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HITO invites all hairdressing, beauty therapy, barbering and nail technology graduates who completed their qualification between October 12 2019 and October 12 2020 to our annual Graduation [...]

HITO is currently reviewing New Zealand’s hairdressing qualifications to ensure they are fit for purpose, meet the needs of industry and encompass future skills requirements. We encourage all [...]

An interim establishment board has outlined plans for the Workforce Development Council for the Creative, Cultural, Recreation and Technology Sectors (the WDC that will set training standards for [...]

The Government has three support options to help employers retain and bring on new apprentices while dealing with the effects of COVID-19. We’ve outlined the options below. Employers will only be [...]

The Government has announced a wage subsidy to help employers pay new and existing apprentices in their first two years of training. Employers of HITO apprentices in their first or second year [...]

5 June 2020 The Government has announced that apprenticeships will be free of charge from July 1 2020 to 2022. HITO looks forward to welcoming new apprentices to the hairdressing, barbering and [...]

15 May 2020 The Government’s Worksafe website has been updated with Alert Level 2 requirements for close contact and proximity businesses and services, including the following: For physical [...]

Off-job training dates for hairdressing and barbering apprentices have been updated following the COVID-19 lockdowns. Employers and apprentices will be emailed the specific dates and the [...]

HITO CEO Kay Nelson was invited to speak about the effects of COVID-19 virus and shutdown on the hair, barbering and beauty industries at the Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee on May 5. [...]

Like so many aspects of normal life, apprentice training is going to look a little different while the country is in lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Like you, we’re hoping that the [...]