Ara - Institute of Canterbury Managed Carpentry Apprenticeships

Thinking of doing an apprenticeship or are you not happy with your current training provider? Are you in need of an extra pair of hands and looking for an apprentice?
Come down to our Woolston campus next Wednesday for our carpentry brekkie and find out more. The team will be there to answer any questions, it’ll be a great morning with current tool and clothing displays. Plus learn about what Ara has to offer when it comes to Carpentry, you might leave with more than a full belly!

Carpentry Breakie & Information Morning

The NZCB Conference and Expo for 2024 was held in Wellington recently.
This year’s conference was one of the most successful held, with more than 350 attendees and a further 160 exhibitors.
As well as the stands on the exhibition floor, other highlights included the keenly contested Mitre10 Great Apprentice Race, and the NZCB Apprentice Challenge sponsored by ITM, which was won by Daniel Smith of Structured Builders in Auckland, with Roy Devereux (Devereux Building in Dunedin) and Courtney Willan (Edgecity Builders in Auckland) our runners-up. The standard of apprentices that had come through from wining the regional competition was high and despite our Canterbury apprentice Nico Portland not placing this year he appointed himself well and came away with tools and an experience that I’m sure he will never forget. Well done, Nico. Enjoy some photos of the event.

Ara Managed Carpentry Apprentice Alex Erickson Wins NZCB Apprentice of the Year Challenge for 2023

Ara Managed Apprentices take out the top 3 places in this year's NZCB Apprentice Challenge for the Christchurch region. The building standard was high across all apprentices competing, a great day held at Hampton's ITM store Ferry Rd, who are great supporters of our apprentices in carpentry and a well-run day thanks to Tont Lindley NZCB regional president, support by judges from Ara Institute of Canterbury and Christchurch City Councial, plus many others who helped. Congratulations to all the competitors and a thanks to all who helped on the day. The finalists from each region will battle it out for the supreme title of apprentice of the year at the New Zealand Certified Builders Conference held from the 25 to the 27 May here in Christchurch at Te Pae the new conference center, good luck to all the competitors and enjoy the experience.

Another challenging year with covid and restrictions, that said we have a great ITABS teams supporting an equally great bunch of young apprentices. Enjoy this montage of photos of the apprentices in and around Canterbury. Have a merry Christmas and a Harry New Year.

Marc Palmer this years NZCB Apprentice Challenge Winner with ITAB Assessor Ron Bedyn