Intervention

Example

Influencing labour market strategy

• Land Information New Zealand could engage with the Department of Labour, the Ministry of Education and the Spatial Industry Business Association to get the labour market strategy to address the lack of skills and capacity relating to geospatial information

• Statistics New Zealand could consider including the geospatial industry in the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification. The Classification provides the main framework for gathering information about various industrial sectors. Reviewing the Classification could ensure information about the geospatial industry is gathered on a regular and ongoing basis

• Land Information New Zealand will publish material outlining options for developing skills and capacity needed to use/develop geospatial information on the New Zealand Geospatial Strategy website.

• Land Information New Zealand will work with training providers and the Spatial Industry Business Association to gather more information to monitor, inform, and guide the development of courses that are demanded by employers and are critical to the success of the growing geospatial industry.

Improving the skills and capacity of government employees

• Land Information New Zealand is working with the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute, a body supporting professionals in the geospatial sector, to assist staff in gaining professional certification.

• Land Information New Zealand will contribute to pay staff membership of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute and for professional certification fees.

• Land Information New Zealand will recognise the achievements of individuals, teams and organisations in the geospatial industry through nominations for the Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards.

• Land Information New Zealand will become a sustaining partner of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute.

• The Department of Conservation and Land Information New Zealand are developing a proposal for a course to give training in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - initially for Department of Conservation staff but with potential to be used as a basis for similar courses across the wider central and local government sectors.

• Under enterprise licence agreement with Eagle Technology (providing Land Information New Zealand with GIS software), there is opportunity to provide regular training to users of GIS within Land Information New Zealand.

Supporting emerging initiatives in the education system

• Land Information New Zealand is a member of the working group for an initiative being led by Eagle Technology to develop a web-based learning portal to make Geographic Information Systems widely accessible to all primary and secondary schools.

• Universities of Canterbury, Otago, Victoria and Auckland are developing a shared Master-level programme in Geographic Information Systems, starting in 2011. Land Information New Zealand is actively supporting this initiative and there may be opportunities for other Geospatial Executive Group members to do likewise.