Trades Academy Engineering and Automotive
Course details
| NZQF Level | 2 |
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About the course
You will have the opportunity to learn a wide range of skills in the fields of either the Engineering or Automotive trades.
This will include Health and Safety, workshop practice, the chance to work on projects and how to use hand tools safely. These Trades offer an insight into the techniques, range of work and both employment and further study opportunities. You will also learn some beneficial communication skills, required to work within the Trades and how to present yourself for the industry.
What you will learn
A student successfully completing this strand will be able to:
- Apply engineering industry health and safety, including using and maintaining engineering measuring equipment and hand tools
- Describe the operation of two and four stroke petrol and diesel engines
- Perform detailed service checks and brake servicing on motor vehicles
- Understand and apply automotive industry fundamentals, including automotive electrical testing, locations and functions of motor vehicle systems and components
- Interchange and balance road wheels and basic motor body repair dismount and mount tyres from road wheels
More detail about this qualification
- Start dates:
- Tuesday 9 February, 2027
- Thursday 11 February, 2027
- Weekly commitment:
- Te Awakairangi (Petone) Campus: 9am-2:30pm (inc. 30min lunch), Monday/Tuesday
- Te Awakairangi (Petone) Campus: 9am-2:30pm (inc. 30min lunch), Thursday/Friday
- Equipment needed: Students must wear closed-in shoes.
- Travel: This is provided free, subject to students meeting MoE requirements
- Application: Students must be enrolled in a secondary school in the Wellington region and be enrolled in a WTA course by their secondary school.
- Interview: Students may be requested to attend an interview with a family member or school representative.
- Qualification: NCEA Level 2 with credit towards Vocational Pathway award.
- Credits: On successful completion of this course, students will have gained 43 credits – 11 Level 3 and 32 Level 2 credits.
- Assessment: Assessment is competency-based against unit standard outcomes and related evidence requirements. Assessments will follow the processes required by NZQA and relevant industry requirements.
About the provider
Whitireia and WelTec have a history of over 100 years of
vocational education delivery. We are proud stewards of our whakapapa, owning
our collective histories and aspirations for the future through acknowledging
people, place, culture, and values.
Whitireia and WelTec is known for our high student success rates and culturally diverse ākonga. Every year we train over 8,000 ākonga who study at one of our campuses across Porirua and Petone. Our highly skilled staff will be with you every step of your journey, providing the best possible learning environment. We enable learners from every stage of life – school leavers, university graduates, those preparing to reenter the workforce and those wanting to retrain or upskill. Our learning environments are open and ready to welcome you all.
More and more New Zealanders are choosing a local study pathway through dedicated vocational education providers to gain the qualifications they need to get ahead and into their dream job. We offer a range of programmes of study at certificates, diplomas, degrees, and postgraduate qualifications. Our programmes have been developed in conjunction with industry to offer excellent vocational qualifications that are future-focused and provide ākonga with practical skills to pursue their career goals.
We are known for our Ahureitanga (distinctiveness), and we have special relationships with Iwi mana whenua as our campuses are in their rohe: Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Together, we are more than the sum of our parts.
Mā tātou, mō tātou ko WelTec ki Te Āti Awa, ko Whitireia ki Ngāti Toa Rangatira. E haere kōtui nei me kura-takahi-puni tātou. Together, we will lead and illuminate our communities through vocational education.