New Zealand Diploma in Construction With Strands in Construction Management and Quantity Surveying

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

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.

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.

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 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. 

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.

You will develop the theory and practical applications of project management to maximise employment opportunities. Your project management expertise will align to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) as defined by the Project Management Institute.

This internationally recognised standard will allow your expertise to be utilised across a range of contexts, both within the business field such as human resource management, sales and marketing, information communication technologies and other disciplines such as engineering. Content includes project management, business finance, operations management, advanced project management, resource integration management and an industry project.

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. 

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

The Bachelor of Applied Management is an interactive, practical degree that provides a solid base for your chosen area of business specialisation. Bachelor of Applied Management graduates are work-ready. You will have the chance to apply your learning to the real world with an industry project, and our strong links within the region mean you will get unique opportunities to immerse yourself in the business world.

You can choose to specialise in one of the following majors:

• Accounting
• Human Resources
• Project Management
• Operations & Production Management
• Business Information Systems

Learn the knowledge and develop the skills needed to gain a rewarding job in construction management or quantity surveying on residential and commercial builds.

Gain a qualification that provides employers and consumers with the confidence that construction and building projects are being effectively planned, organised and supported with sound financial management and that meet the requirements of New Zealand Build Act, Codes of Practice and New Zealand and Australian standards.

This qualification is ideal for school leavers through to those in the industry looking to upskill and gain a recognised qualification to grow their career.

Benefit from small class sizes and learn from industry-experienced tutors who have strong relationships with the local construction industry and professional bodies. For those who have been out of a classroom for some time, numeracy, literacy and technology support is available.

Flexible delivery allows you to combine work and study in this two-year programme and leads to further tertiary study at degree level in both construction management and quantity surveying or go straight into employment.