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Electrical Trades

Study an Electrical Trade at Otago Polytechnic and gain the skills you need for a career as a qualified Electrician. You’ll be taught how to install, maintain and repair electrical wiring and electrical or electronic equipment through our practical, real-world way of learning.

Subject Hero Electrical Trades

An electrical trades qualification from Otago Polytechnic will arm you with a solid understanding of safe electrical installation, testing commissioning and servicing of electrical equipment.

The best thing about Electrical Trades at Otago Polytechnic is our apprenticeship pathway. This allows you to work in the electrical industry as an employee under supervision as part of your studies. Upon completion, you’ll also have the option to pathway into an Engineering Technology qualification, which can take you in a different direction entirely.

Electrical Trades qualifications

Trades and Pre-trades

If you want to become an electrician, this is the ideal pre-apprenticeship preparation. It will give you the knowledge and basic practical skills you need to enter the profession as a first-year apprentice.

Duration

1 Year Full-time

Delivery

On campus

Location

Dunedin

Career potential

Appliance Servicing, Electrician (with further qualification), Electronics Support

Trades and Pre-trades

If you are Māori or Pasifika, are 16-40 years old, and want to learn and earn in a practical, hands-on environment, consider our He Toki pathway. With He Toki, you'll be supported to gain a New Zealand Certificate in Electrical Engineering Theory (Level 3) with a unique learning experience that has te reo, tikaka and mentorship at its heart.

Duration

1 Year Full-time

Delivery

On campus

Location

Dunedin

Career potential

Appliance Servicing, Electrician (with further qualification), Electronics Support

Want to be an electrician? This apprenticeship programme delivered by EarnLearn I Te Pūkenga offers quality training and support. You’ll do on job training where you’ll learn in the workplace alongside a supervisor, and off job training where you’ll attend electrical theory classes at our Dunedin or Central Otago Campus. As an apprentice, you’ll earn while you learn and get ready to be able to register as an electrician in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Duration

4 Years Part-time

Delivery

Studied alongside an apprenticeship

Location

Dunedin, Central Otago

Engineering

This qualification is ideal for learners who are starting, or already doing, an apprenticeship in the workplace. During this programme, you will learn how to safely and effectively diagnose and repair electrical and electronics faults in a range of vehicles.

Duration

4 Years Part-time

Delivery

Studied alongside an apprenticeship

Location

Dunedin, Cromwell

Career potential

Automotive Electrical Engineer

Dan Cox

Dan Cox

“Every day is different. It’s great to work in an industry where there is demand for my skills.”

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