Opportunity to get trades skills for free!
NZMA partner with MPTT
As NZMA is now a member of the Maori and Pasifika Trades Training (MPTT) Auckland Consortia, we can offer Maori and Pasifika learners, aged between 16-40 years, fees-free training in our Construction Level 4 and Painting & Plastering Level 3 programmes.
If you’re keen to get into trades from the ground up, or build your skills, then check out your options.
With MPTT, complete our fees-free Construction programme or Painting & Plastering programme in 20 weeks!
“This course was perfect for me, and the people were great fun to be around.”
Tevita Luani, Certificate in Construction Level 4, 2017 graduate
“When I looked into this course it ticked all the boxes for me. It is practical, engaging and you are learning real skills.”
Margaret Ioteva, Certificate in Construction Level 4, 2017 graduate
Skills learnt on the programme will support students towards gaining employment in Auckland’s booming trades industry.
After a 20 week course with our friendly and highly experienced tutors, our Careers team offer individually tailored employment support to help students into sustainable employment.
So get the skills, and then go for the job!
Our Maori and Pasifika Trades Training programmes
Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) - (Carpentry)
This programme sets you up to enter the construction industry as an apprentice or entry-level employee. You’ll gain loads of hands-on, practical experience, starting off with small workshop projects and eventually building a prefabricated timber sleepout, through our partnership with Go-Homes! You’ll also complete part of the theory component of the National Certificate in Carpentry (Level 3).
New Zealand Certificate in Electrical Engineering (Theory) - Level 3
Land a job as Electricity Supply Electrical Apprentice or an Industrial Electrical Apprentice or pathway into further study and become a qualified electrician. The course is pre-entry foundation knowledge of electrical engineering and is suitable for those who wish to enter the industry and who do not yet have electrical apprenticeship agreement.
CERTIFICATE IN PLUMBING AND GASFITTING - LEVEL 3
The construction industry is desperate for skilled plumbers and gasfitters, and this pre-apprenticeship programme is your ticket in!
NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATE IN PAINTING AND PLASTERING - CONSTRUCTION TRADE SKILLS (Level 3)
Tap into the building boom! In just 20 weeks you’ll gain the skills you need to become an apprentice or labourer in construction or allied trades. If you’re eligible for MPTT, then the fees are free.