New Zealand Certificate in Telecommunications with strands in Copper Network Maintenance, and Optical Fibre Network (Level 3)

Coordinate and scope telecommunication sites while managing stakeholder and client

expectations and relationships. Apply safe work practices and meet industry standards when

working on telecommunications networks. Install, locate, test and service copper network to

protect and restore the copper telecommunications networks. Apply knowledge of optical fibre

theory during build, provisioning and repair to meet industry standards. Install, locate, test and

service fibre network to protect and restore the fibre telecommunications network.

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.