Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) Marlborough Campus

Build on your interest in numbers and business and gain the skills, knowledge and technical skills to provide accounting services and business advice to companies, organisations and individuals.

Accountants are in demand in Aotearoa New Zealand, and there are good prospects to advance in your career. But there is more to accounting than running the numbers. It means understanding the complexities of business processes, planning, and the New Zealand business environment.

This programme allows you to launch your career in accounting with the operational skills to manage a business's daily functions and provides a safe environment to develop essential employable skills, including effective communication, collaboration and teamwork across mediums, problem-solving and decision-making. 

All business organisations need skilled and competent members of a team who demonstrate the potential to lead staff, ensure targets align with strategic objectives, manage projects, and contribute to business planning to achieve high performance and productivity.

This programme will give you the tools to motivate, engage, make a change, achieve objectives, manage workflows and ensure you meet all your necessary legal and organisational requirements as a manager while understanding the New Zealand business environment.

The knowledge you build will give you the skills you need to make you a valued employee who can contribute from day one in an organisation.

The Graduate Diploma in Marketing allows you to add a specialisation in marketing with elective options in strategic management, operations, international business and more to further your career. You will use your existing graduate skills or extensive experience to start your business study at the equivalent level to the final year of a business degree. The Graduate Diploma in Marketing is a great option if you are seeking promotion in your existing employment, wish to broaden your skill and knowledge base and keep ahead in the knowledge game or if you are considering a career change, including self-employment.

Students are mentored and taught by winemaking professionals and viticulture researchers, gaining skills and experience in a real-world setting. Research projects, field trips, guest speakers and vitally, semester breaks during harvest allowing students to work a paid vintage are essential to learners' growth and connection with industry. 

Second and third-year students may take up a cellar hand, viticulture assistant or similar roles during vintage, allowing them to apply their knowledge in a real-world setting and gain valuable work experience. 

Years one and two consist mainly of core papers, focussing on plant and soil sciences, viticulture practises, vineyard management, wine production, wine chemistry and analysis. You will enjoy learning to taste wine with the professionals and may even get the opportunity to be a part of local wine awards and competitions.