Institute of Technology or Polytechnic
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT)New Zealand Diploma in Primary Industry Business Management (Level 5)
This course is available
On-Campus
Level of Study
Diploma
Campus
Nelson Campus
Summary
Ready to take your business to the next level? Want the confidence to present your business plan for growth to finance professionals? Let's go!
This programme has been designed specifically for owners and managers of businesses within the viticulture, horticulture, apiculture, aquaculture and farming industries. Or for staff with relevant industry experience and ready to advance into a management capacity.
Learners will be able to directly apply what they have learnt to their own business with a blended delivery, ideal for people who are working.
You can expect face-to-face courses offered on-site, block courses and online learning, which will simplify how you can study around your work commitments.
Students in this programme will:
- Be able to achieve business and career goals faster
- Gain the confidence to present accounts and plans to banks, accountants, and other rural professionals in the best way possible
- Make decisions based on sound judgement
- Work with their own business' statistics.
- Gain ideas and inspiration from colleagues
- Have a highly respected, industry-recognised qualification
Working in partnership
NMIT works in partnership with Primary ITO to help keep students' skills relevant, take their careers to the next level, and achieve their business goals. Within the partnership, students are enrolled and managed by NMIT, the Primary ITO is responsible for recruitment and on-site support, and NMIT will deliver the block courses.
Programme delivery
It is recommended that each course is taken in order, but they may be undertaken differently to suit work timetables, except for Primary Industry Business Planning, which is a capstone paper and must be taken last.
A Primary ITO Training Adviser will visit students on-site and assess their skills and knowledge through a professional conversation. Students will be asked to produce naturally occurring evidence, like current budgets, business plans, or lending proposals – these are the documents they use in their everyday management of their business.
NMIT students studying other primary industry programmes will continue to enjoy the learning support they already receive as they study for the diploma and attend the block courses.
Entry criteria
All applicants should demonstrate a keen interest in primary industry business management (and preferably have current employment or involvement in a primary industry business) and have academic attributes which demonstrate that they have a reasonable likelihood of successful completion of the programme.
- Examples may include completion of a programme of study at Level 4 or above in a related discipline and/or employment in a related field for 2 or more years.
All enrolments in the New Zealand Diploma in Primary Industry Business Management programme are at the discretion of the Programme Manager in consultation with the Head of Faculty as required.
Important note: For completion of assessments, learners entering this programme should be in a position to access financial, management, production and performance information about a specific primary industry business, and to manage production factors of a specific business.
Applicants under 20 years old
Achieved NCEA Level 2 – (credits in Numeracy, Science or English desirable).
Applicants 20 years or over
No minimum academic requirements.
English language requirements
You must have a level of English sufficient to be able to study at this level.
If your first language is not English you should have an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) overall Academic score of at least 5 issued within the last two years with no less than 5 in any band or equivalent.
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