Our Training Courses
Your career journey starts with the first step…
…and our courses get you on your path. They’re designed to help kick-start your career while you’re still at school, and all can lead to apprenticeships, entry-level jobs or tertiary training, straight from school.
All our courses offer a range of unit standards and credits which can count towards NCEA levels 1, 2 or 3.
What courses can you choose from?
Some courses are available in Nelson and some in Marlborough. Students may choose to travel to Nelson or Marlborough to attend their programme of choice (all transport is free).
Practical and hands-on
Trades Academy training is practical and hands-on and there are lots of options to choose from. You can learn anything from electrical engineering and aquaculture, to adventure tourism and artificial intelligence. You’ll learn heaps of useful skills to help you go on to further study or get a job right out of school. The best part is, it’s free!
Training is delivered one day per week at one of the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) campuses in Richmond, Nelson, or Blenheim; one day per week at Skills Trades Training (Electrical) in Nelson; one day per week or in block courses with Papa Taiao Earthcare in Golden Bay or Marlborough; in residential block courses at Whenua Iti Outdoors; or at other training hubs across Nelson and Marlborough.
Nelson and Tasman
Training is normally one day a week (usually Friday) at Skills Trades Training (Electrical), Nelson premises, one of NMIT’s campuses in Richmond or Nelson, in Golden Bay with Papa Taiao or at live-in ‘block’ courses at Whenua Iti Outdoors.
Marlborough
Training happens on Thursdays at NMIT’s Blenheim or Woodbourne Campus, block courses with Papa Taiao Earthcare in Marlborough, or at live-in ‘block’ courses at Whenua Iti Outdoors.
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