Graduate Diploma in Business Information Systems

at NorthTec - Whangarei Campus New Zealand

This program builds on basic accounting knowledge and includes financial and management accounting, taxation, advanced financial and management accounting and an industry project. Graduates will develop competencies in advanced accounting concepts relating to finance, tax, financial and management accounting,and be eligible for a professional accounting designation with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

The Enrolled Nurse program is an eighteen-month course which leads to registration as an Enrolled Nurse. Enrolled Nurses work under the direction and delegation of Registered Nurses or other registered health practitioner in a range of settings including acute care, rehabilitation, and mental health in the community and/or in hospitals.

You’ll be in high demand with NorthTec’s unique and comprehensive Bachelor of Nursing.Learn the clinical and interpersonal skills to work in a range of healthcare settings, from hospitals to community-based organisations.
You will complete clinical placements here in Northland, and learn through a blend of classroom and online study, preparing you to become a Registered Nurse with the Nursing Council of NZ.

The NorthTec curriculum challenges you to go beyond traditional health and illness care to focus on creating a supportive environment for health and wellbeing. You will learn how to assess health needs, advise and support people to manage their health, and practice nursing both independently and in collaboration with other health professionals.

You will be able to perform general nursing functions and also delegate to and direct Enrolled Nurses. You will be skilled at developing, implementing and evaluating integrated health care plans in a range of settings and in partnership with individuals, whanau and communities. Your teaching will also ensure that you can demonstrate attributes of a reflective practitioner and understand the importance of self-care and ongoing professional supervision.

Enter the world of infrastructure development. You’ll learn all about land surveying, highway and traffic engineering, and water and wastewater systems. You’ll also be equipped to design and supervise the construction of roads, buildings, tunnels, airports, dams, and bridges.

This diploma will provide you with the knowledge and skills required of an engineering technician. You’ll learn to apply theoretical and technical knowledge to practical situations and demonstrate the necessary strategies to work safely and effectively with contractors, communities, clients, and authorities.

This program provides students with an academic pathway into the sports science industry. More than 1700 Northlanders are employed in the sport and recreation sector, making it Northland’s 7th biggest industry by employment.

Professionally-trained social workers are always in demand throughout Northland and New Zealand. Our applied degree program is aimed at preparing you for the workplace. You’ll focus on how to practice in a culturally safe manner, developing the skills to be critically reflective and maintaining self-care strategies, including ongoing professional supervision. You’ll learn the theory, then practice your skills by carrying out fieldwork in a variety of settings.

You’ll gain the knowledge and skills required in a competent social worker within the context of ethical practice and accountability. On completion you will receive the Bachelor of Applied Social Work – an approved qualification on the Social Worker Registration Board’s schedule for applying to become a registered social worker.

Explore today’s changing and dynamic business environment. Learn to apply management skills at operational and strategic levels.

Learn in an interactive learning environment that reflects the changing nature of business nationally and globally. You will gain an understanding of the factors that impact people’s behaviour in organisations, learn processes to manage projects and change in the workplace, and explore developing and managing people. You have the opportunity to apply your learning to the real world in an industry project.

This program aims to develop learners’ skills in project management and the management of information technologies. The program contents include business analysis, system analysis and design, management of information and communication technologies, advanced business analysis and an industry project.

Earn to estimate the quantities required and the costs associated with construction or building projects big and small.

In this program you will gain the knowledge, understanding and skills to required to work as a Quantity Surveyor.

Diploma in Web Development and Design (Level 5) is designed for those seeking to develop and apply skills in the concept and execution of web development and interface design.

Graduates will be capable of operating within the applicable professional standards and practice, both independently and collaboratively as part of a team under broad supervision, with skills that are internationally relevant.

Technical skills

• Determine client requirements, prepare and present solution(s) which meet client requirements.
• Write scripts appropriate to implement and customise a solution package using frameworks and libraries.
• Design and implement interfaces to enhance user experience and functionality.
• Select, install and configure appropriate plug-in modules to supplement functionality to meet organisational requirements.
• Test functionality and usability to meet client requirements.
• Implement, configure, and publish tested web solution to meet client requirements.

Core IT skills

• Apply communication, personal and interpersonal skills to enhance effectiveness in an IT role.
• Apply professional, legal, and ethical principles and practices in a socially responsible manner as an emerging IT professional
• Apply the fundamentals of information systems concepts and practice to support and enhance organisational processes and systems.
• Apply the fundamentals of IT technical support concepts and practice to manage hardware and software resources to meet organisational requirements.