New Zealand Certificate in Foundation Skills (Level 2)

This qualification is intended to assist people engaging or re-engaging with learning who have the basic capabilities needed to pursue education or employment pathways, but require further development to confidently use them to succeed in those pathways.

It recognises the importance of applying core capabilities such as confidence, basic knowledge and skills, and literacy and numeracy, in a range of familiar contexts.

Mara has been delivering Automotive Training with its highly qualified and experienced team in the Manawatu region since 1999.

We are a fully NZQA accredited, well-established private training organisation with automotive training as our core business. Mara employs “A” grade technicians with a wide range of automotive experience ' over 280 years combined experience in all facets of the motor industry. Mara prides itself on delivering quality education to motivated graduates, many of whom build careers within the industry.

Students' progress throughout the course is monitored to ensure the learner is on-task and not falling behind. Goals are set that allows a learner to complete the programme on time. This ensures a student is assisted to stay on track to finish their qualification and any difficulties with the course are identified and managed early. The learner has an interview before starting the course and their reading, writing and maths assessed. If needed, students can have one-on-one assistance with a specialist numeracy and literacy tutor.