New Zealand Certificate in Information Technology (Level 5)

Summary

If you love working with computers, a career in information technology is the perfect pathway for you. Develop essential technical and core IT skills that are needed in the industry or for further study.

You will learn:

Technical skills

• Apply the fundamentals of IT technical support concepts and practice, to manage hardware and software resources to meet organisational requirements.
• Apply the fundamentals of information systems concepts and practice to support and enhance organisational processes and systems.
• Apply the fundamentals of interaction design concepts and practice to enhance interface design.
• Apply the principles of software development to create simple working applications.

Core IT skills

• Apply professional, legal, and ethical principles and practices in a socially responsible manner as an emerging IT professional.
• Apply communication, personal and interpersonal skills to enhance effectiveness in an IT role.
• Use problem-solving and decision-making techniques to provide innovative and timely Information Technology outcomes.

Businesses, organisations and communities will benefit from having IT professionals with a sound base understanding of both the technical and professional aspects of their profession.

Career Opportunities

The Diploma provides a pathway for graduates to progress to higher level qualifications in IT, or they may obtain employment in a range of entry level positions in the IT industry.

Satisfactory Completion

For students to be considered to have satisfactorily completed this programme and be eligible for award of the qualification, New Zealand Certificate in Information Technology (Level 5), they must have successfully met all assessment requirements and successfully completed all four 15 credit papers. This amounts to successful programme completion of 60 credits in accordance with the programme schedule.