New Zealand Certificate in Foundation Skills (Level 1)

Summary

Feeling a bit lost? Join us! You'll feel supported to identify and reach your goals and have a blast with fun activities to build your skills and confidence for the future.

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Foundation Skills is designed to empower you to find out what it is you’re great at in life.

This is not like school. You won’t be stuck at your desk in endless classes, writing essay after essay. Here, you get to do the fun stuff. Rewrite your education experience and learn through a bunch of hands-on, practical, fun activities.

In Foundation Skills, you will be welcomed into a diverse community. You will be celebrated for who you are and supported to succeed. Our awesome tutors are here for you. They want to see you reach your goals and have fun while doing it.

We will help you discover your strengths, identify your support system, build up your skills and develop a plan for your next steps. Our ultimate goal is for you to walk away with the confidence in yourself to succeed in further study, work, or other life ambitions.

Our values

Our values on this programme are:

• Respect
• Fun
• Good vibes
• Honesty
• Success

This programme offers

The programme offers:

• Pathways into further education and employment
• Hands-on practical, fun and engaging activities
• Supportive tutors to help students achieve learning plans
• In-class learning and real-life experience
• Project-based work
• Connection to further study opportunities at NMIT
• One on one class support
• A strong and inclusive youth focus

What will I learn?

• Personal organisation skills
• Maintaining wellbeing (mental, physical, spiritual, and family health)
• Recognising cultural differences
• Positive communication skills
• Exploring self and identity
• Smart goal setting
• Decision making
• Financial management
• Problem solving skills
• Work ready strategies
• Time management skills
• Industry and study exploration
• Your future career – Set goals, write your CV and master interviews
• Study skills

Study pathways

Re-engage with learning through Foundation Skills. This programme provides young people with the skills and confidence for further study at Te Pūkenga NMIT at level 3+ or into entry-level employment.

On completion of the Level 1 programme, you may choose to enrol in the Level 2 NZ Certificate in Foundation Skills,which gives you a chance to build on the skills you have learnt already and complete work independently.