New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) - Joinery - Invercargill

Compulsory - student must complete 30 credits                                                                                       

CTS301 Health, safety and compliance

CTS302 Effective communication

CTS303 Plans and specifications

CTS304 Calculations

Joinery Strand – student must complete 60 credits

CTS312 Joinery terminology

CTS313 Joinery materials, fixings and hardware

CTS314 Joinery project sequencing

CTS315 Joinery projects

This programme is eligible for the Zero Fees Scheme.

• NO tutorial fees
• 2020 direct material costs of $1850 (GST inclusive)

International Fees can be found here.

Successful completion of the New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills - Joinery programme will help you establish your career in kitchen manufacture, furniture, joinery or timber machining. Graduates of this programme will have the knowledge and skills required for entering the joinery or furniture industries, and will be able to employ safe working practices appropriate to the industry. Graduates will be competent in a wide range of skills and knowledge required for joinery and furniture making.

Applicants should be a minimum of 16 years of age and able to complete the physical requirements of the programme.

Language Requirements

Applicants from countries with an annual student visa approval rate of at least 80 per cent, 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

Certificate of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), or

Successful completion of a Bachelor ‘s 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 preceding two years:

• IELTS test – General or Academic score of 5 with no band score lower than 5
• TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) – Score of 500 (with an essay score of 4 TWE)
• TOEFL Internet- based test (iBT) – Score of 35 (with a writing score of 14)
• University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations – FCE or FCE for schools with a score of 154.  No less than 154 in each skill. OET at Grade C in all sub-tests
• NZCEL a) To be discontinued on 31 December 2019 Level 3 (General) or (Workplace) b) Current Level 3 (General)
• Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PToE (Academic) score of 36
• City and Guilds IESOL – B1 Achiever with a score of 43
• LanguageCert – B1 Achiever IESOL (LRWS) with PASS

An NZQA approved English Language proficiency test, where the student has achieved an outcome that is equivalent or better than those scores listed for Internationally recognised English language proficiency tests above in relation to the level of intended programme of study, or

Completion of all primary education and at least three years’ secondary education at schools with English as the language of instruction, or

Completion of five years of secondary education at schools with English as the language of instruction.  

Applicants from countries with an annual student visa approval rate below 80 per cent, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English must provide evidence that they:

1. Have gained NCEA Level 3 and met New Zealand University Entrance requirements, or
2. Have successfully completed 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
3. Have achieved a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults, CELTA, or
4. Have achieved the required score and with all scores achieved in a single test in one of the internationally recognised English Proficiency tests (specified above) within the preceding two years.

To satisfactorily complete New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) - Joinery programme and be awarded the New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) with strand in Joinery qualification the student must successfully achieve:

• A minimum of 90 credits in accordance with the programme schedule for the New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) - Joinery
• The student will normally be expected to complete the New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) - Joinery full-time over 26 weeks or part-time over two years

Please note: students failing to engage in study as per programme requirements may forfeit zero fees entitlement.