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If you are
looking for a new skill set to change and improve your life, read the offerings
below . If you find something you are interested in, fill out the form
in the Inquiries page and add specific requests
in the Remarks section. Be sure to check the institution's English
requirements. If you can not meet their requirements, we will arrange for
a course to get you up to the required level. These courses are taught at
NZ government certified private training establishments, polytechnics or
universities.
Business skills
- Office management courses for executive secretaries:
With the number of foreign companies coming into Asia increasing rapidly,
the demand for office staff with good English and office skills is rising,
along with their salaries. Very few foreign executives can speak the local
language, and therefore, having a good secretary is critical to their ability
to function effectively and is accordingly worth a lot of money. In addition
to English, these courses teach comprehensive office and business skills
and prepare students to pass such internationally recognised exams as TOELF,
IELTS and Pitmans etc.
- IT (computer courses ) : Because this
industry is expanding so rapidly, demand for English speaking people with
even basic computer skills outstrips supply, with salaries rising accordingly.
Our programs involve getting those people with minimal English skills up
to a level where they can slot into an IT skills program taught in English.
- Accounting: The adoption by the Japanese
government and business of international accounting (FASB) standards and
the growing internationalisation of business operations with a concomitant
increase in cross border transactions and reporting, along with the growth
in the number of foreign companies operating in Asia, has led to an explosive
growth in demand for people with English language and accounting skills
similar to that for IT staff.
Aviation
As a largely hilly and mountainous country with a small, scattered, but
well educated population and a high standard of living, New Zealand has
always been a leader in aviation in many ways. From Richard Pearce's aeroplane,
which many think was the first to fly, through the exploits of Jean Batten
(the first woman to fly solo from Europe to New Zealand and Air Vice Marshal
of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Park, who led the Royal Air Force fighters
in the historic Battle of Britain to victory over Hitler's Luftwaffe to
Dr. Pickering, leader of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's team that designed
and produced the rockets that put America on the moon, New Zealand has been
in the forefront of aviation.
With a low cost of living and favourable exchange rate, it is now possible
to get a private pilot's licence (PPL) for about the same cost of a driver's
licence in Japan. New Zealand's flying schools can take you all the way
to ATPL (Air transport Pilot's Licence) or advanced helicopter ratings.
Education skills
- Kindergarten and primary school teachers
: With English being introduced into the primary school curriculum,
many parents want their children to get a head start in kindergartens, creating
a demand for kindergartens and teachers capable of teaching introductory
English classes.
- High school and university teacher training courses
: Although many Japanese teachers of English have adequate to
good written English skills, by the Monbusho's own admission, many can not
actually speak English very well, and at the university level, many of the
staff are English literature majors, also with limited ability to speak
and teach the language as a means of communication.
-Junior college post graduate : As Japanese
corporations become less and less interested in what university prospective
employees went to and more and more interested in what they can actually
do, they are increasingly employing people from junior colleges and vocational
schools who can really use real world English (as opposed to that "English"
taught in cram schools to pass exams) in addition to other skills. These
packages provide one year "post graduate" courses to junior college
and vocational school graduates, thereby improving the marketability of
both the schools and their graduates.
Recreation and leisure
- Animal care : The pet population in Japan
has boomed , increasing the demand for pet care and related services, and
insofar as as Japan is behind western countries in this field, those with
- Recreation and Therapeutic Recreation : Many
of the baby boomers who are about to retire will be in good financial and
physical condition and in many instances, have a strong desire to do all
the things they wanted to do but couldn't because they were too busy raising
families, paying off mortgages and for educations. This, plus a growing
awareness of the importance of exercise and an active attitude towards life
bodes well for explosive growth in the recreation industry, one that is
well developed in advanced western countries and another area where Japan
will play catch up.
- Gardening related - horticulture, arboriculture
and landscaping courses : As the population ages, gardening is
already booming and has an increasingly western tinge, creating opportunities
for those with English speaking experience in this field, either as guides
on overseas trips or disseminators of new ideas and techniques from overseas.
- Sports and exercise professionals :
Sports is now overwhelmingly a global business and hence dominated in its
international aspects by English. Leaders, coaches and instructors who can
speak English already have an advantage, which is one that is certain to
grow, whether they be disseminators of overseas ideas and techniques or
guides on overseas trips.
- English speaking instructors/group leaders in
fishing, yachting, diving, golf etc. : Like studying English,
engaging in sports and hobbies such as the forgoing is cheaper in New Zealand
than in most parts of north east Asia, especially in Japan, and companies
and clubs selling such opportunities will need bilingual staff to handle
incoming customers.
Geriatric and health care services
- Geriatric and other health care workers :
As demographics and the dependency ratio deteriorates in most advanced economies,
a situation exacerbated by a falling marriage and birthrates, governments
will increasingly have to try and step in and take over, but are in most
instances woefully prepared and will have to learn from the welfare states
of the west, of which New Zealand is a leader.
- Social services : For the same reasons
as above, there will be growing demand for social services ranging from
- Certificates in natural health therapies:
As interest in "new therapies " continues to grow, those who have
studied overseas will have an advantage in being able to readily adopt new
ideas from the English speaking countries of the west.
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