Level 2 Trades Academy (2TRA)

This course is for students who want to begin WITT courses and training for a specific career one day a week, for a minimum of five weeks, while still at school. Students will gain credits towards NCEA Level 2. On the other four days of the week, students attend their regular classes, including a specific Trades Academy class, where they will complete a range of generic unit standards and have time to catch up on work missed from other subjects. Courses available at Level 2: Agriculture, Animal Care, Automotive, Beauty & Makeup, Build a Bridge (Infrastructure), Cookery, Digital Media, Electrical, Equine, Hairdressing, Joinery, Mechanical Engineering, Plumbing, Restaurant Service, Sport & Fitness, Creative Arts, Barbering, Areas of possible study are; Early Childhood, Kindergarten or Primary Teaching, Hairdressing, Animal Care, Hospitality and Retail (through the Red Shirts Programme). Please check with Careers staff to see if your career interest can be accommodated under Gateway.

Individual programmes have a range of standards. Students generally have available 20 to 30 credits.

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