NZ Certificate in Carpentry (Level 4)

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Location

Hawke's Bay Campus Tairāwhiti Campus in Gisborne

Study Options

Part-time

Length

3.5 years

Level

Level 4

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Kick start your career

This certificate offers a new way of looking at your carpentry apprenticeship. You’ll earn as you learn with on-the-job training, day release courses and night classes to ensure you’ll end up with the best carpentry skills and qualification.

All EIT staff are trade qualified.

Outline

During this programme you’ll be visited at your worksites by the EIT tutors and workplace assessors who’ll work with you to plan and evaluate your progress. You’ll undertake practical units onsite and theory will be taught and assessed during night classes and day release courses on campus. Advantages for you will be:

  • Earn as you learn
  • All EIT  staff are trade qualified
  • Quality resourced learning environments
  • Entry any time throughout the year
  • No repetition of units already achieved
  • Training and learning not in isolation
  • Ongoing support availability
  • Builders Green Card (for trade discounts)
  • Fortnightly payment of fees 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

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.

Your future career and study opportunities

The NZ Certificate in Carpentry (Level 4) will prepare you for a prosperous future in building and construction whether working for yourself or someone else.

This certificate will prepare you for further study at EIT. Just ask one of our friendly staff to find out more.

Dates

Starts any time.

Academic learning services

Academic Learning Services is here to assist you on your journey towards the successful completion of your studies at EIT. Our aim is for you to become confident, competent and independent learners.

We have dedicated advisors who can assist with your learning.

Find out more:

Hawke’s Bay Campus
Tairāwhiti Campus

Seth Lundon is currently doing his NZ Certificate in Carpentry (Level 4) through EIT | Te Pūkenga

Scholarships

EIT | Te Pūkenga offers a variety of scholarships across various subjects and programme levels.  Some scholarships are based on your age, some are specific to the subject you want to study.  Not all scholarships are based on your academic ability and anyone wanting to study should investigate what scholarships are available to them.  

You can find a list of EIT | Te Pūkenga scholarships here however there are many more scholarships offered nationally.  Information about these is on an database called “givME”. givME is accessible at EIT | Te Pūkenga or at some public libraries. If you would like to come to EIT | Te Pūkenga to look through the giveME database don’t hesitate to contact scholarships@eit.ac.nz or call in for a chat.

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