The Trust was established by a Deed dated 26 November 2021, by the Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation Incorporated. The Trust helps develop, promote and facilitate education and training within the infrastructure industry so as to increase the general and specific competencies which contribute to the effectiveness of employees within the industry.
The Infrastructure Industry is defined as organisations that provide ‘the basic physical and organisational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.'
Two grants rounds are to be held each year, one in March and one in September. Applications shall be accepted from:
The Energy and Infrastructure Industry Skills Board
Entities providing scholarships, grants or similar to individuals who are in vocational training on an infrastructure related qualification, and
Entities working within the infrastructure sector (for example providers, industry associations, industry groups, researchers).
Grants can only be made to organisations operating in partnership with The Energy and Infrastructure Industry Skills Board and are based within the infrastructure sectors of civil construction, three waters, energy and telecommunications.
Applicants must show relevant infrastructure industry support (such as from an industry association, large employers group or other industry body).
Grants are for projects, and not for funding of day to day expenditure, although this does not exclude operational costs involved in a project.
A maximum of $1,000,000 will be granted each calendar year.
No single grant shall exceed $500,000.
Total grants to organisations that provide scholarships, grants or similar to individuals in vocational training on an infrastructure related qualification shall not exceed $150,000 in any calendar year.
The March applications will be open from around February and March annually. Applicants will be advised of the outcomes by 31 May.
The September applications will be open from around 4 July to 25 July, annually. Applicants will be advised of the outcomes by 30 September.
Applications are considered by the Infrastructure Education and Training Charitable Trust Advisory Panel.
March
Organisation Name | Project Title | Amount |
Connexis Infrastructure Training | Leadership Scholarships | $65,850.00 |
Concrete Pipe Association | Installation of Concrete Pipe Training | $175,000.00 |
Āpōpō - Infrastructure Asset Management Professionals Inc. | Emerging Asset Management Scholarship Programme | $5,000.00 |
Organisation Name | Project Title | Amount |
Connexis Division of Te Pukenga Work Based Learning Limited | Leadership Scholarships commencing in 2026 | $56,330.00 |
Connexis Division of Te Pukenga Work Based Learning Limited | Leadership Scholarships | $40,000.00 |
Electricity Engineers Association | Pathways Into and Across the Electricity Supply Industry | $100,000.00 |
Civil Contractors New Zealand | Targeted Workforce Planning training using data from completed infrastructure projects | $25,000.00 |
Civil Contractors New Zealand | Targeted Workforce Planning training using data from completed infrastructure projects | $200,000.00 |
Water New Zealand | Careers Videos; Translation into Te Reo Māori and Samoan | $18,000.00 |
Water New Zealand | Promotion of water sector career videos | $26,500.00 |
Organisation Name | Project Title | Amount |
Connexis Division of Te Pukenga Work Based Learning Ltd | Employer, Team Leader upskilling to better support their Apprentices/Trainees. | $36,000.00 |
Water New Zealand | Sponsoring House of Science water experiment kits for Kura nationwide. | $60,000.00 |
Waihanga Ara Rau Workforce Development Council | Pathways Into and Across the Water Sector | $200,000.00 |
MITA Consulting Limited | Revolutionising Workplace Safety: Virtual Reality Training | $170,000.00 |
2022-2023 Organisation Name | Project Title |
Amount |
Connexis Division of Te Pukenga Work Based Learning Limited | Outward Bound Scholarships | $120,000.00 |
Water New Zealand | Completion of videos that showcase water careers | $52,000.00 |
Orion New Zealand Limited | Power up Electrical Supply Programme Innovation | $280,000.00 |
Te Aratika Industry Training Limited | Development of Extended Reality (XR) resources to support programme delivery | $40,000.00 |
Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia New Zealand Div Inc | Aotearoa IPWEA Emerging Asset Management Scholarship Programme | $10,000.00 |
New Zealand Water and Wastes Association Incorporated | Develop water-based WonderProject with Engineering NZ | $130,000.00 |
Waihanga Ara Rau Workforce Development Council | See yourself in the Electricity Supply Industry | $140,000.00 |
Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui Inc - t/a Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust | Costs for training programme, grants & scholarships | $ 50,000.00 |
Connexis Division of Te Pukenga Work Based Learning Ltd | Financial Assistance Scholarships | $ 30,000.00 |
Connexis Division of Te Pukenga Work Based Learning Ltd | Outward Bound Scholarships | $ 45,000.00 |
Ministry of Social Development | Water Careers - Virtual Reality | $ 150,000.00 |
Orion New Zealand Limited | Te Haerenga Online Game Platform MVP | $ 500,000.00 |