A Skills Framework for the Food and Fibre Sector | Webinar
Event description
Muka Tangata Workforce Development Council and the Food and Fibre CoVE recently commissioned a piece of applied research to develop a food and fibre skills framework. This framework aims to articulate the full range of skills across the food and fibre sector, and the connections between them, providing coherency and a common language. This will support clearer learner pathways and help maximise flexibility and skill transferability.
In this webinar, one of the researchers, Dr Nicky Murray, will share the research process and the prototype skills framework, which is comprised of:
- Core transferable skills
- Core technical skills
- Specialised industry and technical skills
- Food and fibre bodies of knowledge.
The research validated a ‘skills-first’ approach and highlighted the need to examine the full range of skills, from foundational through to higher-level complex skills sets. Several other key concepts included the appropriate recognition of te ao Māori in (or around) the framework, the centrality of essential skills, and the idea of a maturity or proficiency progression, which is enabling and learner-centred, rather than a more prescriptive ‘levels’ approach.
Dr Nicky Murray
Dr Nicky Murray is the Director of On Task Ltd., a vocational education and training and adult literacy and numeracy research consultancy. Nicky has worked and researched extensively across the workplace-based learning sector since 2005, applying her postgraduate and doctoral work in a variety of settings.
This webinar is offered free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis.
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