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Apprenticeship Programme

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Love your work?

At Norwood, we love what we do and we’re committed to bringing more people from a wide range of backgrounds into our industry to train. If you have a passion for farm machinery, parts supply or servicing and repairing agricultural, viticulture, horticulture, lifestyle, and construction equipment, then we reckon you'd love being a Norwood team member.

You’ll earn while you learn, and we will provide you with clear pathways and support that will lead to a rewarding and satisfying long-term career.

We're recruiting nationwide for our apprentice intake. We're looking for people with a minimum school qualification of NCEA Level 2, a minimum Class 1 restricted drivers licence, and a can-do attitude.

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Working for Norwood

Norwood is one of the most well-known names in New Zealand agriculture, and employer to some of the most experienced professionals in our industry.

With 22 sites nationwide, career opportunities at Norwood are exciting and varied. We're committed to your ongoing training and development, your career pathway and work/life balance, and we have places for people with the right attitude.

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Apprenticeships at Norwood

Norwood's apprenticeship training programme has been developed by industry for industry. Everything you learn is relevant to the workplace. Our industry is exciting, dynamic, and innovative. Each day is different.

Apprenticeships involve problem solving and effective communication. You'll need to have an enquiring mind and self-determination. You'll need to be a hands-on person, who likes working with machinery. And you'll need to be committed to putting in the personal time to complete online assessments when they are due. If this sounds like the apprenticeship for you, then apply online today.

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A Norwood apprenticeship equips you with:

  • Up to five years of on-the-job training (depending on the qualification)

  • The benefit of earning while you're learning, with competitive pay rates and incremental increases upon achievement of credits

  • Training and working alongside experienced and knowledgeable staff, including your own personal mentor who will support your learning journey

  • In-house technical training at our National Training Centre in Palmerston North

  • Location opportunities throughout New Zealand

  • Completion of nationally and internationally recognised qualifications

  • The opportunity to become multi-qualified

  • Top remuneration opportunities on completion

  • Multiple career pathways in a global industry

  • A tool advance of $5,000

  • Partnerships with Outward Bound

At Norwood, we believe great things happen when we work together. We provide a fun, positive working environment, and we look after you:

Working for Norwood will provide you with free medical insurance that covers pre-existing conditions, and the opportunity to cover your additional family members at discounted rates.

Your opportunities for travel with Norwood can include attending technical training and working at multiple locations throughout NZ to provide additional support to our dealership network.

Opportunities for career progression include moving within a department at a dealership, relocating to another dealership within the Norwood network, even moving from a dealership into a national support role.

All our service and parts staff are provided with company branded uniforms and personal protective equipment.