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Figure out your skills

How to figure out your skills to help you identify your career options.

How to get a job after prison or a criminal conviction

Tips for finding work if you have a criminal record.

Dairy Farm Assistant | Kaiāwhina Pāmu Kau

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Dairy farm assistants help farmers with a variety of tasks, including caring for and milking cows, repairs and maintenance, and other farming activities.

Employability skills are the heart of the future

Continuing our future of work series – we showcase how employability skills, such as problem solving, are increasingly important in the new world of work.

Wide range of jobs available in the public sector

Roles for public servants are varied and rewarding.

How to describe skills in your CV

Make your CV stand out to employers by showing them your skills and how you’ve used them.

Ship's Officer | Āpiha Kaipuke

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Ship's officers navigate and control the safe operation of a ship and supervise and co-ordinate the activities of deck crew.

Ship's Master | Poutikanga Whakahaere Kaipuke

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Ship's masters are in charge of a ship, its crew and any passengers or cargo it is carrying – on the water and in port. On tugs or pilot boats, ship's masters may guide or assist ships in and out of harbours or through difficult waterways.

Fishing Skipper | Kaiurungi Hao Ika

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Fishing skippers are responsible for running a fishing boat. Responsibilities range from navigating the vessel and organising the crew to catching and processing fish.

Deckhand | Ringa Paparahi

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Deckhands may take care of passengers and assist in the operation of vessels such as harbour ferries and charter boats, or cast and haul in nets, lines or pots, and process fish on inshore or deep-sea fishing vessels.