New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) - Allied Trades
Course details
About the course
If you’re new to the trades, then this course is for you. You’ll learn a wide range of introductory skills including carpentry, painting, gib stopping, plumbing, and other construction trades. You’ll learn how to safely use and maintain tools, perform necessary calculations, and how to choose materials to complete projects.
What you will learn
Students will be able to:
- Apply generic construction industry terminology and display job role and inter-relationship knowledge while carrying out allied trades tasks
- Identify and correctly use hand tools and materials to complete familiar tasks in the allied trades
- Carry out assigned project work for allied trades.
- Work safely and in accordance with compliance and regulatory requirements in the construction trades sector.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues and customers within the construction industry.
- Read and use specifications and drawings to complete introductory construction projects.
- Perform introductory applied calculations to complete a range of familiar tasks in the construction sector.
Employment Pathway
After completing this programme, you can go into work as a labourer or take on an apprenticeship in a construction trade with a wide range of practical, transferable skills that will help you get a foot in the door.
With additional training and/or experience you may go on to further roles in the construction industry such as carpenter, joiner, plasterer, painter or roofer.
About the provider
Based in Hamilton, the Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec), is one of the country’s largest institutes of technology. We deliver high-quality education across vocational (technical) and professional fields of study to approximately 13,000 students, across over 130 different courses.
At Wintec students are educated in a way that builds their confidence and gets them work-ready. We differ from other types of tertiary providers in the way students get the chance to put their theoretical learning into practice from the very start. You will get to work on real-life projects based on relevant topics and themes as if you were in the workplace. You will also get involved in work placements. This means that by the time you graduate, you will be confident in your skills and knowledge, and know-how to apply your learnings. Our academic staff have years of industry experience between them, which means they can guide you on your journey.
Wintec maintains collaborative relationships with local industry and iwi to identify the needs of the region and community. Fostering strong networks that our students and graduates benefit from is a high priority for us. Understanding the needs of local industry, what type of graduates they need now, and what they will need in the future is critical to assisting industry and our graduates.