b'Employers and stakeholdersMITO partners with its industry associations to support their strategic workforce developmentSime Motors training reviewpriorities. Sime Motors New Zealand partnered withAnnual Workforce Development Action Plans areMITO to assess and enhance the relevance, developed and agreed with industry. These plansimpact, and efficiency of its training outline initiatives and agree skill developmentprogrammes, benchmarked to national priorities towards creating sustainablequalifications and industry standards. workforces to meet current and future challenges. The eight-week project highlighted the Meetings with our industry associations in 2024significance of continuous skill development focused on maintaining employer engagement inas a critical means of increasing productivity industry training, workforce development needs,across the Sime Motors New Zealand and and the proposed changes to the vocationalTruckstops New Zealand network.education sector.When Sime Motors, one of New Zealands Our regional network of Training Advisors visitedlargest automotive players, wanted a review employers who did not have an active learnerof its technical training structure and delivery engaged in a Training Agreement to encourageto ensure its continued fitness for purpose, and promote on-the-job training and encourageit found MITOs staff to be a valuable participation in industry training. resource. Their expertise and knowledge of best practice was invaluable in reviewing Over 100 Industry Association engagement Simes current practices and making sound recommendations. Its not a service often meetings were held. thought of when considering MITOs offerings, 3,318Active visits to prospective but it proved to be of great benefit to our businesses. organisation.Peter Leathley, Head of People Experience, Strategic Programmes, Sime Motors7'