Training & Personal Development at NZ Transport Agency - Waka Kotahi

Some of the training is more useful that other training we receive. However the on the job learning I have received through my experience as part of my team has been invaluable. If you are looking for specific types of professional development (eg. profs for law or certain courses which are not free) nine times out of ten it won't be funded by the graduate programme.

We have workshops for developing soft skills & competencies as part of the graduate programme. We also have access to the Linkedin Learning catalogue and can complete courses we're interested in. Training for technical skills depends on the host team a graduate is placed with.

There are lots of opportunities to upskill and gain understanding on concepts and it's heavily supported. There is internal learnings, access to LinkedInLearnings and you can do your own. There are sessions where people will come and speak to us about relevant ways to upskill in the workforce and your own personal skills

Training provided by the programme has been helpful, if not somewhat inconvenient at times. On the job training has been very good, and my host manager has gone out of his way to offer me personalized tutoring in project management.

A few training programs were provided within the graduate program which offered better work ethics, mind reinforcement training such as growth mindset training, etc. Relating to work, it will depend on your team and whether you will require it in your team. For me, this meant a lot of site visits where I could experience real life contracting and construction issues as well as seeing different engineering methods being applied in real life which allows for better knowledge retention.

On the job training has been provided for my daily tasks. I wish that more formal training opportunities were available.

Have linkedin learning available, lots of online meetings and resources for Te Reo and Tikanga Māori. some training for learning internal databases. and chance to attend a policy and research workshop and some seminars, of which a few are directly useful. But often hard to find time, budget or find out about some opportunities.

There can definitely be more learning and development resources in-house than there currently is. investing in upskilling existing staff, in stead of depending on external hiring, can help the organisation grow stronger and be 10 times more cost effective.

There are many learning opportunities here. The organisation has learning modules and workshops which can help upskill. In the graduate programme, we've had workshops and online sessions to develop our skills too.

Lots of opportunities for training and development and we are actively encouraged to take these up. I have completed Te Reo courses, design thinking workshops, and courses on giving and receiving feedback.

We have access to LinkedIn Learning for formal training. I have learnt a lot from watching the way others work and getting involved in presentations/meetings. We also do professional development courses through Talent Solutions with our grad cohort

it could be better but ive never enjoyed a companies training before

A good induction process at the start and lots of learning to be had from your team members.