Construction & Joinery
Your future is in your hands with a career in New Zealand’s booming construction and joinery industry.
These skills are in high demand in New Zealand and NMIT can prepare you for a successful career with several pre-trade programmes providing you with foundational skills, and the best chance of securing an industry apprenticeship.
You can choose to specialise in Carpentry or Joinery and gain a qualification that will prepare you to walk straight into the workforce.
With strong built industry relationships throughout the Top of the South region, NMIT also offers a tutor managed apprenticeship programme that will see you working full-time in industry while attending block courses to become a fully-qualified building professional.
Our facilities are top-notch and designed to emulate a real-world working environment. You’ll get to put your training into action in NMIT’s carpentry barn, joinery workshop and enclosed construction yard.
Kick-start your Construction and Joinery career at NMIT
- Our tutors are Licenced Building Practitioners with extensive industry experience.
- Carpentry apprenticeships are supported by New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) and Industry Training Association Building (ITaB).
- NMIT is a business member of New Zealand Certified Builders - the only Institute of Technology to hold this status.
- NMIT is also involved with Master Builders and Master Joiners.
- NMIT students have strong representation in regional and national Apprentice of the Year competitions.
- Choose your career path with separate Carpentry and Joinery strands.
