New Zealand Certificate in Study and Employment Pathways (Level 4) - Social Services
Course details
| NZQF Level | 6 |
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About the course
Step up to a higher level
This programme is designed to help you develop the skills to pathway to diploma and degree programmes. You’ll be encouraged and challenged to take your academic learning and thinking to a higher level, and become an independent, enquiring and strategic learner. This qualification has multiple pathways available:
- New Zealand Certificate in Study and Employment Pathways (Level 4) - Nursing and Health
- New Zealand Certificate in Study and Employment Pathways (Level 4) - Community and Social Services
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
- locate, select and analyse relevant information from a variety of sources and apply to context-relevant tasks and problems
- work independently and collaboratively on context-relevant academic tasks and problems
- construct a reasoned and researched argument, communicated using a range of appropriate media
- develop and critique a study and career plan that identifies specific long-term career goals.
Entry requirements
All applicants must meet ONE of the following:
- Have achieved 40 credits NCEA Level 2, including 10 Level 1 Literacy credits and 10 Level 1 Mathematic credits; or
- Have successfully completed the New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation (Level 3); or
- Be able to demonstrate skills for tertiary study (including literacy and numeracy) that have been acquired through study, work and/or life experience.
Applicants for whom English is not a first language must have an IELTS score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5; or an accepted international equivalence.
About the provider
NorthTec is the region's largest provider of tertiary education, with multiple campuses and learning centres from Whangārei to our northernmost site in Kaitaia.
We’re transforming lives right here in Te Tai Tokerau, Northland so whether you imagine yourself as a chef, a nurse, or dream of getting a job in a trade, check out our over 100 programmes and enrol now for a brighter future.
Our largest campus is based at Raumanga, Whangārei, with the Future Trades campus in Dyer Street, and a Learning Centre in Kensington Stadium. There are also regional campuses in Ngāwhā and Kaitaia. We also have some online courses, providing education to people across the whole motu. NorthTec works in collaboration with other education providers, industry, iwi, and charitable trusts to provide industry specific,up-to-date training for all Te Tai Tokerau.