Programme highlights
Do you want to become a builder?
This qualification is for anyone wanting to start out in the construction industry who doesn’t have an apprenticeship.
You will get hands-on experience building projects and gain skills to operate power tools and hand tools.
When you graduate, you will have entry-level skills to enter the construction trade as a carpentry/building apprentice or labourer working under supervision.
Tool kit supplied
You will receive a tool kit of equipment you need to complete your studies.
Please note this image is not an exact representation of tool kit supplied.
Aspects of this programme are physically demanding, please talk with an Ask Me! agent if you face fitness or mobility challenges.
Entry requirements
General
Open Entry if the delegated authority at the campus/site is satisfied that the applicant has the capability to complete the requirements of the programme.
English language entry requirements
Applicants for whom English or te reo Māori is not a first language are required to provide proof of English proficiency.
The required level of proficiency for this programme is IELTS (General) score of 5 with no individual band lower than 5 from a single test taken in the preceding two years, or an equivalent described in NZQA Rules.
Domestic learners who have completed the majority or all of their education in New Zealand are deemed to have met this requirement.
Give yourself credit with Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
Did you know you can use the knowledge and experience you already have to your advantage?
Your previous work experience and on-the-job skills, volunteering, professional development, and other providers’ qualifications can be recognised as prior learning, matched against credits in our courses, and put towards your qualification – potentially saving you money and possibly helping you to complete your qualification faster Learn more.
Programme structure
You will need to complete the below eight courses (120 credits):
Core compulsory courses
Carpentry strand courses
Do you want to study a single course, without enrolling into the full programme?
Courses within some of our programmes may be offered as an individual Certificate of Proficiency (COP). Programme entry requirements and course fees apply. For more information, please speak to our friendly Ask Me! team.
Further training or study
Upon graduating you could enter an apprenticeship, or remain with MIT to complete the next level qualification. Apprenticeships in the construction industry includes the New Zealand Certificate in Carpentry (Level 4) through MIT or an ITO.
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Career opportunities
This programme is designed for people who are beginning a career in the construction trade sector.
On completion, you will have entry-level skills to enter the construction trade as a carpentry/building apprentice or labourer working under supervision.
See why more people choose Carpentry at MIT
Study at MIT’s award-winning TechPark campus.
MIT TechPark is an award-winning centre of excellence for engineering and trades.
Having won a Learning Environments Australasia Award which recognises planning, design and construction of educational facilities throughout the region, our state-of-the-art campus is the home of our engineering and trades school. Coupling stunning architectural learning spaces with a myriad of high-tech facilities for our students, it’s easy to see why it’s been given such high praises.
Our TechPark building is situated on the corner of Lambie Drive and Manukau Station Road. It is across the road from the existing MIT Manukau campus, currently home to the schools of nursing, health and counselling, business, and digital technologies.
“I want to be at the top.”
“I want to progress in the industry I’m working in. I am a fully qualified builder and I’m now thinking about my future, and I want to be at the top.
My employer approached me straight after my apprenticeship and I told him what I wanted to do with my studies, and he offered to pay for my full year.”
Herbert Perkins Waterhouse
MIT student
MIT is the quality choice. Study trades and graduate work-ready.
Study at MIT’s award-winning TechPark campus.
MIT TechPark is an award-winning centre of excellence for engineering and trades.
Having won a Learning Environments Australasia Award which recognises planning, design and construction of educational facilities throughout the region, our state-of-the-art campus is the home of our engineering and trades school. Coupling stunning architectural learning spaces with a myriad of high-tech facilities for our students, it’s easy to see why it’s been given such high praises.
Our TechPark building is situated on the corner of Lambie Drive and Manukau Station Road. It is across the road from the existing MIT Manukau campus, currently home to the schools of nursing, health and counselling, business, and digital technologies.
“I want to be at the top.”
“I want to progress in the industry I’m working in. I am a fully qualified builder and I’m now thinking about my future, and I want to be at the top.
My employer approached me straight after my apprenticeship and I told him what I wanted to do with my studies, and he offered to pay for my full year.”
Herbert Perkins Waterhouse
MIT student
