New Zealand Certificate in Drainlaying

Certificate

If you want to become a registered Drainlayer, this certificate is for you. In this programme you'll study part time while working as an apprentice towards your industry registration, with Unitec and your employer.

Key details

Degree Type

Certificate

Intake Months

Mar, Apr, May, Jul, Sep, Oct

Domestic Fees

$4,500 per year

About this course

As part of the government's Targeted Training and Apprenticeships Fund (TTAF) to help upskill workers in roles critical to the economy, this programme has no fees*. Click here for a list of the programmes that are covered by this scheme.

Undertake this certificate and through classroom learning and practical sessions, you'll gain the knowledge, skills and experience required to gain registration as a Drainlayer.

Your initial compulsory papers are shared with plumbing and gasfitting students. From there, you'll move onto drainlaying specific training, where you'll learn to lay, alter, reconstruct, extend, repair and open up drains and associated traps and connect drains up to and away from waste water treatment stations.

Highlights

Take this programme in conjunction with other apprenticeship programmes including the New Zealand Certificate in Plumbing and the New Zealand Certificate in Gasfitting
Successful completion of this programme will help you gain your full registration to be a Tradesman Drainlayer
On-campus training is set up in block courses to minimise work disruption
We have flexible study options to accommodate your work including night classes, block courses and day release.
This programme is a managed apprenticeship, this means we'll assist in your success and visit you on-site
Much of our teaching material utilises familiar industry products from leading manufacturers and merchants
Workshop learning takes place in our purpose-built trades training building
Learn from our experienced qualified academic trades staff

Qualification pathway

To become registered and gain your qualification you will need to:

Successfully complete this New Zealand Certificate in Drainlaying programme of study, then;
Pass the Plumbing Gasfitting and Drainlaying Board (PGDB) exam, then;
Apply for your tradesman licenses and registration. See the PGDB site for more details about the exam, licensing, and registration.
Once you have your registration, you may then graduate and receive your New Zealand Certificate in Drainlaying qualification.

Completion of the New Zealand Certificate in Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying (Level 3) is an advantage as it will help you prepare for study in this field but it is not a requirement. Additionally, some credits gained from the Level 3 programme will contribute to this Level 4 programme.

Entry requirements

For this programme, you will need to:

1. Be employed in the workplace as an apprentice/trainee drainlayer and complete the Apprentice and Employer Details Form; AND

2. Be able to hold a current drainlaying limited trainee certificate or licence as issued under the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act (2006); AND

3. Have one or more of the following, if English is not your first language:

Have achieved NCEA Level 3 and New Zealand University Entrance
Be able to provide evidence you satisfy our criteria for existing English proficiency
Have achieved at least one English proficiency outcome in the last two years

Don't meet the requirements? We also accept:

Sufficient evidence to be eligible for discretionary admission

For more information, download the programme regulations:

Programme Regulations

Study locations

Mt Albert

Career pathways

- Tradesman Drainlayer

Unitec Institute of Technology