New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills - Carpentry

LEVEL 3 NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATE IN CONSTRUCTION TRADE SKILLS - CARPENTRY

Total credits 120 (1.0 EFTS) Campus Mt Albert Start dates February 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.

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.

In carpentry, you’ll learn the pre-apprenticeship skills needed to become a carpenter in a practical on-site building project, building a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom house. 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).

Admission requirements For this programme, you’ll need:

Academic

1. 10 credits at NCEA Level 1 in English and Mathematics 2. Three years’ secondary education

3. Be 16 years old by the time the programme begins

English

If English is not your first language, you’ll need one of the following:

• Achieved NCEA Level 3 and New Zealand

University Entrance • 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). There are additional English requirements for international students – you can find more information on our website.

Other options

If you don’t meet these requirements, you’ll need one of the following:

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

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