New Zealand Institute of Highway Technology - NZIHT

Programme Aims

This 45 credit programme aims to equip individuals with well-developed skills and knowledge necessary to sustain the capacity, quality, and safety of civil infrastructure work.  The flexible format of delivery involving class contact and self-paced workbooks aims to support those already working in the highway construction, civil contracting and infrastructure areas.

The Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) is the NZQA accredited provider of the programme, with course delivery carried out by the New Zealand Institute of Highway Technology (NZIHT). NZIHT is a fully self-managing subsidiary of WITT.  All academic processes associated with programme delivery, assessment and results reporting are carried out in accordance with WITT’s Quality Management Systems.

Graduate Profile

Graduates will have well developed knowledge and skills relating to civil construction and infrastructure.  These include the ability to (dependent upon electives selected):

•  Demonstrate knowledge of workplace health and safety, emergency response, legislation at civil infrastructure sites, safety observer responsibilities, and work safely with others – (Civil Workplace Knowledge Part A and Part B)
• Operate as a Traffic Controller (Traffic Controller)
• Operate as a Site Traffic Management Supervisor for Level 1 roads (Site Traffic Management Supervisor)
• Respond to fire incidents (Fire Response)
• Handle bituminous materials safely (Handling Bituminous Materials)
• Demonstrate knowledge of  the infrastructure industry (Introduction to the Infrastructure Industry)
• Demonstrate knowledge of large plant operations (Large Plant Operations)
• Read practical texts, read and interpret graphs and use standard units of measurement (Literacy and Numeracy)
• Demonstrate knowledge of pavement construction (Quality Pavement Construction)
• Demonstrate knowledge of slinging, lifting, and placing with an excavator or loader (Slinging, Lifting, and Placing
• Read and interpret civil construction plans, and assist with survey and set out (Survey and Set Out)

Entry Criteria

Entry is open to those persons working in the civil construction, infrastructure or highway engineering, construction or maintenance areas.

Birth Certificate or Passport verification of New Zealand Citizenship or NZ Permanent Residency is necessary for enrolment into this programme.

Programme Length

This is a 20-week part-time programme.

Delivery is by blended methodologies, with an average of four contact/study days throughout the delivery period, supported learning within the workplace, self-directed learning via workbooks, group and individual projects.

Programme Structure

The Certificate in Civil Construction (Foundation Studies) is a 45 credit programme delivered over a 20 week period via a mixture of block course training and self-directed study within the work place.

COMPULSORY COURSES

Total 25 WITT Credits from Compulsory Courses

ELECTIVE COURSES

Total of 20 WITT credits required from the following Electives – may include a maximum of one Level-1 course for the award of the qualification

Programme Delivery Format

The Certificate in Civil Construction (Foundation Studies) is a 45 credit programme delivered over a 20 week period via a mixture of block course training and self-directed study within the work place.

COMPULSORY COURSES (25 WITT credits)

Civil Workplace Knowledge – Part A (2 days - 20 credits) 

• 497 Demonstrate knowledge of workplace health and safety requirements 
• 17327 Communicate on civil construction sites 
• 20868 Demonstrate knowledge of emergency response in the civil infrastructure industry 
• 20870 Describe protection of health, safety and environment in the civil infrastructure industry 
• 20873 Demonstrate knowledge of health, safety and environmental legislation at civil infrastructure sites 
   

Traffic Controller (1 day - 5 credits) 

• Demonstrate knowledge of Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management to meet NZTA Level 1 Basic - Traffic Controller requirements
• 20877 Demonstrate knowledge of working safely at sites under temporary traffic management 
• 5627 Operate as a Traffic Controller (TC) for low volume and Level 1 roads 
• 20878 Assist with temporary traffic management for low volume and Level 1 roads 

ELECTIVE COURSES

Total of 20 WITT credits required from the following Electives - may include a maximum of  one Level-1 course for the award of the qualification

Civil Workplace Knowledge – Part B (2 days - 20 credits)

• 17596 Demonstrate knowledge of Safety Observer responsibilities in the workplace 
• 20866 Work safely with others in the civil infrastructure industry 
• 20869 Demonstrate knowledge of notifiable works and permits in the civil infrastructure industry 
• 20874 Demonstrate knowledge of health and fitness for civil infrastructure personnel

Fire Response (1 day - 5 credits) 

• 3271 Suppress fire with hand extinguishers and fixed hose reels 2 1  #
• 20867 Respond to fire incidents at a civil infrastructure worksite 3 4  *

First Aid (2 days - 5 credits) 

• 6400 Manage first aid in emergency situations 
• 6401 Provide first aid 
• 6402 Provide resuscitation level 2

Handling Bituminous Materials (1 day - 5 credits)

• Demonstrate knowledge on the type of fire extinguishers suitable for use on bitumen fires and demonstrate the use of a fire extinguisher 
• 20455 Demonstrate basic knowledge of safety relating to bituminous materials 
• 20456 Demonstrate first aid relating to liquid bitumen and bitumen additives  

Introduction to the Infrastructure Industry (1 day - 10 credits)

• 57 Provide customer service 
• 22283 Identify the occupational areas and structures associated with the NZ civil infrastructure industry
• 17592 Identify the causes of back injury and methods to prevent back injuries in the workplace 

Large Plant Operations (1 day - 5 credits)
(any two units from the list of four below) 

• 22269 Demonstrate knowledge of wheeled loaders in civil construction 
• 22270 Demonstrate knowledge of graders and scrapers in civil construction 
• 22271 Demonstrate knowledge of self-propelled rollers in civil construction 
• 22272 Demonstrate knowledge of bulldozers in civil construction 

Literacy and Numeracy (1 day - 5 credits)

• Read and write texts for practical purposes 
• 8491 Read and interpret information presented in tables and graphs
• 8492 Use standard units of measurement 

Quality Pavement Construction (2 days - 20 credits)

• 12570 Demonstrate knowledge of the materials used in road formation 
• 17328 Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of earthworks 
• 17501 Demonstrate knowledge of foundation and subgrade on civil construction works 

Site Traffic Management Supervisor (2 days - 5 credits)

• Demonstrate knowledge of Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management to meet NZTA Level 1 – Site Traffic Management Supervisor requirements 
• 5628 Operate as a Site Traffic Management Supervisor (STMS) for low volume and Level 1 roads 

Slinging, Lifting, and Placing (1 day - 5 credits)  

• 20875 Demonstrate knowledge of slinging, lifting, and placing with an excavator or loader 

Survey and Set Out (1 day - 5 credits)

• 6476 Read and interpret civil construction plans
• 6480 Assist with survey and set-out on civil construction works 

Programme Fee

The fee for domestic students (NZ citizens and NZ permanent residents) is $100 + GST* for the programme. The fee for international students is available on request.

An intake will be subject to sufficient enrolments in each course.

* This fee is only available for NZ Citizens or Permanent Residents of NZ who supply a copy of their verified birth certificate or passport.

How to Enrol

Simply download and complete the Application Form below and return the the Programme Co-ordinator at NZIHT

Click here to download an Application Form (2.2 MB)

Contact 
Lisa Knowles
Programme co-ordinator
Phone: 06 759 7065 ext. 705
Fax: 06 759 7066
Email:  lisa@nziht.co.nz

NZ Institute of Highway Technology (NZIHT)
P.O. Box 4273              
5 Young Street        
NEW PLYMOUTH 4340   

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