Education pathway

This qualification provides a pathway to further tertiary study at certificate or diploma level, including UCOL's New Zealand Diploma in Engineering.

 

Career pathway

Graduates of this qualification will, in the context of the wider electrical industry and under supervision and in a controlled environment, be able to:

• Apply fundamental knowledge and principles of electrical theory and practice, including electrical protection, to the installation and maintenance of electrical systems and equipment.
• Apply fundamental knowledge of fault diagnosis and testing techniques of electrical systems and equipment.
• Apply safe working procedures and practices, and identify and report electrical and other hazards.
• Ensure their own activities are within legal limitations of the electrical legislation.
• Apply fundamental knowledge and principles to the installation and maintenance of electrical machines.
• Apply fundamental knowledge and principles to the installation and maintenance of electrical equipment in special electrical situations.
• Work ethically and professionally within the electrical industry, as an electrical apprentice, including maintaining current competency and communicating with stakeholders on electrical and related matters.

 

Graduates of this qualification will be equipped with the skills, knowledge, and attributes to work in apprenticeships in the electrical industry in the field of their choice with guidance, mentoring, and supervision in accordance with the Electricity Act 1992. Examples of roles that this qualification may lead to are: 

• Electricity Supply Electrical Apprentice
• Domestic/Commercial Electrical Apprentice
• Industrial Electrical Apprentice
• An apprenticeship another electrical related sector.

 

Graduates may also be able to work in areas such as electrical wholesaling or retailing as a counter sales person, or electrical meter readers. To find out more about possible job prospects and salaries, see Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Occupation Outlook for Electricians.