Summary

Learning core skills and practical knowledge in a hands-on environment, students will develop electrical engineering theory, principles, and practices required to meet industry needs and demands. This can be across areas such as the power industry, industrial automation, and consumer products.

 

What you will learn

Computer-based training is used alongside tutor-led learning to provide the ultimate learning experience. Students will use up-to-date industry equipment, including oscilloscopes (visual voltmeter) and automation systems.

 

In the first two years of lab-based kinetic learning, students will service electronic equipment and learn the basic skills needed for this industry from tutors who are experienced in specialised fields. There are nine compulsory modules that students must complete over the two-year programme and a mixture of elective modules that students can choose to study. Students will be able to discuss choices with the programme manager as modules will depend on chosen pathways.

 

Career/further opportunities

The diploma is run to the requirements of The Skills Organisation and Connexis (Industry Training Organisation (ITO) for New Zealand’s infrastructure industries). Wintec also has industry connections with the Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ) that link us to organisations such as WEL Networks and Gallagher Group.

 

Graduates of the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering can gain employment as engineering technicians in workplaces with a technical/engineering basis relevant to their specialist engineering strand (mechanical, civil, electrical, or electronics). 

 

Electrical engineering roles include working in power distribution, industrial automation, and building services infrastructure.