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Careers Unlimited - NCEA Level 1

This is a fully funded Youth Guarantee course which will provide you the opportunity to complete NCEA Level 1 while gaining knowledge and skills to pathway you into your chosen Level 2 course, or we can help you to look for a job.

If you are 15 years or older, left or leaving school, then we can help you get your NZQA qualifications for free.

We offer this course for youth from our sites at Tauranga (CBD), Mount Maunganui, Rotorua and Whakatane.

Careers Unlimited

Learn about:

  • Preparing your CV and Planning for your future
  • Self management and Independent living skills
  • Communicating & working in a team
  • Workplace practices
  • Personal development & life skills
  • Workplace literacy & numeracy

Enrol in Careers Unlimited to:

  • Achieve the NZ Certificate in Foundation Skills Level 1 & your NCEA Level 1
  • Improve confidence and general life skills to progress into employment, community life or further study
  • Learn self-management, personal wellness, assertiveness, financial planning, and problem solving
  • Study with other youth, make friends and support each other to make plans for your future

Course Details:

  • You can start every Monday or as agreed.
  • 8:30am – 3:00pm Monday to Friday
  • 20 weeks duration
  • Graduates will receive the “New Zealand Certificate in Foundation Skills (Level 1)”. All of your 60 credits will also go towards your NCEA Level 1.

Entry Prerequisites:

  • There are no academic entry prerequisites. Funding eligibility and suitability applies.

For more information please use our Enquiry Form.

Course Locations

This course is a full time, face to face course delivered from these EmployNZ sites:

  • 94 Second Avenue – Tauranga
  • 36 Newton Street, Mt Maunganui
  • 1130 Pukaki Street, Rotorua
  • 40 King Street, Whakatane

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Who is this course for?

To be eligible for funding you need to be aged 15 (with an early leaving exemption, or ELX) or between 16 – 24 at the time of commencing study, and must not have completed higher level qualifications. Priority is given to learners who are new to tertiary study, and to existing students wishing to progress onto a higher level course.

Once eligibility has been established, students are selected by interview. Selection is based on a number of things including age, how suitable the course is for the student’s goals, attitude to learning, ability to function in an adult environment and fit in with existing groups, as well as committing to attending, course achievement and a pathway to employment or further education.