New Zealand Certificate in Electrical Engineering (Level 3)

This pre-apprenticeship programme will provide the electrical industry with people who have introductory and entry level knowledge and skills in the area of safe electrical installation, testing, commissioning, and servicing of electrical installations and equipment.
Graduates of this qualification are not electricians but will have an operational and theoretical knowledge of electricity production, distribution, and utilization, and can carry out a limited range of prescribed electrical work safely and ethically under general supervision in accordance with the Electricity Act 1992.

Course content includes:
• Electricity production, distribution and utilization;
• Fundamentals of Electricity theory and practice;
• Direct Current (DC) and Alternating Current (AC) circuits;
• Cabling and Installation;
• Transformers and DC machines;
• AC motors and control;
• Fault diagnosis and testing techniques;
• Electrical drawings and diagrams;
• Safe work practices;
• Electrical protection and applications;
• First aid;
• Electrical legislation, regulations and standards;
• Preparation for entering an apprenticeship.

$4256.00 or fees free for eligible domestic students.

• 16 years of age or over.
• New Zealand Certificate in Educational Achievement (Level 2) in Mathematics, English, and Physics or General Science, or relevant electronics or engineering qualifications.
• Literacy and Numeracy levels to support studies at level 3.
• NZ Citizen or Permanent Resident.

Education:

This qualification provides one of two entry pathways into the electrical industry and is intended for candidates who do not have an electrical apprenticeship agreement.

On completion of this qualification graduates may progress to higher level qualifications within the electrical industry such as the New Zealand Certificate in Electrical Engineering Theory and Practice (Trade) (Level 4), or the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering. Graduates may also progress to degree level programmes.

This qualification is not a prerequisite for the New Zealand Certificate in Electrical Engineering Theory and Practice (Trade) (Level 4). However, credits gained for this qualification will contribute towards that qualification.

Employment:

Graduates will be equipped with the skills, knowledge, and attributes to work in apprenticeships in the electrical industry in the field of their choice with guidance, mentoring, and supervision in accordance with the Electricity Act 1992.

Examples of roles that this qualification may lead to are Electricity Supply Electrical Apprentice, Domestic/Commercial Electrical Apprentice, or Industrial Electrical Apprentice, or apprenticeships in other electrical related sectors.

Graduates may also be able to work in areas such as electrical wholesaling or retailing as a counter sales person, or electrical meter readers.