New Zealand Certificate in Electricity Supply (Operation) with an optional strand in Hydro Operation (Level 4)

This qualification is suitable for people entering into, or working in the electricity supply industry as a generation plant control room operator. They may be changing their career path from elsewhere in the electricity supply industry.

Apply knowledge of the electricity generation sector in New Zealand and electricity supply core theory while working as an electricity generation plant control room operator. Operate equipment to isolate and connect electricity systems in compliance with industry standards and asset owner’s specifications. Manage electricity supply system generation equipment as a control room operator. Ensure that health and safety requirements are met while carrying out plant control room operations in the electricity supply industry. Graduates of the Hydro Operation strand will also be able to. Able to use prime movers in hydro-electric generation plants, and manage water resources as a hydro-electric control room operator.

Connexis arranges, delivers, supports, and assesses work-based learning for the infrastructure industries of Civil, Energy, Telecommunications, and Water. That means we help up skill the infrastructure workforce. We set programmes, evaluate assessments, and support employers and learners to obtain nationally-recognised micro-credentials and qualifications through apprenticeships and traineeships.

We are passionate about creating a sustainable infrastructure workforce for Aotearoa, which responds to the needs of industry, both now and in the future. This includes improving access to training and encouraging diversity to reach underrepresented groups such as women, Māori, and Pasifika.

We are the infrastructure business division of Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology. Te Pūkenga is the new Crown entity established to unite Institutes of Technology, Polytechnics (ITPs) and Industry Training Organisations around the country into a unified national network as part of the Government’s Reform of Vocational Education.  It is creating a network of on-job, online and on-campus learning to give learners more flexibility in what, where and how they learn.