Progress your career in adult and tertiary teaching with the New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 5). Learn the skills and capabilities to provide high quality, contemporary and culturally appropriate teaching and learning in a range of teaching or training contexts.
This qualification is intended for individuals aspiring to or engaged in a career in adult, tertiary or vocational teaching or training who have a qualification or equivalent experience in their trade, vocation or other primary discipline. It represents the expected sector baseline qualification for a professional adult and tertiary teaching practitioner.
Graduates of this qualification have the skills and capabilities to provide high quality, contemporary and culturally appropriate teaching and learning in a range of teaching or training contexts.
By the end of the program, you'll be able to:
Design learning that is pedagogically and culturally appropriate to meet specified learning outcomes in diverse contexts.
Facilitate quality learner-centred teaching that represents the mana and diverse cultural backgrounds of adult learners, and the wider educational and societal context.
Use a range of facilitation and teaching strategies, including technology-enhanced teaching and learning.
Embed literacy and numeracy skills appropriate to the demands of the programme and needs of the learners.
Enhance learning through the application of a range of assessment, feedback, and moderation practices.
Evaluate own professional practice and develop and implement plans to improve it.
Career Opportunities
Graduates of this qualification may work in roles such as:
community, vocational or workplace educator
academic staff, tutor or facilitator
training, education or learning advisor
Satisfactory Completion
To satisfactorily complete the New Zealand Certificate in Adult Tertiary Teaching (Level 5) and be awarded this qualification, the student must successfully achieve:
A minimum of 60 credits in accordance with the programme schedule for the New Zealand Certificate in Adult Tertiary Teaching (Level 5)
The student will normally be expected to complete the New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 5) full-time over six months or part-time over five years.
Qualification Pathways
This qualification may lead to Level 5 and above qualifications in adult and tertiary teaching. This may include:
New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) (Level 5)
New Zealand Diploma in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 6)
New Zealand Certificate in Learning Design (Level 6)
New Zealand Certificate in Education Technology (Level 6)
Expected May, July 2025
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Start date
September 2025
Applicants for this programme of study must have access to adult learners (e.g. over the age of 18) over the duration of the programme of study in order to enable them to undertake learning and reflection in an authentic setting.
General Admission
Applicants should be a minimum of 16 years of age and must have attained either:
NCEA Level 2
A relevant qualification at NZQF Level 2 or above, or a recognised equivalent.
English Language Requirements
IELTS test: Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5. TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT): Score of 46 (with a writing score of 14); PTE (Academic) score of 42 with no band score lower than 36; Cambridge English Qualifications: B2 First or B2 First for schools with a score of 162. No less than 154 in each skill. OET: Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests. NZCEL - Level 4 (General) or (Employment). Language Cert - B2 Communicator International ESOL Written (LRW) HIGH PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.