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Level 3 Programme
New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills - Carpentry Credits 120 (1.0 EFTS)
Start dates March or July
Annual fees $6,700 (NZD)
Campus Mt Albert
Duration Full-time for one year
(Approximate domestic fees only. Includes GST but excludes the Compulsory Student Services Fee levy)
Career opportunities
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.
• 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 carpentry 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 you’ll do when in the workforce. • Can serve as a pathway into further study including an apprenticeship
Programme overview
Admission requirements
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.
For this programme, you’ll need:
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 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).
Academic 1. Achieved NCEA Level 1, including 10 credits each in literacy (reading and writing) and numeracy 2. To be 16 years old by the time the programme begins
English Applicants will need one or more of the following: • Completed at least five years of secondary education (the equivalent of New Zealand forms 3 to 7 or years 9 to 13) • Provide evidence that 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.
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
