The New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation is your start to an exciting future in the construction and infrastructure industries.
Programme overview
This programme is ideal if you want to go on to higher-level study in construction at Unitec. Youll gain the literacy, math and basic construction principals requirements for your entry into our construction programmes.
Highlights
September 2025
Unitec Institute of Technology
Mt Albert Campus,
139 Carrington Road,
AUCKLAND,
Mt Albert,
1025, New Zealand
For this programme, you will need:
A minimum of 4 years secondary education;
Be 16 years old by the time the programme starts;
48 or more NCEA credits at level 2 in four subjects, including:
12 credits or more in English at NCEA level 1 or higher;
If you haven't met the above NCEA requirements, you'll need one of the following:
English Language Requirements: IELTS test: General or 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 3 (Applied). Language Cert - B2 Communicator International ESOL Written (LRW) 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.