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New Zealand Certificate in Business (Administration and Technology)

Course details

New Zealand Certificate in Business (Administration and Technology)
NZQF Level 4

About the course

The skills you gain on this programme will enable you to provide administrative services and use technology and computer applications to undertake a wide range of administration tasks. Perform financial calculations, learn the software to maintain administrative systems and create specialist documents, and develop your communication skills to a professional standard. This programme will set you up with an understanding of how businesses work and the skills to jump straight in.

What you will learn

  • Learn advanced Microsoft Word formatting skills
  • Produce specialist business documents
  • Complete financial transactions, including budget calculations and accounts receivable and payable
  • Collaborate in a team environment
  • Improve your email and electronic diary management
  • Advanced Excel and pivot tables
  • Learn database management using Microsoft Access
  • MYOB accounting and payroll

More detail about this qualification

Study with Hyflex

Hyflex learning enables you to choose how you study. Whether you’re already working or are studying full-time, you have the power to choose the balance between study and life. If you’re a student who is already working in a relevant workplace, you may have the opportunity to choose the courses that align to your skills and work.  

You’ll also get the choice in how you engage with the programme. Hyflex offers options for learning on-campus in-person, remotely while the classes are in session, or retrospectively, whenever you get the time throughout the day. You can choose to study partly online, or fully online. There are also practical leaning workshops if you prefer to study in person. We tailor the programme to suit how you learn best.  

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Career options

  • Office manager
  • Office administrator
  • Project administrator
  • Personal assistant
  • Executive assistant
  • Customer service officer

Entry requirements

Domestic

New Zealand Certificate in Business (Administration and Technology) (Level 3) or evidence of relevant study/work experience.

International 

IELTS 5.5, no band below 5.0, or equivalent.

*International fee displayed is for 1 year of study (equivalent to 120 credits) and does not include insurance and administration (approximately $924 per year of study).

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Give yourself credit →

Use the knowledge you already have to fast-track your qualification. Workplace-learning, volunteering, professional development, other provider qualifications and online courses can be recognised as prior learning and put towards your qualification. Start by getting in touch with us, or find out more here.

Whitireia and WelTec are a business division of Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology.

About the provider

Whitireia and WelTec have a history of over 100 years of vocational education delivery. We are proud stewards of our whakapapa, owning our collective histories and aspirations for the future through acknowledging people, place, culture, and values. 

Whitireia and WelTec is known for our high student success rates and culturally diverse ākonga. Every year we train over 8,000 ākonga who study at one of our campuses across Porirua and Petone. Our highly skilled staff will be with you every step of your journey, providing the best possible learning environment. We enable learners from every stage of life – school leavers, university graduates, those preparing to reenter the workforce and those wanting to retrain or upskill. Our learning environments are open and ready to welcome you all. 

More and more New Zealanders are choosing a local study pathway through dedicated vocational education providers to gain the qualifications they need to get ahead and into their dream job.  We offer a range of programmes of study at certificates, diplomas, degrees, and postgraduate qualifications. Our programmes have been developed in conjunction with industry to offer excellent vocational qualifications that are future-focused and provide ākonga with practical skills to pursue their career goals. 

We are known for our Ahureitanga (distinctiveness), and we have special relationships with Iwi mana whenua as our campuses are in their rohe: Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Together, we are more than the sum of our parts.

Mā tātou, mō tātou ko WelTec ki Te Āti Awa, ko Whitireia ki Ngāti Toa Rangatira. E haere kōtui nei me kura-takahi-puni tātou. Together, we will lead and illuminate our communities through vocational education.

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