New Zealand Apprenticeship in Infrastructure Works (Bitumen Surfacing Construction) (Level 4)

This qualification is suitable for people working in an infrastructure works environment, in a bitumen surfacing construction role, who already have the skills and knowledge required for the safe handling of bitumen. 

As you work through this 19 month programme , you will learn how to assess and prepare a site for bitumen surfacing construction. Implement quality work processes on a bitumen surfacing construction worksite. Safely operate bitumen surfacing construction equipment and machinery. Assess a worksite for health and safety. Support and mentor a team onsite.

Connexis arranges, delivers, supports, and assesses work-based learning for the infrastructure industries of Civil, Energy, Telecommunications, and Water. That means we help up skill the infrastructure workforce. We set programmes, evaluate assessments, and support employers and learners to obtain nationally-recognised micro-credentials and qualifications through apprenticeships and traineeships.

We are passionate about creating a sustainable infrastructure workforce for Aotearoa, which responds to the needs of industry, both now and in the future. This includes improving access to training and encouraging diversity to reach underrepresented groups such as women, Māori, and Pasifika.

We are the infrastructure business division of Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology. Te Pūkenga is the new Crown entity established to unite Institutes of Technology, Polytechnics (ITPs) and Industry Training Organisations around the country into a unified national network as part of the Government’s Reform of Vocational Education.  It is creating a network of on-job, online and on-campus learning to give learners more flexibility in what, where and how they learn.