About Us
FITEC helps more than 7,000 people each year gain the knowledge and skills that they need for productive and rewarding careers in the forestry, wood manufacturing and furniture industries.
Most of this training happens on the job as FITEC trainees (including modern apprentices) are usually employed within the industry and learn while they are earning wages or a salary.
Completing a FITEC National Certificate is a real achievement for trainees and for those who mentor and support learning in the industry. It requires hard work, dedication and a strong commitment to learning and increasing skills. By choosing to improve their vocational knowledge, FITEC trainees become role models for others in the industry, they increase their own skills and confidence and they add significant value and improved productivity to the industry as a whole.
FITEC programmes cater for industry employees from entry level right through to advanced technical trades and management. School leavers, graduates and even those making a career change can find a FITEC programme to suit them alongside their experienced industry colleagues.
Purpose, Mission and Values
Purpose
Growing proud and successful people to build a vibrant forest and wood industry in New Zealand
Mission
To engage every person in the forest and wood industry in relevant training led by FITEC
Values
Customer Focus
- being aware of customer requirements
- delivering on promises you make
- maintaining open communication with customers
- being responsive
- being aware of external and internal customers
Integrity
- putting customer needs ahead of own goals
- maintaining open and honest communication
- acknowledging when we are wrong
- being transparent and accountable
- doing what you say, saying what you do
Team Work and Collaboration
- mutual support and respect
- listening to others
- being open minded
- operating as one team
Professionalism
- using analysis as basis for decisions
- maintaining high standards
- having a sense of urgency
- doing the right thing
- acting with integrity
Responsive to Change
- maintaining positive commitment
- looking for opportunities
- sticking with challenges
- being constructive
- striving for continuous improvement
- seeking innovation
