New Zealand Certificate in Information Technology Essentials (Level 4)

Summary

Programme highlights

­­More qualified graduates are needed to fill well-paid roles in Information Technology (IT).

This qualification will provide you with key skills in IT, including:

Computer hardware
Operating systems and applications (apps)
Software development
Web development
User experience
Interface design.

This combination of technical and core skills will prepare you for a range of jobs in IT technical support. Or you can progress to further study, such as the New Zealand Diploma in Information Technology Technical Support (Level 5).

Career opportunities

You will gain experience with all aspects of IT from computer hardware, operating systems, applications, databases and networks to software development, project management, web, user experience, and interface design. This combination of technical and core skills will prepare you for employment in a range of entry-level support roles in an organisation, which may include business support or retail roles, and some roles in the IT profession under broad guidance.

Programme structure

You will need to complete the below four courses (60 credits):

562.412 Developing Software (15 credits)

563.402 Stepping in IT (15 credits)

563.403 Information Systems Solutions (15 credits)

566.401 Creating Websites (15 credits)

Further training or study

• New Zealand Diploma in Information Technology Technical Support (Level 5)
• Bachelor of Digital Technologies (Level 7) Majors in Networking, Software and Web Development and Data Analytics