Learner-Focused, Industry-Led, Government-Enabled
INTRODUCTION

Core technical skills are the generic or underpinning technical or work-related skills that are common to all (or most) of the food and fibre sectors. By their nature, these skills are transferable across different contexts

The focus of these will change across sectors, but they could include:

  • Various driving skills – tractor, forklift
  • Digital Skills – worksheets, timesheets

The Core Technical Skills Sets

The Core Technical skills are grouped into five skill sets:

  • Living beings and environmental knowledge
  • Machinery and technology skills
  • Legislative and regulatory knowledge
  • Good practice operation
  • Quality management

They use a progression approach to describe the skills at the three levels

Skill

Good Practice Operation           

Finding your place

Responsibility: works with supervision
Autonomy: becoming independent

Mōiho (understanding)

Maintain the workplace by following a workplan

Building your place

Responsibility: leading others
Autonomy: independent

Mātau (expertise)

Implement a plan/program Co-ordinate site activities

Nurturing your place

Responsibility: set strategy
Autonomy: leading direction or innovation

Mārama (enlightenment)

Develop a new workplan Conduct site inspection