Name of Academy
Waikato Trades Academy - WTA
Host Institution / Organisation / Lead Provider
Wintec - Waikato Institute of Technology
Partner Institutions
WECA (Waikato Engineering Careers Association)
Wintec EPG (Employer Partnership Groups) - Engineering, Automotive & Electrical
The above two partnerships are to support students into apprenticeships at the end of the three year programme, if that is their chosen pathway
- Cambridge High School
- Huntly College
- Ngaruawahia High School
- Fairfield College
- Hillcrest High School
- Hamilton Girls’ High School
- Melville High School
- Te Kauwhata College
- Te Awamutu College
- Matamata College
- Morrinsville College
- Hamilton’s Fraser High School
Qualifications Awarded
National Certificate in Electrical Engineering (Level 2)
National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (Level 2)
National Certificate in Motor Industry (Level 2)
General Programme Description (up to 300 words)
WAIKATO TRADES ACADEMY
You need to be in Year 10 at one of the following partner schools to apply for a place in the Waikato Trades Academy (WTA) starting in Year 11. You’ll continue studying at school towards your NCEA but three times during the year, you’ll attend Wintec for two weeks training for your chosen Trades qualification, in one of the areas below. Best of all it won’t cost you or your parents a cent!
- National Certificate in Electrical Engineering (Level 2)
- National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (Level 2)
- National Certificate in Motor Industry (Level 2)
You will be studying towards your Trades qualification over 3 years (Years 11-13). The unit standard credits that you earn while studying your Trades qualification will count towards your NCEA.
Year one allows you to experience all three industries before going into your chosen field. If at the end of your first year you find that the qualification you nominated is not the right one for you, there may be an opportunity to swap.
- Fee-free tertiary education
- Head start on a trade’s career while achieving NCEA
- Unit standard credits from the trade’s qualification count towards NCEA
- Full access to Wintec’s support services: student mentors, counselling, Student Learning Services and Te Kete Könae – Wintec’s Māori and Pasifika Learning and Support Centre
- Additional items supplied by Wintec: work boots, overalls and a back pack
- Individual Learning Plans to monitor attendance, provide workplace skills, and add life skills i.e. problem solving, self-management, team building, time management, personal presentation and self-esteem
- Graduate ‘work-ready’ with relevant skills and qualifications
Further Information / Contact
Rebecca White - Waikato Trades Academy Manager
Ph: 07 834 8800 ext 7654
Freephone: 0800 2 Wintec (0800 2 946 832)
Email: Rebecca.White@wintec.ac.nz
WTA Brochure