New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) - Allied Trades
Construction
A course by
NorthTec
Gain broad entry-level skills for construction trades, including carpentry, painting, gib stopping, and plumbing, with a pathway into apprenticeships or labour work.
Blended study
This is a mix of online learning & face-to-face sessions
Available in 4 locations
It will take a total of 1 year
Core skills this course teaches
Apply construction industry terminology and job role knowledge
Students will demonstrate understanding of construction industry-specific language and the relationships between different jobs within the trades.
Correctly use hand tools and materials for allied trade tasks
Students will identify, use, and maintain construction hand tools and materials for completing a variety of trade tasks.
Perform project work in allied trades
What You're Signing Up For
This Level 3 certificate equips students who are new to the trades with essential skills for the construction industry. Students cover a wide range of entry-level trade-related practical abilities, such as carpentry, painting, gib stopping, plumbing, and more. The programme also covers safe tool use and maintenance, reading specifications and drawings, compliance and regulatory knowledge, effective communication, and applied calculations for the construction sector. Graduates can enter the workforce as labourers or pursue apprenticeships, with further career opportunities as carpenters, joiners, plasterers, painters, or roofers available through additional training or experience.
Course Content
- Carpentry basics
- Painting
- Gib stopping
- Plumbing
- Hand tools: safe use and maintenance
- Materials selection for projects
- Introductory construction projects
- Compliance and regulatory procedures
- Effective workplace communication
- Reading and using specifications and drawings
- Applied construction mathematics/calculations
- Health and safety in construction
What you need to know first
Applicants must be at least 16 years old at the time the programme commences.
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Construction
Building
Future employment opportunities might be
Construction labourer
Apprentice in a construction trade
With further training: carpenter, joiner, plasterer, painter, roofer