New Zealand Certificate in Pest Operations (Level 3)
Course details
| NZQF Level | 3 |
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About the course
Overview
*Subject to NZQA approval.
This 6-month course offered in Whangārei prepares students to work as a member of a team on hunting and pest control projects.
Managing environmental pests is crucial to conserving New Zealand’s unique ecosystems. This hands-on programme prepares you to work on pest control projects, giving you practical experience through learning how to safely use traps and poisons. You’ll also learn to identify flora and fauna, and how to navigate in remote bush.
You will learn:
- How to identify common native and introduced flora and fauna
- How to work safely and effectively in the conservation estate
- To navigate using maps and compass, and GPS
- How to complete an extended expedition into remote bush
- Practical experience in pest control, through using traps and poisons
- To work in a safe and effective manner as part of a pest management team
- Good work habits including time management and basic problem solving, communication and recording skills
- About the social, cultural, legislative and economic dimensions of a career in pest control.
About the provider
NorthTec is part of Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (Te Pūkenga). Te Pūkenga brings the Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) and the arranging training activities of certain Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) together to create a national network.
As one national network, Te Pūkenga will provide flexible, career-focused learning that fits around your life – on-the-job, on campus and online. Helping our people, our communities and our workforces grow and thrive together.
NorthTec has campuses and learning centres in Whangarei, Ngāwhā/Kaikohe, Kerikeri, Dargaville and Kaitaia.
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