Trades West

Start your trade journey at NZMA Trades West.

Our new purpose-built Trades campus is now open at Parrs Park in Oratia. In partnership with Hoani Waititi Marae Trust, we offer trades training to people living in the marae community and the wider West Auckland area.

Whether you’re looking to start training as a builder, plumber & gasfitter or a painter & plasterer, NZMA Trades West is the place to be. It’s full of friendly faces and welcoming tutors and we’ll help you get work ready through practical, hands-on learning.

Drop in to our friendly campus and see how we can help you move ahead in 2023.

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Trades West

Parrs Park, 443 West Coast Road, Oratia, Glen Eden, Auckland 0602

09-217 0500

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Our Trades West Campus is located on West Coast Road in Oratia, Glen Eden, near the Parrs Park entrance to Hoani Waititi Marae.

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, building a prefabricated timber sleepout and even a two bedroom home.

LV. 3

Certificate in Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying (Pre-Apprenticeship)

20 weeksOpen to international students

Secure your future in the construction sector by becoming a plumber, gasﬁtter or drainlayer with our pre- pre-apprenticeship programme.

LV. 3

Certificate in Electrical Engineering

35 weeksBlendedOpen to international students

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.

LV. 3

Certificate in Carpentry Trade Skills

32 weeksFree study option*Open to international students

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, building a prefabricated timber sleepout and even a two bedroom home.

LV. 3

Certificate in Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying (Pre-Apprenticeship)

20 weeksOpen to international students

Secure your future in the construction sector by becoming a plumber, gasﬁtter or drainlayer with our pre- pre-apprenticeship programme.

LV. 3

Certificate in Electrical Engineering

35 weeksBlendedOpen to international students

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.