Course details

NZ Certificate in Carpentry (Level 4)
NZQF Level 4

About the course

This certificate offers the best route to completing your carpentry apprenticeship. With on-the-job training and night classes, you'll earn while you learn and graduate with the skills, experience, and qualification employers value.

Programme Outline

During this programme you’ll be visited at your worksites by EIT tutors who’ll work with you to plan and evaluate your progress. You’ll undertake practical courses onsite, and theory will be taught and assessed during night classes. Advantages for you include:

  • Earn as you learn
  • All EIT staff are trade qualified
  • Quality resourced learning environments
  • Entry at any time throughout the year
  • No repetition of units already achieved
  • App-based record of work for collecting practical evidence
  • Training and learning not in isolation
  • Ongoing support available
  • Fortnightly fee payment options available

So come in and have a chat about your study options with the staff at our Hawke’s Bay or Tairāwhiti Gisborne campus. Or, simply give us a call on 0800 22 55 348. And you’re most welcome to visit and view our facilities at any time. See you soon!

Entry requirements

Entry Requirements


Firstly you need to be employed full time by a builder and have been offered an apprenticeship. Once you have met this condition the ways we can sign you up are:

  • Direct from school with a minimum of 3 years attendance and NCEA Level 1 English and Maths.
  • Direct from the workforce with the recommendation of the builder who is to be your employer.
  • You may have completed a Carpentry Pre-Apprenticeship course.
  • You could have previously completed unit standards towards the NZ Certificate in Carpentry (Level 4) with another provider.

*This course is not available to international students.

About the provider

The Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) offers you over 160 qualifications from certificate and diploma, to degree and postgraduate level at campuses in Hawke's Bay, Tairāwhiti (Gisborne) and Auckland. Or learn at one of our Regional Learning Centres situated in Hastings, Maraenui, Ruatoria, Waipukurau and Wairoa. EIT Hawke's Bay is one of New Zealand's most attractive campuses with superb architecture and shaded outdoor areas for study on warm days. EIT Tairāwhiti two campuses are located in the heart of Gisborne, near the Taruheru River, and you can get more central than EIT Auckland location on Queen Street! When you choose to study at EIT you'll get the kind of experiences that will help you gain the knowledge and skills to get ahead, whether you want to break into your chosen career or change direction in life.

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