LEVEL 3
NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATE IN CONSTRUCTION TRADE SKILLS - CARPENTRY Total credits 120 (1.0 EFTS) Campus Mt Albert Start dates March or July Duration Full-time for one year Annual tuition fees $6,600 (NZD) (Approximate domestic fee only)
Career opportunities • Assistant tradesperson • Apprentice carpenter • Journeyman
Highlights • Build a house from start to finish • Practical projects using a variety of hand tools, portable tools and machines • Learn in Unitec’s purpose-built trades building, Mataaho, with new, top-of-the-line machinery • Obtain basic trade skills for anything from DIY jobs, through to pre-apprenticeship carpentry in preparation for employment and/or an apprenticeship. • Work in teams and on collaborative projects like what you’ll undertake when in the workforce • Can serve as a pathway into further study including an apprenticeship
Start your career as a builder or carpenter with this pre-trade certificate, designed to prepare students who haven't had previous tertiary training for employment in the carpentry industry or building related trades. You'll walk away with the basic principles and practices needed to prepare for employment and apprenticeship. Programme overview Become knowledgeable about the basic principles and practices for general building and construction including calculations, communications, health and safety, site safe and site safe passport, first aid, hand and power tools.
English If English is not your first language, you’ll need one or more of the following:
In the first four weeks (30 credits) of this programme, you’ll develop the essential skills required for a career in the building industry. For most of this programme (additional 90 credits), you’ll focus on the carpentry strand. If you want to become a builder, this is the ideal pre-apprenticeship study path before entering a carpentry apprenticeship and/or entering employment. Most employers prefer apprentices who have some form of prior training.
• Achieved NCEA Level 3 and New Zealand University Entrance
In carpentry, you’ll learn the pre-apprenticeship skills needed to become a carpenter in a practical, on-site project, building a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom house.
There are additional English requirements for international students – you can find more information on our website.
This is the NZQA aligned standard across New Zealand in pre-apprenticeship carpentry training. When you graduate, you can enter the workforce as an apprentice carpenter or in an assistant role in the building industry. You can also cross-credit 800 hours of your ITABs carpentry apprenticeship training and continue your studies to become a trade-qualified carpenter in the New Zealand Certificate in Carpentry (see pg. 14).
If you don’t meet these requirements, you’ll need one of the following:
Admission requirements For this programme, you’ll need:
Academic 1. Achieved NCEA Level 1 including 10 credits in English (reading and writing) and 10 credits in mathematics. 2. Three years’ secondary education
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3. Be 16 years old by the time the programme begins
• Provide evidence you satisfy our criteria for existing English proficiency such as IELTS • Achieved at least one English proficiency outcome in the last two years If you don’t meet the English criteria above, we have a range of English Language programmes available (see unitec.ac.nz/ english).
Other options
• A relevant qualification at Level 2 or above on the NZQF or equivalent • Evidence you’re eligible for special or discretionary admission For more information download the programme regulations: unitec.ac.nz/building International Students, please visit unitec.ac.nz/international This programme is eligible under the new Targeted Training and Apprenticeships Fund (TTAF), for more information visit unitec.ac.nz/trainingfund
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