Concrete (Specialist)

How long it takes

The New Zealand Certificate in Concrete (Specialist) Level 4 typically takes 18 months to complete.

What you'll learn

You'll learn the skills required by people working in the sector of the concrete industry as Concrete Sawing and Drilling Operators, or Concrete Prestressing Operators or Precast Concrete Manufacturing Specialists within the building and construction industry.

Fundamentals

• legislation
• drawings and specifications
• planning and communication
• construction mathematics

Sawing and drilling

• composition and physical properties of concrete
• tools, equipment and machinery of the trade
• sawing concrete
• drilling concrete

Prestressed concrete

• equipment and machinery of the trade
• materials used in prestressing operations
• prestressing operations and how to prestress concrete products

Precast concrete

• knowledge of mould design
• materials and construction methodology for precast manufacture
• plan and lead a work programme
• quality assure precast concrete manufacturing