Course details

Certificate in Pre-Police and Uniformed Services Training

About the course

This is the perfect course for anyone inspired to become a police officer, police communicator, work for a security organisation or go on to further study.

Our Police Preparation course will get you ready to meet the fitness requirements that form part of the New Zealand Police recruitment process.

Including the 2.4km run, press-ups, beep test, curl-ups, grip test, and the 50m swim.

You’ll train hard to meet the fitness requirements, including completing a Royal New Zealand Police College mock-test.

Go on to study further with our Advanced Police and Uniformed services training course and broaden your employment pathways into uniformed services such as:

  • Fire and Emergency 
  • Police College 
  • Private Security  
  • New Zealand Defence Force: Army, Navy, Airforce + 108 career options  

This course is delivered by the New Zealand Institute of Sport – NZMA's Sport & Fitness School.

About the provider

If you want a career in hospitality, cookery, business, contact centre, retail, construction, electrical engineering, health, plumbing and gasfitting or early childhood then NZMA is a great choice!

We have seven thriving campuses - four in Auckland (Sylvia Park, Auckland City, Manukau and Otahuhu), one in Hamilton, Wellington plus a dedicated construction training facility in Otahuhu. So wherever you live, NZMA has got you covered!

All of our campuses are fully equipped with purpose-built, top of the line facilities. From bars, cafes and commercial kitchens, to retail shops, live contact centre suites and construction workshops - our realistic workplace training environments will get you work-ready quicker.

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