MAORI AND PASIFIKA
TRADES TRAINING
SCHOLARSHIPS
BUILDING YOUR CAREER
Maori and Pasifika
Trades Training Scholarships
Tēnā koutou, Talofa lava, Kia orana, Bula vinaka, Malo e lelei, Bozu, Malo ni, Yes Olgeta,
Aap Kaise Hai, Fakaalofa lahi atu.
Apply now for a 2016 Māori and Pasifika Trades Training Scholarship. Study on a trades
qualification with a scholarship towards your fees at WelTec or Whitireia. Our training is delivered
in a setting that reflects real workplaces.
Māori and Pasifika aged between 16 and 40 are invited to apply for a Trades Training Scholarship which will see you
fully equipped to enter the workforce with a relevant pre-trade qualification that will really lead you places. Equipped
with a qualification, Passport to Work and the tools** to do your job, you will be supported to achieve your very best
and realise your goals.
Whitireia and WelTec have joined forces with Iwi, the Pasifika community, Industry Training Organisations and
employers across the Wellington region to ensure you have every opportunity to complete your programme of study,
find work and enter a New Zealand apprenticeship in your chosen career.
We’ll be doing everything we can to make sure you’re on the pathway to success. Wrap around services to scholarship
recipients include:
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Learning support and mentoring to give you every opportunity to complete your programme
of study at WelTec or Whitireia
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Inter-agency support and advocacy if required
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Assistance with goal setting
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Work readiness preparation** including making sure you have the type of CV employers are looking for, providing you with the opportunity to achieve your New Zealand Driver Licence, Site Safety certification,
First Aid certificate (if required for work)
You will have access to our excellent job brokerage service and support to get a job. We will work with our consortium
partners and employers to make further study opportunities available to you.
Be one of the young Māori and Pasifika Trades trainees wanting to make a difference to our economy and for
themselves. Apply now for a Māori and Pasifika Trades Training Scholarship.
StudyLink - Student Allowance/Living Costs Loan
You may be eligible to apply for StudyLink Student Allowance or Living Costs Loan. To check your eligibility contact
StudyLink on 0800 88 99 00 or visit www.studylink.govt.nz
Whitireia
“Ko te manu e kai i te miro, nōna te ngahere
Ko te manu e kai i te matauranga, nōna te ao”
Faculty of Trades and Services
Te Kura Ringa Rehe
Electrical Engineering
Start Date: February and July 2016
Location: Porirua
Level: 3
Start Date: February 2016
Location: Porirua
Learn a wide range of practical skills and knowledge across the
electrical industry. Discover best practice for use of hand tools,
power tools and test instruments. Complete practical projects in a
workshop environment. Be well prepared to start work as apprentice
electricians or in a related trade.
Gain a wide range of knowledge and skills across the four trades
of plumbing, gasfitting, drainlaying and roofing. Learn how to use
and maintain plumbing and drainlaying tools, how to install drains
Level: 3
soldering. Be well prepared to commence work as an apprentice
plumber, gasfitter, drainlayer or roofer or to work in a related trade.
(Advanced)
(Salon Support) (Level 3)
Start Date: February and July 2016
Location: Porirua
Level: 3
Start Date: February and July 2016
Location: Porirua
Level: 3
Gain a range of NZQA Motor Industry Level 3 and 4 unit standards
which will help in gaining an apprenticeship as an automotive
mechanical or electrical engineer.
Learn fundamental hairdressing and customer service skills
to begin a hairdressing apprenticeship. Includes substantial
practical experience to support the essential theory delivered.
Start Date: February and July 2016
Location: Porirua
Level: 3
Start Date: February 2016
Location: Porirua and Kāpiti
Learn a mix of theory and practical skills needed to enter an
apprenticeship in the construction industry. You’ll learn to construct
floor and wall framing, fix roofing, cladding and internal linings, fit
windows and hang doors. Develop hand tool and power tool skills,
safe work practices and increase your knowledge of building codes,
construction standards and regulations.
Learn about make-up, cosmetics , beauty products and
hairdressing. Gain essential theory and practical experience
during salon days and other promotional events; practice
on real customers. This programme includes the National
Certificate in Hairdressing (Salon Support) (Level 3).
Entry Criteria and Career Opportunities:
Students need to meet the entry criteria of the
programme they are enrolling in. Please check
the Whitireia website for more details on entry
criteria and career opportunities:
www.whitireia.ac.nz
Level: 3
WelTec
“Ko te manu e kai i te miro, nōna te ngahere
Ko te manu e kai i te matauranga, nōna te ao”
School of Construction
Ngā whare tapu o Tane-mata-rau-kiri
Certificate in Carpentry
Certificate in Electrical Engineering
Start Date: February and July 2016
Location: Petone
Level: 3
Start Date: February 2016
Level: 3
Location: Petone
Learn a mix of theory and practical skills to enhance your
employment options. On WelTec’s building site or on a marae, you’ll
learn to construct floor and wall framing, fix roofing, cladding and
internal linings, fit windows and hang doors. Develop hand tool and
power tool skills, safe work practices and increase your knowledge of
building codes, construction standards and regulations.
Designed for those wanting to pursue a career as an electrician,
appliance service technician, electrical fitter or electronics
serviceperson, this programme will provide you with broad based
training in all aspects of the industry and includes a large practical
component with at least eight hours of work experience per week.
Certificate in
Foundation Studies (Painting)
Certificate in Brick and Block Laying
Start Date: February and July 2016
Location: Porirua
Level: 3
Start Date: February 2016
Location: Petone
Level: 3
The Certificate in Foundation Studies (Level 3) programme,
specialising in painting, will give you all the key skills needed to
begin work as an assistant to a painter within the construction
industry. With experience and further study you can progress to a
qualified tradesperson in a team or become self-employed. Other
building industry jobs, such as plastering or tiling, are also an option.
Designed for those wanting to learn skills and enter careers in the
brick laying, block laying, tiling or paving industries. You will learn
how to interpret plans, consult with clients and work on a range of
practical projects.
This certificate provides students with knowledge of how to
interpret drawings and specifications for building work. Students will
learn safe worksite practice in preparation, through to finishing off a
paint system in a practical tertiary education setting.
> Learn the techniques and skills of block laying, bricklaying
and tiling
> Use and maintain hand-tools
> Install drainage systems
> Learn workplace health and safety and first aid
> Develop skills in hard surface construction (concrete, paving,
slate and tiling)
Certificate in Applied Decorating Skills
Certificate in Plumbing, Drainlaying,
Gasfitting and Roofing
Start Date: July 2016
Location: Petone
Start Date: February 2016
Location: Petone
Level: 3
Level: 4
An introduction to the decorating industry. You will gain skills in
hanging wallpaper and friezes, specialised and vinyl wall coverings,
spray coating and decorative colour effects and glazing. A work
experience component is designed to reinforce learning and skills
developed in the programme.
Gain a wide range of knowledge and skills across the four trades
of plumbing, gasfitting, drainlaying and roofing. Learn how to use
and maintain plumbing and drainlaying tools, how to install drains
and manholes and different kinds of roofs, welding, brazing and
soldering. Be well prepared to commence work as an apprentice
plumber, gasfitter, drainlayer or roofer or to work in a related trade.
Certificate in Landscape Construction
School of Engineering Technology
Te Kāhui Pūkenga o ngā Pūkaha
Start Date: February and July 2016
Location: Petone
Level: 4
The Certificate in Landscape Construction will provide students
with the knowledge and skills to enter into the landscape
construction industry.
You will learn best industry practice from our skilled tutors in
constructing various hard surface landscape features, and how to
best advise clients on their regulatory obligations.
> Gain skills in the use of hand tools, power tools and equipment
> Learn about timber construction of landscape features
> Gain an understanding of hard surface construction (concrete, paving, slate and tiles)
> Learn about brick, block and stone landscape features
Certificate in Engineering
Start Date: February 2016
Level: 3
Location: Petone
This certificate is designed for those interested in pursuing a
career in mechanical engineering. Gain skills that will allow you
to build, maintain or operate equipment and plants used in the
mechanical engineering industry. On completion, you will be able
to perform a wide variety of mechanical engineering-related
tasks relevant to trades, including maintenance fitting, fitting/
turning, welding, sheet metal working, structural fabricating and
toolmaking.
> Gain knowledge about drainage requirements for hard surfaces
School of Creative Industries
Te Ranga Ahumahi o ngā Hāpori
Certificate in Automotive Technology
Start Date: February 2016
Level: 3
Location: Petone
The Certificate in Automotive Technology offers a common first
year with the option of specialising in your second year with strands
in Light Vehicle, Electrical and Electronics or Heavy Vehicle. With
significant skill shortages for skilled automotive engineers in New
Zealand, we offer a range of specialisations so that you can study
towards a specific career path.
Certificate in Hairdressing and
Beauty Services
Start Date: February 2016
Location: Wellington
Level: 3
Gain a solid grounding in the skills and knowledge required to
work in the hairdressing industry in a salon support role. Includes:
elementary hairdressing services; professional customer service and
communication skills; elementary beauty services and competition
experience. Learn the skills required to build your own portfolio of
creative hairdressing and makeup skills gained on this programme.
Opportunity to gain the National Certificate in Hairdressing
(Salon Support) (Level 3).
Certificate in Motor Body Trades
(with strands in Collision Repair or Refinishing)
Start Date: February 2016
Location: Petone
Level: 3
Designed to prepare you for employment as an apprentice collision
repairer or refinisher, the Certificate in Motor Body Trades (Level 3)
will provide you with foundation spray-painting and collision repair
skills to start your career.
Entry Criteria and Career Opportunities:
Students need to meet the entry criteria of the
programme they are enrolling in. Please check
the WelTec website for more details on entry
criteria and career opportunities:
www.weltec.ac.nz
Contact Us
Contact Us
0800 944 847
www.whitireia.ac.nz
0800 935 832
www.weltec.ac.nz
Whitireia
Information and Enrolment
WelTec
Scholarship Administrator
DX Box: SX33459
3 Wi Neera Drive
Porirua 5022
Student Information Centre
Private Bag 39803, Wellington Mail Centre
Lower Hutt 5045
Or deliver to:
Whitireia Porirua Campus
Or deliver to:
WelTec Petone Campus
Information & Enrolment
3 Wi Neera Drive
Porirua
Information Centre
11 Kensington Ave
Petone
or your closest Whitireia Campus
or your closest WelTec Campus
Or email to:
scholarships@weltec.ac.nz
WELTEC AND WHITIREIA DISCLAIMER
The information contained in this Scholarship Brochure describes the programmes we intend to offer.
The information is correct at the time of printing (September 2015). However, you should note these
programmes are subject to change as they are refined and developed, and are dependent on the availability
of resources. In some cases the commencement and subsequent continuation of programmes will be subject
to final approval and the number of enrolment applications. WelTec and Whitireia reserve the right to change
the content, location or method of presentation of any programme or to withdraw any qualification or part
thereof, or impose limitations on enrolments where circumstances dictate.
Whitireia and WelTec are strategic partners delivering more choice to students.