New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Plant Operations (Level 3)

Become a recognised plant operator for civil infrastructure worksites and open the door to new opportunities.

This programme develops the skills required to manage and maintain equipment, facilities, and systems, under supervision, to ensure worksites run efficiently and safely. Upon completion, you’ll have a nationally recognised qualification that enables you to work as a plant operator for civil works, bitumen surfacing, pipeline construction and maintenance, forestry earthworks, or piling.

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.