New Zealand Certificate in Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying (Level 3)
Course details
About the course
Get the skills needed to enter the plumbing, gasfitting, and drainlaying industries.
Learn the up-to-date technology, trends and skills required to enter an apprenticeship, and gain real-world skills, experience, and knowledge, along with health and safety and first aid training.
With dedicated indoor and outdoor training facilities, you will be able to experience working under flooring and in enclosed spaces as well as a range of other environments such as drain laying pits.
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
- Apply good conduct, ethical, and legal practices to work in a plumbing, gasfitting, and drainlaying environment.
- Apply safe working procedures and practices, and identify hazards in a plumbing, gasfitting, and drainlaying working environment.
- Assist with the installation of basic plumbing, gasfitting, and drainlaying systems and components including the following: hot and cold water supply; sanitary plumbing of appliances and fixtures; foul water; drainlaying including associated components; basic sheet metal.
Graduates of this programme are not qualified to practice as a plumber, gasfitter or drainlayer, but may work as a plumbing apprentice, gasfitting apprentice, or drainlaying apprentice.
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.