Te Ara Pūtake New Zealand Certificate in Study and Employment Pathways (Level 4)
Careers & Curriculum
A course by
Wintec
Start your academic journey with Te Ara Pūtake: a foundation certificate designed to build your study skills and confidence, offering tailored pathway options in health, social services, creative industries, and early childhood education to enable progression into further study or employment.
NZ$4,372
inc GST
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Core skills this course teaches
Develop academic skills for higher learning
Gain confidence and the academic knowledge, capabilities, and skills needed to succeed at higher levels of study.
Build effective communication and critical thinking
Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills and basic research or critical thinking capabilities.
About This Course
Te Ara Pūtake New Zealand Certificate in Study and Employment Pathways (Level 4) is designed for those looking to begin academic study or return after time away. The programme builds essential academic skills and confidence while allowing students to tailor their studies towards health, social services, creative industries, or early childhood. Students undertake core modules in success strategies and communication and progress to pathway-specific modules. On completion, graduates will be equipped for higher level academic study and greater employment opportunities relevant to their chosen context.
Course Content
- Core modules: Whai Whakaaro: Steps to success, Whakawhitiwhiti Kōrero: Communications
- Health pathway: Hauora and Human Development, Applied Structure and Function of the Human Body
- Early Childhood pathway: Hauora and Human Development, Introduction to Early Childhood, Directed Project
- Social Services pathway: Hauora and Human Development, Introduction to Social Services
- Creative Industries pathway: Creative Project, Creative Practice
- Study and employment skills development
- Building academic confidence and self-management
- Culturally-grounded whānau-based options for Māori and Pacific students (Health pathway)
Entry Requirements
40 credits at NCEA Level 2; including 10 literacy credits at Level 2 and 10 numeracy credits at Level 1, or a recognised equivalent.
Build towards these roles
Healthcare AssistantEarly Childhood AssistantCommunity Support WorkerCreative Assistant
Build skills in these industries
HealthcareCreative IndustriesEducationSocial Services
