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

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

New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) with strands in Allied Trades, Carpentry and Joinery

SIT offers a Joinery facility that many believe is the best in the country. The large well-appointed machine shop houses the high quality, modern industrial machinery required to manufacture kitchens, furniture, doors, windows and cabinetry. Some of the more specialised machinery includes a computer operated CNC router and dimensioning saw.

Students manufacture up to eight full size projects as part of their course learning a wide range of hand tool, machine operation, finishing and assembly skills along the way. Students spend three days per week at their course and gain work experience with local businesses where possible.

Our tutors have a real passion for the industry and help students achieve some amazing results. Many of our past students have moved onto successful careers in the Joinery industry.

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Key Details
Invercargill
Qualification:
Certificate
Level:
3
Credits:
90
Duration:

26 weeks full-time. Three days per week. Students are encouraged to undertake work experience.

Study Modes:
On Campus
Dates:

2021 Semester 1: 15 February to 03 September

Fees:

This programme is available for free under the Government's Targeted Training and Apprenticeships Fund (TTAF).

This programme is eligible for the Zero Fees Scheme.

  • NO tutorial fees
  • Direct material costs of $1800 (GST inclusive)

International Fees can be found here.

 

The purpose of this qualification is to provide the wider construction trades sector with work-ready people able to enter the construction trades as a labourer or an apprentice who have developed essential transferable skills and underpinning knowledge in joinery. This qualification is suitable for people new to, or intending to enter, the construction trades sector. The strands recognise the knowledge and skills required of entrants to allied trades, or the carpentry or joinery trades.
SIT has a well-appointed training facility with some of the most modern equipment available. Students manufacture full-size, quality, practical projects throughout the duration of the programme and have the opportunity to use a wide range of traditional and advanced computer controlled machinery.

 

The purpose of this qualification is to provide the wider construction trades sector with work-ready people able to enter the construction trades as a labourer or an apprentice who have developed essential transferable skills and underpinning knowledge in joinery. This qualification is suitable for people new to, or intending to enter, the construction trades sector. The strands recognise the knowledge and skills required of entrants to allied trades, or the carpentry or joinery trades.

SIT has a well-appointed training facility with some of the most modern equipment available. Students manufacture full-size, quality, practical projects throughout the duration of the programme and have the opportunity to use a wide range of traditional and advanced computer controlled machinery.

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

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.

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 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 two years preceding the proposed date of enrolment


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)
Cambridge English Examination - B2 First or B2 First for schools with a score of 154. 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 (General) or (Workplace) b) Level 3 (General)
Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 36 with no band score lower than 36
Language Cert - B1 Achiever IESOL (LRWS) with PASS and no less than PASS in each skill
Trinity ISE - ISE I with no less than distinction 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 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.

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