Patrick Dowling, Principal of Techtorium, has a twenty-year background in the IT industry. His experience includes work with technologically advanced companies such as Gen-i, Air New Zealand and ASB Bank.

As an employer hiring and training young people for IT support roles, Patrick knows the frustration of trying to find people with the right combination of skills and expectations.

Secondary school students have little practical knowledge and typically take 2-3 years to come up to speed and make a valuable contribution. University graduates, on the other hand, have little practical knowledge but huge expectations.

Employers will always choose someone with experience over raw graduates. This makes it difficult to get your first start in IT. At Techtorium, however, the learning programmes are driven by the business world, not academia

The Techtorium Board of Advisors is composed of business people working in the industry or related industries. They come from the type of companies that will employ Techtorium graduates. They are impressed with the standard of training and practical knowledge our students get and state they would employ a Techtorium graduate over other inexperienced graduates any day.