Graduate Diploma in Business Information Systems

at Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) New Zealand

Graduates of this programme will be able to:

• Monitor and maintain health and safety, food safety and security practices to ensure own safety and minimise potential hazards for customers.
• Monitor and maintain interactions between colleagues, managers and customers.
• Monitor and maintain the application of standard operating policies and procedures to work roles in a commercial kitchen.
• Apply cookery skills to prepare, cook and present a range of cold larder and hot kitchen dishes employing complex preparation and presentation techniques.
• Select and apply staffing strategies to meet performance targets
• Plan and monitor workflow and supplies in a commercial kitchen
• Manage operating procedures and compliance requirements for operational roles
• Manage staff relationships for operational roles

Become a skilled and competent engineering technician and be able to apply skills relevant to the industry. Civil Engineering roles include working on roads, railways, airports, water supply, drainage, wastewater disposal, bridges, dams, multi-storey buildings, tunnels and other public works.

Gain the skills to help a business achieve its operational objectives by applying knowledge and practical skills relevant to New Zealand businesses.

Accounting strand:

Gain the skills and knowledge to be employed in a variety of business entities in accounting roles such as: finance administrator, inventory controller, accounts receivable/payable officer. Graduates may also be able to contribute to community groups in volunteer accounting functions.

Leadership and management strand:

Gain the skills and knowledge to work or gain employment as a manager/ leader in roles at an operational level within New Zealand businesses.

Graduates of this programme can pathway into the second year of our Bachelor of Applied Management or the Bachelor of Accounting or transfer credits to the first year of the University of Canterbury's Bachelor of Commerce degree. 

Graduates of this diploma will have a sound understanding of the dynamic and changing environment in which managers operate in New Zealand and internationally, that will enable them to apply that knowledge at both organisational and strategic levels in a range of industries and organisations. On reaching the workplace, graduates will have current specialised knowledge and be able to integrate into their workplace environment quickly, having spent time through their course of study in a work context applying the knowledge and skills of the curriculum.

Continue to develop your practical and conceptual skills and knowledge in arts, crafts and/or design. Use research to inform, critique and present resolved work in a range of contexts. You will learn to independently select and apply a range of processes in arts, craft and/or design situations.

This qualification is designed for learners who wish to further develop their practical and conceptual skills and knowledge in arts, crafts and/or design. The creative industries and cultural sector in Aotearoa New Zealand will benefit from graduates who can use research to inform, critique and present resolved work in simulated contexts. Graduates will be able to independently select and apply a range of processes in arts, craft and/or design contexts.

This course is designed to help you develop skills and knowledge in the operations and management of the front office, food and beverage service, strategic management and event logistics. The skills and knowledge gained will be used as you complete an industry project that ensures you possess both skills and hands-on experience when you enter the job market.

Gain the theoretical and practical skills necessary to gain employment as an Engineering Technician in the mechanical engineering field and help to ‘make the world’. Engineering Technicians are generally involved in design and operations. 

Build on your foundational arts, craft and/or design skills and choose your area of specialisation. Learners will apply specialised skills and theoretical knowledge in the production of their work. The creative industries and cultural sector in Aotearoa New Zealand will benefit from graduates who can critically analyse research findings, critically evaluate work, and present resolved work in a real-world context.

This qualification is designed for those people who already have a degree qualification but need advanced highways related training. The principle aim is to provide the highway engineering industry with a programme at undergraduate level which will equip candidates with the technical and management skills to function at middle management level.

You will learn the theory about supply chains and the challenges associated with the management of getting the right product to the right person in the most cost effective and timely manner. Content includes project management, e-commerce, resource integration, contemporary issues in supply chain management and an industry project. This qualification provides a thorough grounding in business and management practice, appropriate for people wishing to enter management roles in business.