New Zealand Diploma in Primary Industry Business Management (Level 5)

Locations and dates
No start dates are currently available. Register to be informed when new dates are added.
Study options

Part time
Length

Part time: 1 day per fortnight in class plus online tutorials - duration 2 years.
Total credits

120
Fees

A Student Service Fee applies (2025; $2.17 per credit).

Fees listed are for each year of the programme, indicative only and may vary with course selection.

View course details for individual fees.

N.B. The 2026 SSF final fee is currently subject to consultation with learners.
National qualification code

NZ2221

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

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 requirements

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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