Why Study/Key Benefits

This practical course is designed to help participants work more effectively rather than simply work longer hours. It focuses on improving personal time management, setting priorities, planning tasks and completing work on time while reducing unnecessary stress.

Participants develop an individual plan for getting things done that reflects their personal working style and work environment. The course is suitable for people who want to improve their daily productivity and make better use of their working time.

Programme Structure and Subjects/Topics

The brochure lists the following topics:

• Personal working style, strengths and weaknesses.

• Improving attitudes and building trust.

• Setting realistic goals and establishing priorities.

• Learning when and how to say no.

• Maintaining quality while managing time.

• Planning and scheduling work.

• Managing interruptions.

• Improving meetings and avoiding unnecessary meetings.

• Effective delegation.

• Overcoming procrastination.

• Improving time management across a team.

Disciplines/Specialisations

The course sits within WITT/NZIHT's supervisor and leadership training area. Its focus is transferable workplace skills, including personal productivity, work planning, prioritisation, delegation and team time management. It is not presented as a specialist academic qualification in a particular engineering or management discipline.

Programme Highlights

• One-day format designed for working professionals.

• Two published 2027 locations: Auckland and Christchurch.

• Practical focus on managing personal workload and improving team productivity.

• Covers goal-setting, prioritisation, scheduling, delegation and interruptions.

• Includes a pre-course online personal-style assessment.

• Presented by Steve Briggs.

• The course is open to anyone seeking better productivity, rather than being restricted to a particular job title.

Career Outcomes

The course is intended to strengthen workplace capabilities rather than provide a new occupational licence or formal professional qualification. Skills developed may be useful in roles involving supervision, coordination, administration, project support, team leadership and general workplace organisation.

WITT does not publish guaranteed job outcomes, a professional registration pathway or a specific list of occupations for graduates. The course should be viewed as professional upskilling that may improve effectiveness in a participant's existing role.

Latest Updates/Special Requirements

• The brochure was last updated on 6 October 2026.

• The currently published intakes are 23 February 2027 in Auckland and 6 April 2027 in Christchurch.

• Participants must complete an online personal-style assessment before attending.

• The exact daily timetable, training-room address, class size and assessment or certificate arrangements are not stated in the published course information.

• The WITT website identifies NZIHT as part of the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki. The course is therefore a WITT/NZIHT offering; IPU is not identified as the course provider.

 

International Student Visa Requirements

This is a one-day course, so an international participant travelling to New Zealand specifically to attend it would generally be looking at a short-stay visitor route rather than a long-term student visa. However, the correct visa depends on the participant's passport, travel circumstances and the course's status under New Zealand immigration rules.

• Visitor Visa: Immigration New Zealand allows eligible visitor visa holders to study for up to 3 months in any 12-month period. The current published Visitor Visa cost starts at NZD $441, with 80% of applications processed within 2 weeks. These are general visa figures, not a guarantee of approval or a course-specific visa assessment.

• Indian passport holders: India is not on New Zealand's visa-waiver list. An Indian passport holder will generally need to obtain an appropriate visa before travelling to New Zealand; an NZeTA alone is not the usual visitor route for an Indian passport holder travelling from India.

• Study-duration limit: Visitor visa holders may study for up to 3 months in any 12-month period. Study exceeding that limit generally requires a student visa.

• Course approval point: Immigration New Zealand's guidance for short courses refers to courses approved or exempted by NZQA. The WITT course page and brochure do not state whether this particular professional development course has that approval or exemption. Ask WITT/NZIHT to confirm the course's immigration status before making travel arrangements.

• Visitor conditions: A visitor visa does not normally permit employment in New Zealand. Applicants must satisfy Immigration New Zealand's requirements, including having sufficient funds or an acceptable sponsor and plans to leave New Zealand at the end of their stay.