Get started on the path to professional project management by learning the core skills and techniques. This unit standards based Level 4 Certificate will give you the skills and knowledge required to contribute to the management of projects and work with others in a project team.
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
Support a project(s) through its life cycle through the selection and application of project management knowledge, tools, and techniques.
Lead aspects of a project(s) under broad guidance.
Behave professionally and ethically and in a socially and culturally responsible manner and apply personal and interpersonal skills to support the performance of the project.
This programme is to enable graduates to be employed in project roles in a variety of business entities, community groups or volunteer project roles, or progress on to further study in the New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 5) with strands in Accounting, Administration and Technology, Human Resource Management, Leadership and Management, Marketing and Sales, and Project Management , or in relevant industry and/or academic certifications and/or qualifications. It is targeted at people who wish to carry out a broad range of support roles as a project team member and take responsibility for some parts of a project(s). It will produce graduates with the knowledge, skills, and attributes to support the management of a project(s) under broad guidance, in accordance with ng膩 kaupapa o te Tiriti o Waitangi (the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi), and in a multi-cultural environment.
Career Opportunities
Graduates of this qualification may be employed in project roles in a variety of business entities. They may also contribute to community groups in volunteer project roles.
Satisfactory Completion
To satisfactorily complete the New Zealand Certificate in Project Management (Level 4) 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 Project Management (Level 4)
The student will normally be expected to complete the New Zealand Certificate in Project Management (Level 4) full-time over 17 weeks or part-time over 4 years
Qualification Pathways
Graduates of this qualification may progress to further study in:
New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 5) with strands in Accounting, Administration and Technology, Human Resource Management, Leadership and Management, Marketing and Sales, and Project Management
relevant industry and/or academic certifications and/or qualifications.
Award of this qualification may equip graduates towards credentials from the Project Management Institute and other professional bodies in Project Management.
Expected May, July 2025
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Start date
September 2025
General admission
40 credits at NCEA Level 1, including 10 Literacy credits and 10 Numeracy credits;
OR a relevant qualification at NZQF Level 2;
OR a recognised equivalent
Special admission
Any akonga who is 20 years of age or older and has not reached the general admission requirements for their intended programme is eligible for Special Admission. Te Pukenga works with the 膩konga to ensure they are prepared for their intended programme.
English Language Requirements
IELTS test - General or Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5
TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 530 (with an essay score of 4.5 TWE)
TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 46 (with a writing score of 14)
Cambridge English Examination 鈥揃2 First or B2First 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 - a) Expiring Level b) Current:
Level 3 (Academic) b) Level 3 (Applied)
Pearson Test of English (Academic) 鈥 PTE (Academic) score of 42 with no band score lower than 36
Language Cert - B2 Communicator International ESOL Written (LRW) PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS
Trinity ISE - ISE II with no less than pass in any band
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.