National Certificate in Computing (Level 3)

This certificate builds upon the skills and knowledge recognised in the National Certificate in Computing (Level 2) [Ref: 0010] or the National Certificate in Business Administration and Computing (Level 2) [Ref: 0008]. Computers are a necessary tool used by industries in a wide variety of ways. This qualification provides the flexibility for industry to specify knowledge and skills from their own environment, while still retaining a core of intermediate level computing competencies.

The requirements for the award of this certificate are such that training providers and learners can tailor programmes, which have a computing core as well as a combination of unit standards or achievement standards from other areas of the National Qualifications Framework, to meet the local or national needs of a wide range of industries.

This qualification aims to provide a qualification for initial employment in computing and enhance readiness for further study in computing and related fields. It can lead to the National Certificate in Computing (Level 4) [Ref: 0236] or the National Diploma in Computing (Level 5) with optional strands in Management, Operations, Support, Generic Computing, and Software Development [Ref: 0302].

MSL is a foundation training provider which has helped thousands of people into employment or further study since we began in 1998, when MSL Training was established in Papatoetoe by Paul Marks and Ralph Fairbrother. Both realised the need for sales education and as a result the first course introduced was retail. It was a small class of 8-10 students and a room was hired at the Allenby Motor Inn in Papatoetoe.

Paul and Ralph soon realised their students needed more skills and training and in 1999 MSL Training Group Ltd was formally registered as a Private Training Establishment specialising in foundation education. We ran courses in our specialist areas of computing, business, hospitality, literacy and numeracy, and career coaching. So we know how to help you get into employment or on the pathway to further training.