexis learners.

Ensuring the quality of assessment

Connexis moderators moderate assessment decisions of Connexis registered assessors.  This is a quality assurance process to ensure assessors are making similar decisions and that assessments are valid, consistent and fair.

Connexis carries out moderation to ensure that:

• Assessment decisions are fair, valid, and consistent.
• Assessment decisions are reliable and consistent between assessors.
• Moderation supports assessors and providers to meet industry standards and helps identify where improvements may be made.

Assessment practice and results reporting

Information for assessors about assessment practice and moderation compliance can be found in the Assessor Manual. The manual also includes a list of commonly used definitions in the tertiary education sector.

Assessors are required to enter assessment results for all approved programmes via the Connexis Assessor Portal. A guide on how to use the portal is below. Please note that the Assessor Workbook should only be used to report results for casual credits.

Assessor Supporting Documents:

• Assessor Portal User Guide
  
• Assessor Marking Guide
• Assessor Casual Credits User Guide
• Assessor Casual Credits FAQ
• Assessor Manual

If you have any issues entering results please contact QA at quality@connexis.org.nz

Who carries out moderation?

Moderation is carried out by moderators who are senior in their industry and are responsible for conducting:

• Internal moderation of the assessments carried out by Connexis registered assessors and contracted providers.
• Pre-assessment moderation of assessment resources developed for Connexis programmes.
• Moderation of newly registered assessors.

To ensure that assessment practice is up to the standard, Connexis moderates assessors annually on a plan that covers all unit standards reported over a five-year period.

Connexis is also required to comply with annual external moderation requirements set up by the relevant Workforce Development Council (WDC) or NZQA.

Assessor 4098 Training Course Dates and Locations

Please download the enrolment form by clicking on the button below and return your completed form to: quality@connexis.org.nz

If you have any questions about these training courses, please fill out the question form at the bottom of this page.

If you have any questions about these training courses, please fill out the question form at the bottom of this page.

APA New Assessor Training

Connexis trains assessors who want to assess learners enrolled in APA programmes, either externally or, in some cases, in-house.

To apply, you must be a currently registered Connexis Assessor with at least five years of experience and have had your assessments supported in moderation during this period. Additionally, applicants need to be endorsed by their employer and have two referees.

If you are interested in becoming an APA Assessor, please email quality@connexis.org.nz

Moderators are an integral part of the assessment and QMS process. Connexis administers the moderation system through a supportive and educative approach. Moderators will be expected to contact assessors as part of this process, and provide constructive feedback regarding the moderation results.

Applications to become a Connexis Moderator are accepted throughout the year. All applicants must meet the current moderator selection criteria before applications are presented to the Connexis’ National Moderator for consideration. If you are interested in applying to become a Connexis moderator please fill in the Moderator Application Form and email this back to quality@connexis.org.nz

Assessor and trainee assessment resources are available for all unit standards within programmes Connexis offers. The assessment resources have been pre-assessment moderated to ensure they are fair, valid and consistent and meet the National Standard.

The Assessor guide resources are available to registered Assessors and can be downloaded by logging into the Learning Management System using the ‘eLearning’ button’ to the right.

If you have difficulties logging into the Learning Management System, please contact learn@connexis.org.nz

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. 

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 Customer Service Account Managers (CSAMs) 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 CSAMs 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! 

Annual Connection connects, celebrates, and showcases the people and companies that work in and with the Electricity Supply Industry. Cable Jointers and Line Mechanics from all over the country come together every year for this three-day event to battle it out to be recognised as one of New Zealand's best. Annual Connection culminates in a night of celebration with the Energy and Telecommunication Industry Excellence Awards. 

Ninety per cent of infrastructure firms report having difficulty recruiting. iJobsite can help and has been developed by Connexis with infrastructure companies in mind. From entry level vacancies right up to senior management roles, iJobsite is a targeted platform that can connect you with prospective employees. It is free, easy to use, and far-reaching. 

Visit  ijobsite.co.nz  today to list your vacancy. 

Ultimit – Women in Infrastructure  is a Connexis initiative, supported by industry partners. The purpose is to promote opportunities for a more diverse workforce, with the overall goal of ensuring a continuous supply of skilled trade and technical people with diverse thinking that will help grow the infrastructure industry. 

Ultimit encompasses our  Girls with Hi-Vis®  events, which provide female high school students with the opportunity to visit an infrastructure company through their school, get hands-on experience, and hear from inspirational young women in the industry. 

Keen to introduce the next generation to the many and varied opportunities offered by infrastructure careers, we work with employers and schools to line up work experience for senior secondary school students. Gateway gives employers the chance to trial future recruits, and students, the opportunity to explore their interest in a trade career and gain credits towards NCEA. Find out more about Gateway and become a Gateway employer. 

For trainees to gain qualifications, there needs to be a skilled team of assessors who know the industry, understand the work, and can accurately evaluate whether the outcomes of the unit standards have been met. Not only do we recruit, train and register assessors, but we ensure their work is checked for quality through the moderation process. Find out more.

You can find our 2026 pricing here

On our pricing page, you will find a comprehensive list of FAQs and the current pricing schedule. Should you have any questions, there is a form at the foot of the page, specifically for submitting a query. Alternatively, please reach out to your Customer Service Account Manager (CSAM).

Managed by our Auckland North, Central and South Island Area Managers, we have a team out on the road supporting employers and learners across the whole of New Zealand. Connexis Customer Service Account Managers (CSAMs) help support the infrastructure workforce to get their skills recognised. CSAMs 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 a CSAM to visit your workplace to discuss your workforce skills needs. Contact us  today.

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. 

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. 

This team maintains our internal assessment and moderation framework. 

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

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.  

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

New Zealand’s Water Industry is one of the fastest growing infrastructure areas. Working with water – like other essential natural resources – is dynamic and rewarding. There are so many aspects to the industry that it’s no surprise many people spend their whole career with water and never get bored.

Right now is a particularly interesting time to be in this sector, with issues such as climate change, ageing populations and ageing infrastructure presenting complex challenges for the water industry and New Zealand government.

Technology and data continue to be useful tools as the industry looks to meet the continued need for pure, reliable and sustainable water while simultaneously planning for an often uncertain future.

From a workforce perspective, the Water Industry has its own internal issues to navigate. Because many people tend to stay in the industry for a long time, there is a need to engage and train younger workers to come through and fill the gaps made by an ageing workforce.

Connexis’ water training programmes recognise the specialist technical skills that water professionals need in order to take the industry forward. Training programmes can be taken individually or as part of a structured career pathway.

The Telecommunications Industry is enabling the rapid transformation of modern life through constant connectivity. As consumers we expect fast, reliable access to the information networks we use every day to keep in touch, do business and live our lives online.

The sector that makes it all possible is going through its own rapid transformation, as New Zealand invests in telecommunications at one of the fastest rates in the OECD. Projects such as the rollout of ultrafast broadband, rural broadband initiatives and new 4G mobile networks are making more people connected in more locations – lifting living standards and enhancing our economy’s capacity.

Within the industry, fierce competition, cutbacks, consolidation and technological innovation continue to create an environment of change and opportunity. At the grassroots level, companies are facing a shortage of qualified workers to meet the demands of new telecommunications contracts.

Massive changes are at play across New Zealand’s energy sector, from the way power is generated to the way it is distributed, accessed and promoted. We are witnessing the transformation of one of New Zealand’s most crucial infrastructure industries – a change that brings disruption and opportunity in equal measure.

Like energy itself, the sector is constantly moving. But where the industry of old experienced incremental change, today it’s about keeping the lights on in an incredibly fast-paced and unpredictable environment.

As the field transforms and decentralises in response to a complex combination of megatrends and local dynamics, the challenge for employers and educators is to not only keep pace but to constantly look ahead to where the technology is going, and how it is affecting the sector day to day.

Collaboration and industry connections are invaluable. We are working with employers and energy specialists to understand where the pain points are, and tailoring our energy training programmes to ensure they are relevant for people at all levels.

We work alongside Energy Industry employers to design nationally recognised training programmes that meet industry demand. Most of these provide a structured pathway to professional registration, which you’ll need to work in the Energy Industry.

Civil Infrastructure is the backbone of our economy and society and with the Government investing billions in infrastructure locally and nationally, there’s never been a better time to be working in this sector.

Careers in Civil Infrastructure can range from building roads, bridges and subdivisions, to designing and managing the assets that are vital for other core industries, like power, water and transport. Our infrastructure industry is responsible for the major projects that enable our country to grow, making a skilled and qualified workforce essential.

Most training programmes can be tailored to meet individual job requirements and the specific needs of your business and team. Whether you need an apprentice or want to recognise the skills and experiences of existing staff, there’s a course and pathway to suit.