Access Trades

About the Access Trades Strategic Reference Group (SRG)

The Access Trades SRG represents several prominent industries in New Zealand, including:

• Cranes
• Scaffolding
• Rigging
• Industrial Rope Access
• Lifting Equipment
• Exterior Cleaning

The Access Trades SRG has been in operation since October 2022, and its areas of focus include:

• the lack of industry data on workforce demographics
• the increasing demand for skilled operators and workers
• the removal of training subsidies and the subsequent drop in learner numbers
• the quality of training and assessment.

SRG members are:

• Kaarin Gaukrodger  – Connexis / Te Pūkenga
• Tina Wieczorek  – Scaffolding, Access and Rigging NZ(SARNZ)
• Jan Coton  – Titan Crane
• Sarah Toase  – Crane Association of New Zealand (CANZ)
• Andrew Sykes  – Vertical Horizonz
• Rodney Grant  – Hire Association of NZ (HIANZ)
• Justin Boehm  – The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association  (LEEA)
• Gary McNamara  – Exterior Cleaning Industry Association
• Brenden Solomon  –  Industrial Site Services (ISS)
• Vadim Spice – New Zealand Scaffold Group (NZS)