14 March - 16 December 2011

40 weeks

Learners must be aged 16 years or older and meet one of the following criteria:

• Registered with Work and Income, aged 18 or 19, with low qualifications and have left school in the last 26 weeks.
• Registered with Work and Income as an unemployed job seeker for at least 26 weeks, and have low qualifications
• Registered with Work and Income for fewer than 26 weeks, or a client of Work and Income with low qualifications and assessed by Work and Income as being at risk of long-term unemployment.
• Registered with Work and Income as an unemployed job seeker for at least 26 weeks.
• A youth client aged 16–20 (inclusive) who has been registered as a job seeker for at least 13 weeks. and, has been assessed by Work and Income as lacking foundation skills and obtained School Certificate passes in three or more subjects OR hold 81 credits or more (but fewer than 240 credits) on the NQF.
• Registered with Work and Income, granted refugee status and hold high qualifications.
• Registered with Work and Income, aged less than 18 with low qualifications, have left or been exempt from school and granted approval by the TEC.
  

Comprehensive First Aid Certificate

Achievement Certificate in Food Safety (Introductory) Level 2

Students may move onto further learning. The intention is that students will gain units towards the national certificate relevant to the industry in which they are placed and other units selected as part of their individual learning plan towards their preparation for paid employment.

An academic record is provided to students who are assessed against unit standards on this programme. Apart from the embedded qualifications students do not receive a certificate for this programme.

Train on the job in an industry of your choice. Successful employment outcomes are the main focus for this work-based programme. Duration of training is negotiated with individual students.