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New Zealand Certificate in DJ and Electronic Music Production (Level 4)

New Zealand Certificate in DJ and Electronic Music Production (Level 4)

New Zealand Certificate in DJ and Electronic Music Production (Level 4)
Eat, breathe and sleep to your own beat. Develop your DJ and electronic music production skills with the New Zealand Certificate in DJ and Electronic Music Production (Level 4). 

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Key Details
Invercargill
Qualification:
Certificate
Level:
4
Credits:
120
Duration:

One year full-time

Study Modes:
On Campus
Dates:

2025 Semester 1: 17 February to 27 June

2025 Semester 2: 14 July to 21 November

Fees:

This programme is eligible for the Zero Fees Scheme.

  • NO tuition fees
  • Direct material costs of $1,981.00 (GST inclusive)
  • This includes an Ableton Push II, students will need to provide their own laptop.

International fees can be found here

Eat, breathe and sleep to your own beat. Develop your DJ and electronic music production skills with the New Zealand Certificate in DJ and Electronic Music Production (Level 4). Learn professional tips and skills needed to perform professionally as a DJ.

You will learn:

  • Electronic music production and DJ techniques
  • Performance and presence
  • Creation and production of electronic music and related sounds
  • Career paths in the music industry

DJEMP401 DJEMP Technology

DJEMP402 DJEMP Skills

DJEMP403 Electronic Music Production 1

DJEMP404 Electronic Music Production 2

DJEMP405 DJEMP Music Theory

MUS403 Contemporary Music in Context

MUS404 Music Performance 1

MUS407 Music Industry Studies

This qualification may lead to employment or self-employment as a:

  • DJ
  • electronic music producer
  • artist

School Leavers

Applicants should be 16 years of age, or older, have successfully completed NCEA Level 1 or equivalent, and have achieved a minimum standard of English as demonstrated by a minimum of eight credits at NCEA Level 1 in English.

Mature Applicants

Consideration will be given to applicants aged 20 years or older who do not meet the entry criteria if they can demonstrate a history of industry experience which in the opinion of the Programme Manager exhibits a likelihood of success in the programme of study.

All applicants are required to attend an interview. Preference will be given to those with good passes at NCEA Level 2 or above and/or experience in DJ or music production. If available, providing examples of music production or DJ mixes is recommended.

English Language Requirements

Applicants whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having achieved one of the following:

NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or

An International Baccalaureate Diploma or Cambridge A¬ level qualification for which the teaching and assessment was conducted in English, or

Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), or Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL), or

Successful completion of all primary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand primary school Years 1 to 8) and at least three years of secondary education (being the equivalent of three years from New Zealand secondary school Years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States one of the countries listed in Rule 18.5 where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction, or

Successful completion of at least five years of secondary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand secondary school Years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction, or

Successful completion of a Bachelors’ Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters’ Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States, or

Successful completion of one of the following internationally recognised proficiency tests listed below to the level required of the programme of study and with all scores achieved in a single test during the two years preceding the proposed date of enrolment:

IELTS test - General or Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5

TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 46 (with a writing score of 14)

Cambridge English Examination - B2 First or B2 First for schools with a score of 162. No less than 154 in each skill.

OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests

NZCEL - a) Expiring Level, b) Current:  a) Level 3 (Academic), b) Level 3 (Applied)

Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 42 with no band score lower than 36

Language Cert – B2 Communicator International ESOL Written (LRW) PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS

Trinity ISE - ISE II with no less than pass in any band

* New versions of some NZCEL qualifications, and in some cases new qualifications, were published on 13 June 2017. These are intended to replace pre-existing versions and qualifications, which have been given expiring status until discontinued on 31 December 2019. (a) denotes expiring (b) denotes current

To successfully complete and be awarded the New Zealand Certificate in DJ and Electronic Music Production (Level 4) students must complete the prescribed programme of study and attain a minimum of 120 credits.

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