New Zealand Diploma in Arts and Design

at Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) New Zealand

Build on your foundational arts, craft and/or design skills and choose your area of specialisation. Learners will apply specialised skills and theoretical knowledge in the production of their work. The creative industries and cultural sector in Aotearoa New Zealand will benefit from graduates who can critically analyse research findings, critically evaluate work, and present resolved work in a real-world context.

Graduates of this programme will be able to:

• Monitor and maintain health and safety, food safety and security practices to ensure own safety and minimise potential hazards for customers.
• Monitor and maintain interactions between colleagues, managers and customers.
• Monitor and maintain the application of standard operating policies and procedures to work roles in a commercial kitchen.
• Apply cookery skills to prepare, cook and present a range of cold larder and hot kitchen dishes employing complex preparation and presentation techniques.
• Select and apply staffing strategies to meet performance targets
• Plan and monitor workflow and supplies in a commercial kitchen
• Manage operating procedures and compliance requirements for operational roles
• Manage staff relationships for operational roles

This course is designed to help you develop skills and knowledge in the operations and management of the front office, food and beverage service, strategic management and event logistics. The skills and knowledge gained will be used as you complete an industry project that ensures you possess both skills and hands-on experience when you enter the job market.

This graduate diploma is suited to people who need a qualification that focuses on human resource management and who already have a degree in another discipline. Learn the formulas for developing successful employee-employer relations while gaining the skills essential for maintaining a satisfied and effective workforce. In this graduate diploma you will learn and gain understanding of human resource management practices and processes on organisational effectiveness.

You will also learn how to how to apply the theory of human resource management principles to the workplace, helping staff and businesses meet their objectives. Content includes contemporary human resource management, industrial relations, organisational behaviour and an industry project.

Gain the skills to help a business achieve its operational objectives by applying knowledge and practical skills relevant to New Zealand businesses.

Accounting strand:

Gain the skills and knowledge to be employed in a variety of business entities in accounting roles such as: finance administrator, inventory controller, accounts receivable/payable officer. Graduates may also be able to contribute to community groups in volunteer accounting functions.

Leadership and management strand:

Gain the skills and knowledge to work or gain employment as a manager/ leader in roles at an operational level within New Zealand businesses.

Graduates of this programme can pathway into the second year of our Bachelor of Applied Management or the Bachelor of Accounting or transfer credits to the first year of the University of Canterbury's Bachelor of Commerce degree. 

Learn the latest advanced beauty therapy techniques including:

• lash lifting
• lash extensions
• microdermabrasion
• body machinery
• facial peels
• hot stone massage
• brazilian waxin

This qualification builds on the New Zealand Certificate in Beauty Therapy (Level 4) and graduates will be able to:

• Implement professional standards and expectations relating to advanced beauty services including all relevant health, safety and hygiene obligations.
• Undertake an in-dept consultantion and build rapport with clients to analyse and evaluate their needs, and develop and manage a treatment plan for advanced beauty services.
• Apply knowledge of advanced skin care services and products, and related skills, to meet clients needs, during and after treatment, in accordance with industry standards and current and emerging trends.
• Apply knowledge of advanced hair removal services and products, and related skills to meet client's needs during and after treatment, in accordance with industry standards and current and emerging trends.
• Apply knowledge of relevant aspects of chemistry, physics and biology in an advanced beauty services context to provide effective services and ensure client comfort and safety.
• Manage the operation of a small beauty sector business or client base.
• Apply knowledge of skin and body diseases and disorders in order to identify symptoms, provide information and advice and refer clients to health practitioners in accordance with industry standards relating to scope of practice.
• Provide nutritional advice which is complementary to advanced beauty services.

Learn the knowledge and develop the skills needed to gain a rewarding job in construction management or quantity surveying on residential and commercial builds.

Gain a qualification that provides employers and consumers with the confidence that construction and building projects are being effectively planned, organised and supported with sound financial management and that meet the requirements of New Zealand Build Act, Codes of Practice and New Zealand and Australian standards.

This qualification is ideal for school leavers through to those in the industry looking to upskill and gain a recognised qualification to grow their career.

Benefit from small class sizes and learn from industry-experienced tutors who have strong relationships with the local construction industry and professional bodies. For those who have been out of a classroom for some time, numeracy, literacy and technology support is available.

Flexible delivery allows you to combine work and study in this two-year programme and leads to further tertiary study at degree level in both construction management and quantity surveying or go straight into employment.

You will learn the theory about supply chains and the challenges associated with the management of getting the right product to the right person in the most cost effective and timely manner. Content includes project management, e-commerce, resource integration, contemporary issues in supply chain management and an industry project. This qualification provides a thorough grounding in business and management practice, appropriate for people wishing to enter management roles in business.

Graduates of this diploma will have a sound understanding of the dynamic and changing environment in which managers operate in New Zealand and internationally, that will enable them to apply that knowledge at both organisational and strategic levels in a range of industries and organisations. On reaching the workplace, graduates will have current specialised knowledge and be able to integrate into their workplace environment quickly, having spent time through their course of study in a work context applying the knowledge and skills of the curriculum.

Become a skilled and competent engineering technician and be able to apply skills relevant to the industry. Civil Engineering roles include working on roads, railways, airports, water supply, drainage, wastewater disposal, bridges, dams, multi-storey buildings, tunnels and other public works.