Certificate in Carpentry (Residential and Commercial)
This programme is designed to prepare students for an apprenticeship or other employment in the construction industry.
Graduates can work through all relevant pre-trade material necessary for successful construction including the understanding of claddings, joinery, masonry, light timber framing, relationships with sub contractors, trade calculations, light commercial and domestic foundations, hand and portable electric tools, safe working practices on construction sites and preliminary works on construction sites.
On successful completion students gain the Tai Poutini Polytechnic Certificate in Carpentry (Residential and Commercial) as well as a number of unit standards towards the National Certificate in Carpentry (Level 4)
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the programme can enter into a career in the construction industry and/or an apprenticeship in carpentry or joinery.
Entry Requirements
Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent) Level 5.5.
Selection Criteria apply. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
Special Entry may be granted where evidence exists that the applicant can successfully complete the programme. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
Note: Some courses within this programme require specific levels of physical ability.
This programme has been developed to provide students with elementary construction skills and a pathway entry into the Tai Poutini Polytechnic Certificate in Carpentry.
The programme includes a balance of theory and practical work enabling students to gain up to 66 Level 2 Credits.
Core Elements
Safe use and maintenance of hand tools and power tools
Safe workshop practices
Trade measurements and calculations
Trade sketches and drawings
Construction of decks, fences and gates, utility buildings, garden furniture and other minor items
Minor concrete works
Career Opportunities
Certificate in Carpentry
Please note: Numbers are strictly limited.
*This programme is currently under review and is subject to change.
Entry Requirements
Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent)
Level 5.5.
Selection Criteria apply. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
Special Entry may be granted where evidence exists that the applicant can successfully
complete the programme. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
Note: Some courses within this programme require specific levels of physical ability.
Certificate in Telehandler Operations, Construction*
This programme will provide comprehensive training for a telehandler operator in a construction environment.
Core Elements
Pre-start checks
Attachments and associated equipment checks
Using a bucket attachment to shift material
Preparing and configuring a Telehandler to lift, move and place regular loads using a hook
Shut down procedures
Preparing a Telehandler for transport
Career Opportunities
Further Study Paths
Students operating machinery on a construction or industrial site are able to further develop these skills by completing the units that make up the Tai Poutini Polytechnic Short Award in Elevating Work Platforms or the Tai Poutini Polytechnic Short Award in Construction Skills (Foundation). On completion of these short awards they may then move onto the Tai Poutini Polytechnic Certificate in Load Movement.
Entry Requirements
Applicants must be over 16 years of age.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent)
Level 5.5
This short award offers people in the construction or service industries the skills and knowledge to work safely and competently in setting up, operating and daily maintenance of various types of elevating work platforms on a construction or industrial site
Career Opportunities
Further Study Paths
Students are able to further develop their skills in operating machineryon a construction or industrial site by completing the Tai Poutini Polytechnic Certificate in Telehandler Operations, Construction.
Students can further develop their skills required on a construction site by completing the Tai Poutini Polytechnic Short Award in Construction Skills (Foundation) and then the Tai Poutini Polytechnic Certificate in Industrial Lifting.
Entry Requirements
Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
Applicants must have successfully achieved NCEA Level One or equivalent, or be able to demonstrate sound written and oral skills; have achieved a local or National Certificate in the Construction industry or a related field.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent) Level 5.5.
Special Entry may be granted when evidence exists that the applicant can successfully complete the programme. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
On successful completion of this programme graduates will possess a sound knowledge of scaffolding health and safety legislation and be able safely erect, alter, and dismantle scaffolding relevant to the qualification received.
Graduates will be able to apply for a Certificate of Competence to erect notifiable scaffolding in accordance with the qualification gained.They will also be qualified to work at heights, set up fall arrest systems, and sling regular loads and communicate during crane operations.
Career Opportunities
Qualified scaffolders are sought after for a wide range of work including residential, commercial, industrial, event seating, petrochemical industry both on and offshore, film and theatre sets, and much more.
Further Study Path
On completion of Elementary Scaffolding graduates, may enrol infurther levels, Intermediate, Advanced, or Suspended.The Tai Poutini Polytechnic Certificate and Diploma in Managing Scaffolding Operations is also available.
Entry Requirements
(Elementary)
Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
Applicants must have successfully achieved NCEA Level One (or equivalent), or be able to demonstrate sound written and oral skills; or have achieved a local or National Certificate in the Construction industry or a related field.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent) Level 5.5 or above.
Special Entry may be granted when evidence exists that the applicant can successfully complete the programme. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
Note: Some courses within this programme require specific levels of physical ability and aptitude for working at heights.
(Intermediate)
The National Certificate in Scaffolding (Elementary) (Level 3), or the demonstration of equivalent knowledge and skills, is a prerequisite.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent) Level 5.5.
Special Entry may be granted when evidence exists that the applicant can successfully complete the programme. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
Advanced Scaffolding Strand
The National Certificate in Intermediate Scaffolding (Level 4), or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent) Level 5.5.
Special Entry may be granted when evidence exists that the applicant can successfully complete the programme. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
Suspended Scaffolding Strand
Open entry.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent) Level 5.5.
Special Entry may be granted when evidence exists that the applicant can successfully complete the programme. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
This programme will provide managers and team leaders with the potential to develop their business skills necessary to effectively manage small to medium scaffold companies.
Graduates will be able to:
Successfully build teams and train staff
Successfully communicate with team members and external clients
Successfully solve problems and resolve conflicts both internally and externally
Successfully tender, negotiate and manage contracts
Add value to the scaffolding business by applying specific business skills in the areas of occupational health and safety and finance
Have a base knowledge of legislative requirements relating to the scaffolding industry
Career Opportunities
Managers and Team Leaders of Scaffolding Companies
Further Study Paths
Progression to Diploma in Managing Scaffolding Operations
Entry Requirements
Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
Applicants must have successfully achieved NCEA Level One (or equivalent), or be able to demonstrate sound written and oral skills; have achieved a local or National Certificate in the Construction industry or a related field.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent) Level 5.5.
Special Entry may be granted when evidence exists that the applicant can successfully
complete the programme. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
This programme is aimed at the managers of scaffold companies who are seeking a greater depth and breadth of management skills.
Graduates will be able to:
Successfully build teams, coach and mentor staff
Successfully tender, negotiate and manage contracts
Successfully recruit and manage the performance and employment of staff
Manage the financial resources of an organisation
Add value to the scaffolding business by applying specific business skills in the areas of Leadership, Human Resources, Occupational Health and Safety and Finance
Have a base knowledge of legislative requirements relating to Local Government, Building Act and other legislative requirements that impact on the scaffolding industry
Career Opportunities
Manager of Scaffolding Companies
Progression to National Diploma in Business Level 6
Entry Requirements
Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
Hold the Certificate in Managing Scaffolding Operations (Level 4).
Applicants must have successfully achieved NCEA Level One (or equivalent), or able to demonstrate sound written and oral skills; have achieved a local or National Certificate in the Construction industry or a related field.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent) Level 5.5.
Special Entry may be granted when evidence exists that the applicant can successfully complete the programme. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
The purpose of these programmes is to improve the performance andknowledge of people in the rigging industry and to develop practical skills and a theoretical understanding of rigging within the construction industry.
Core Elements
The programme is unique and specifically designed to offer comprehensive and structured training in the following areas:
Maintain a range of tools and equipment
Understand and apply the Health and Safety in Employment Act
Plan, prepare and complete rigging work to level required for industry
Erect, plumb and level steel buildings and structures
Set up and use a fall arrest system
Read workshop engineering plans and drawings
Perform relevant calculations
Entry Requirements
Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
Applicants must have successfully achieved NCEA Level One (or equivalent) or be able to demonstrate sound written/oral knowledge and skills.
If in full time employment applicants must be able to enter into a training agreement with their employer.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent) Level 5.5.
Special Entry may be granted when evidence exists that the applicant can successfully complete the programme. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
Certificate in Industrial Rope Access (Elementary Rope Skills)
On successful completion of the programme graduates will be able to perform basic rope tasks in an industrial rope access situation.
Core Elements
Graduates will have:
Skills in the safe use of a variety of industrial rope access equipment
A wide range of rope techniques
Knowledge, skills and attitudes for health and safety in the workplace
Skills for emergency situations
Graduates will have a solid foundation of elementary rope skills from which to gain further skills in the industrial rope industry
Career Opportunities
Construction
Theatre Rigging
Off-shore Platform Oil Industry
Building Maintenance
Film Industry Rigging
Entry Requirements
Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
Be able to enter into a training agreement with their employer.
Have an appropriate level of communication skills and be able to satisfy one or
more of the following: have successfully completed NCEA Level Two (or equivalent)
including Standards in English, Geography, History, Economics or other subjects
requiring significant written work, and/or Communication Skills at Level 2 or above,
and/or be able to demonstrate good written and oral communication knowledge and
skills, and/or have completed a National Certificate programme in the construction
or related field.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent)
Level 5.5.
Selection Criteria apply. Special Entry may be granted where evidence exists that the applicant can successfully complete the programme. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
Note: Some courses within this programme require specific levels of physical ability and aptitude for working at heights.
Certificates in Industrial Rope Access (Working on Ropes)
On successful completion of the programme graduates will be able to work safely and competently in the industrial rope industry.
Core Elements
Graduates will be able to: Identify and apply rope access legislation
Select and safely use equipment and plant
Prepare and plan for industrial rope access work
Set up, alter and dismantle industrial rope access systems
Carry out advanced industrial rope access techniques
Carry out advanced retrieval techniques
Career Opportunities
Work within the industrial rope access field.
Entry Requirements
Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
Be able to enter into a training agreement with their employer.
Have an appropriate level of communication skills and be able to satisfy one or more of the following: have successfully completed NCEA Level Two (or equivalent) including Standards in English, Geography, History, Economics or other subjects requiring significant written work, and/or Communication Skills at Level 2 or above, and/or be able to demonstrate good written and oral communication knowledge and skills, and/or have completed a National Certificate programme in the construction or related field.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent) Level 5.5.
Selection Criteria apply. Special Entry may be granted where evidence exists that the applicant can successfully complete the programme. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
Note: Some courses within this programme require specific levels of physical ability and
aptitude for working at heights.
The skills to work safely at height are essential, not only for those in the building sector but also for all people who, in the course of their work, are exposed to the potential hazard of falling. This may include factory workers who must access high machinery, tower and silo workers, and others.
The Tai Poutini Polytechnic Fall Arrest course is for anyone who would be better protected wearing a harness and a fall arrest system while working at height.
Tai Poutini Polytechnic utilises the latest "safety at height" technology to teach appropriate, safe, and user friendly systems that can be customised to your own particular situation.
Core Elements
The fall arrest course provided by Tai Poutini Polytechnic covers the safe use of fall arrest harnesses, knots used in fall arrest systems, rigging and using static lines, the various types of fall arrest equipment available, recovery techniques, and care and maintenance of equipment.
The course also includes recovery techniques for safe, simple recovery of a suspended worker.
The course also teaches the safe use of Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 fall arrest systems, along with Height Hazard Awareness and the appropriate Health and Safety in Employment Act regulations.
The course is NZQA registered and may count towards other qualifications such as the National Certificate in Scaffolding, the National Certificate in Rigging, and others.
Entry Requirements
Be a minimum of 16 years of age.
Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent) Level 5.5.
Selection Criteria apply. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
Special Entry may be granted where evidence exists that the applicant can successfully complete the programme. Please contact the Polytechnic for details.
Note: Some courses within this programme require specific levels of physical ability and aptitude for working at heights.
Working in any confined space may be one of the most inherently dangerous activities a person could perform in any employment or contract relationship. The first safety question anyone should ask is "Is there another safer way of completing this work activity? Do we really have to go into this area and work?"
If the answer to the last part of the above is YES, then we have the course/s for you.
Courses are based on the Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS2865:2001 - Safe working in a confined space.
Courses could - depending on the length and the requirements of the participants - also cover the requirements of NZQA unit standards.
Core Elements
Unit 18426, Level 3, 4 Credits - Demonstrate knowledge of hazards associated with confined space
Unit 17599, Level 4, 5 Credits - Plan a confined space entry
Unit 3058, Level 4, 5 Credits - Perform gas tests in an energy and chemical environment
Unit 19207, Level 3, 3 Credits - Enter, work in, and exit a confined space in the water industry.
