A new 'hands on' initiative, which brings the classroom into the orchard, is helping combat the labour shortage in the horticulture industry.The Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT), Work and Income and local iwi have teamed up with John Bostock, owner of JM Bostock Ltd, to help get people off the unemployment benefit and into permanent employment.The partners have worked together to establish an EIT level three sustainable fruit production course, which has both theory and practical modules. The theory mirrors the orchard cycle to enhance the student's learning. In 2014 the programme will start earlier in the year to better coincide with orchard practice.
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