New Zealand Certificate in Wind Farm Maintenance (Level 3)
Course details
| NZQF Level | 3 |
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About the course
Hone your skills and knowledge to provide the ability to service, and maintain wind turbines. You’ll get to be involved in servicing, repairs, scheduled maintenance tasks, and all the things that keep the turbines producing power, while they are safe to work in and around.
LEARN HOW TO
• Work safely and effectively in a wind farm environment in accordance with workplace policies, procedures and relevant regulations.
• Operate and maintain electrical, mechanical and
hydraulic systems used in wind turbines to comply
with manufacturer’s and asset owner’s specifications
Entry requirements
This programme is suitable for those entering directly
into the industry, or for people who work on a Wind Farm.
Although not an entry requirement, this programme can
build on the New Zealand Certificate in Electricity Supply
(Introductory) (Level 2) with a strand in Electrical Works. The
Wind Farm strand will be available in 2023.
About the provider
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.