What we do

Capability development

The EEA has a vision to support growth in the engineering, technical and safety capability of industry by providing structured and sustainable learning opportunities to meet current and future professional development needs.

To achieve this outcome, the EEA deliver a number of courses and micro-credentials, and holds a range of forums, workshops and events that support participants to learn from others, upskill and gain new qualifications.

The EEA also hosts the Capability Development Group.

Capability Development Group

The role of the group is to provide collaboration, coordination across industry members and stakeholders, provide leadership to enable the sustainable professional development and transitioning to technology for technical and safety professionals in the electricity supply industry.

Learn more about the Capability Development Group here. 

Courses and micro-credentials

The EEA are partnering with industry experts to rollout a range of highly sought after courses as part of our wider strategy to build future workforce capability.  Designed with busy people in mind we are offering a new blended delivery model that is receiving positive feedback.

Find out what courses are available here. 

Industry training survey

Outcomes of an industry-wide survey undertaken in 2019 are summarised below.

The results have been categorised into seven areas. This data will help us understand the make-up of the industry, what professional development areas the industry would like to focus on now and into the future.

  • Who we are – the age profile, roles and makeup of the industry;
  • Qualifications and recruiting – the qualifications held, where they were gained and recruitment issues;
  • Competence – summarises competency frameworks and identifies behavioural and technical competences organisations are looking for;
  • Training areas – key training areas identified;
  • Our current development approach – how we are currently training and developing our people;
  • Future roles – participants provided a view on the roles that are required over the next ten years.

Download a copy of the survey summary report here.

For more information, contact admin@eea.co.nz.