Top of the South Trades Academy

Trades Academy courses get you going places

Building & Construction

This hands-on building and construction programme is the first rung on the ladder of a great career that can really take you places.

Working in NMIT’s carpentry barn and enclosed construction yard, you’ll learn heaps of useful skills like making pre-framed walls, installing windows, hanging doors and much more. Develop your skills using hand and power tools, learn how to interpret plans and create drawings for building projects; and gain an insight into joinery manufacturing.

From here you can go into employment, a trades course at NMIT or further study at university. One day you could end up running your own company!

 

Starts: February 2018
Time: 9am to 2.30pm Fridays
Location: NMIT Nelson

Pathways + Opportunities

Trades
Academy
Training

  • Industry Employment/ Apprenticeships and ITO Training
  • Tertiary Pre-Employment Training at NMIT L4 in Carpentry
  • UNIVERSITY STUDIES:
    • Civil Engineering
    • Architecture
    • Engineering
    • Project Management
    • Resource Management
    • Building Science

Carpenter
Joiner
Builder
Retail Shop Fit-Out
Quantity Estimator
Concrete Contractor
Construction Site Foreman
Residential Building

Building Supplies Sales
Commercial Building
Landscape Construction
Designer and Draughts person
Construction Worker
Labourer/Hammer Hand
Construction Project Manager

Find out more about what you will learn in the programme

Building and Construction Year 1
Building and Joinery Year 2

What other courses are available?

See all courses Full course brochure (PDF)
Dremaine Sasa
Building & Construction
(Year 1)Nayland College

Dremaine enrolled in the Building programme because he wants to develop his skills and pursue a career as a carpenter in the future.

“I’m a practical person and enjoy making things. The tutor, Richard, shows us what skills we need to have to work in the industry, as well as explaining about the health & safety side of things. He’s really calm and approachable and checks that we understand what he’s talking about”.

Dremaine also enjoys the freedom of going into NMIT, which is really different from being at school. So far, Dremaine would rate his Trades Building courses as 10 out of 10!

Ezra Crichton
Building & Joinery
(Year 2)Waimea College

Ezra completed the first year of the Building programme as a Year 12 student. He then returned in Year 13 to complete the second year, which he says is much more in-depth. “I found the first year of the course really good and wanted to get a bit more experience. My aim is to get a building apprenticeship when I finish school and this is a way of gaining more skills and confidence.”

Ezra says that the programme has been one of the best experiences he’s had at school. “The tutors here know their stuff and teach us well. We get to use all sorts of machinery, as well as learning how to sketch and interpret building plans. We then get to put into practice the theory we learn in the classroom.”

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