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 KIA ORA AND WELCOME! Contents
Deciding on the direction you want to take with your life is
exciting and challenging. We spend a lot of time at work
during our lifetime – so it is important for you to make a well Techtorium in a nutshell 04
informed decision about how you are going to spend your
time and money to improve your future. Training IT professionals 05
Tertiary Education is an investment, not only in yourself, but Student Life 06
also for your future career. A set of skills becomes an asset
that will allow you to advance yourself for the rest of your life. Launching you into the IT industry 08
Internationally, the Information Technology industry Business Analysis 11
is expanding, yet employers still struggle to find graduates
with the leading edge and rapidly advancing skills they
need from entry level Technical Support roles through • Level 5 New Zealand Diploma in Information Systems
to Cloud Engineers, Software Developers and Business
Analysts roles. Software Development Programme 15

This continues to be a concern for employers in • Level 6 New Zealand Diploma in Software Development
New Zealand and around the globe. Since 2004 Techtorium
has contributed to creating IT professionals who work in • Testimonials from our students
this digital landscape.
Computer Engineering Programme 19
In collaboration with our Industry Advisory group and
our team of experienced IT trainers, we have • Level 5 New Zealand Diploma in IT Technical Support
real-world computer engineering, networking,
server and cloud engineering programmes. We • Level 6 New Zealand Diploma in Systems Administration
also offer a software development and business
analysis programme to provide a wider range
of opportunities for people who want to be part of this • Level 7 Diploma in Cloud Management
exciting industry.
• Testimonials from our students
Techtorium graduates are prepared for employment
through a process of training, offering real job skills to How to apply? 28
ensure a critical understanding of the modern IT working
environment. IT companies provide engineering, support Where to start? 29
and programming services to businesses.
StudyLink and allowances 30
Take a leap into your future. The Techtorium Team will be
with you all the way into that first job post. Your success is
our success.

Techtorium Team.

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 TECHTORIUM TRAINING
IN A NUTSHELL IT PROFESSIONALS
Innovative Learning Environment
Techtorium is recognised by NZQA as a Category 1 Tertiary provider. Since 2004 the philosophy behind Techtorium has Once employed, you won’t be sitting in a lecture
NZQA remained the same - the IT industry needs graduates theater so why would we subject you to one here?!
What does this mean for you? Qualifying an organisation as a Category 1 Provider is who have practical, hands-on knowledge. New Zealand You can expect to work collaboratively, sharing
Categor y 1 NZQA’s way of saying “Techtorium displays the highest quality of education”. It is also is experiencing a digital uprising and the IT industry ideas with your classmates. Our Innovative learning
Provider
an indication that NZQA has a great level of confidence in our educational performance, is one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing sectors. environment exposes you to the real working
so you can be rest assured you’re in safe hands. The demand for young IT graduates is extremely environment. It promotes discussion, thinking
high and assures positive long-term job success. critically, in a way classroom based courses usually
It is our focus to ensure you are taught current IT content, from virtualisation to Cloud *According to NZ Tech Industry Association, do not. It also ensures you take responsibility for
provisioning. We continue to take the unknown out of your future by training you for there are more than 28,000 companies employing your learning and pride in your success. Following
success in terms of ensuring your skills and knowledge are up to date with what employers more than 100,000 people in IT and the number is recommendations from our Industry Advisors, here
are looking for. steadily growing on a daily basis. Demand within are some of the reasons why we have implemented
New Zealand’s IT sector showed a further boost in this learning environment:
We now offer a two year Software Development programme. This programme is designed February 2016, with SEEK jobs ads increasing by • An Innovative Learning Environment is designed to
to provide a wide range of software development skills and languages to make graduates 74% compared to the same time last year. Everything promote critical thinking and high-level reasoning.
attractive to employers. is now product, app, design and user experience- • Teaching and learning is collaborative
driven. It is no longer good enough to have something • Talking with your classmates is encouraged.
We have a highly successful Employment Pathway programme that ensures you have that just works, it needs to look marketable, user-
• Learners work together, sharing ideas.
access to some of New Zealand’s top technology employers. friendly and most importantly, be a platform to realise
a commercial outcome which is why most companies
are eager to recruit new IT talent.
Vocational focus
We focus on vocational education to provide job
Techtorium is continually adapting the content of the related skills. It focuses on empowering you with
courses to reflect “real life” industry requirements. real-world skills that help you move straight into
As a small provider we are able to quickly respond to employment. You learn by doing. Our courses are
4% the needs of industry and our employment partners. practical and hands-on to make you employable.
10% Other You will always work on the latest release of a Windows’
Asian product or server and follow the most recent trend A typical programme at Techtorium will be in an open-
Our students are drawn from all parts of in IT. Techtorium’s objective is to prepare students space room. Once you understand the lesson you will
New Zealand. With only 4% of our students for now and the future. You will be ahead of the pack get straight into practice! One hands-on lesson after
being ‘internationals, when arriving at in terms of knowledge and experience gained at another, you will soon be an experienced IT student
Techtorium you would expect to see young, Techtorium when you are entering the job market. ready to become an IT professional.
16% energetic Kiwis sharing the same passion
Pasifika for technology. As you can see, we are
53% ethnically diverse, and this is partly why our
NZ Pakeha Employment Partners are so eager to work Our programmes allow you to prepare for these
with us and employ our amazing graduates! internationally recognised industry certificates:

29% CompTIA offers four IT certification

Maori series that test different knowledge
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) standards, from entry-level to expert.
certification validates mastery of the core technical
skills required to build a sustainable career.
These Microsoft and CompTIA certifications are
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) industry-recognised internationally.
certification demonstrates the ability to build We highly recommend our students add these to their
innovative professional solutions across multiple expanding CVs.
technologies, both on-premises and in the cloud.
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* Data from 2016 TEC Report. Total may exceed 100% as some students identify with more than one ethnicity * Source: Seek article “Industry spotlight: Information & Communication Technology” 24th March 2016
and “Bridging the gaps in NZ’s technology job market” 18th October 2016.
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how computers, networks and computer programmes can create a better world. We are a bunch of like-minded
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part of the excitement. We aim to recruit the most passionate IT students in New Zealand.

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Student Services
Transitioning from secondary school to tertiary,
we understand this is a major step for you. That is
understanding when you struggle and
appreciate the efforts you put into it.
“ why Techtorium has a Student Services department
to help all students settling in their new environment
as smoothly as possible.
I’m glad I started my IT studies here.
- Alicia Tiniteila - Techtorium student
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 LAUNCHING YOU Soft Skills and Personal Development Some of our
Being highly technical isn’t the only criteria required to be a great IT Employment
INTO THE IT INDUSTRY professional. Your communication skills, critical thinking aptitude and
capacity to work collaboratively are the skills that will make the difference Partners
between you and another job candidate. Students are encouraged to
extend themselves via a range of supporting activities which include,
IT Education is continually challenged to meet the needs work experience at employers, tutoring junior students, working at career
of New Zealand and the global IT industry. Since 2004 Our role as Employment fairs and working with our infrastructure team on our own network here at
Techtorium. The Employment Pathways team also offers Employment Skills
Techtorium NZIIT has continued to respond to the needs Pathways Managers is to workshops where students will be prepared for interviews so they are fully
of the IT industry and stakeholders by expanding our bridge the gap between ready to face their potential future employer.
course provision to better prepare our learners for
students and the industry.
full-time employment in the industry. This is what we call There are three things that make you employment ready that we call the
Employment Pathways. With improved dialogue 3As: Attendance, Achievement and Attitude. If your attendance is good,
and communication between your achievement is good and your attitude strives.
As one of the fastest growing and the highest performing IT institutes in New our learners, industry
Zealand, our flexible approach continues to see the organisation maintain
a high percentage of (present and past) students full-time and part-time leaders and employers,
graduate roles. Our ongoing collaboration with the New Zealand IT industry this has seen an increase
(this includes Datacom, New Era IT, Dimension Data, Fujitsu, Slingshot
in the number of students
to name a few), guarantees that Techtorium students gain employment-
centric and transferable skills, as well as gain vocational qualifications that employed as entry level
remain relevant to the IT industry. IT professionals.

Sam Hutchinson
Employment Pathways Manager

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How does Techtorium Employment Pathways
(EP) help you?

• EP focuses on providing you with better employment outcomes

by giving you the right tools to market the skills you have gained
at Techtorium
of Techtorium
• EP is all about driving awareness of your skills and putting your CV graduates from Graduate success: Tatuava Tatuava
at the top of the pile
• EP works with a range of employers, ensuring you’ll have an Level 7 Cloud Our Employment Pathways Team prepared Tatuava and gave him
opportunity to gain employment with the right organisation
• EP is connecting you to our network of past students enabling you
Management the opportunity to interview with Fujitsu, one of New Zealand’s
leading managed IT service provider.
to meet with the right people who can help you into the right job were placed “I have developed my technical skills at
• EP gives you access to an experienced team of Employment
Pathways Managers that will guide, prepare, motivate and into full-time Techtorium. I started my career at Fujitsu as a
encourage you to get the job you want Service Desk Analyst which helped me gain a lot
IT employment of experience within the IT industry.
in 2016 Now I am currently working as a IT Helpdesk
Support Analyst at Staples Rodway Limited.”

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 “Awesome place to go if you are looking
at entering the IT industry. The tutors
are super helpful and friendly. All the
work is crafted to relate to the current
Business
IT industry. Techtorium offers several
different diplomas depending on the
sector you are looking at.
Techtorium student testimonial
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“Business analysis is a research discipline of identifying business
needs and determining solutions to business problems. Solutions
often include a software-systems development component, but
may also consist of process improvement, organizational change
or strategic planning and policy development.”

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A Business analyst designs computer
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT STUDENTS

I chose to study Software Development because I felt that coding

would bring out my literal and creative side. What I enjoy the
Computer
Engineering
most of my course at Techtorium is probably the trainers and my
classmates. They are passionate about what we are learning and it
is good to be surrounded by people who actually want to learn.
The trainers care whether a student turns up or not. They care
whether you learn something. They want to help you as much as
possible. I also had the opportunity to learn more about 3D printing “Computer engineering is a discipline that integrates several fields
and turned it into my personal passion-project. of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop
and manage computer hardware and software.”
- Madi Watts - Student in L6 NZ Diploma in Software Development

I already had a lot of experience in programming but mainly in

Game Design/Programming. I felt like instead of learning more
of the same from a game design course, I would try to widen my
scope of knowledge on programming as a whole. This will benefit
the Game Studio I started as the lead programmer.

- Sam Goddard - Student in L6 NZ Diploma in Software Development

Coding is a stress release for me. I am really enjoying learning

new languages I hadn’t learned before and meeting new friends
during the course. I like the LAN parties we have at the end of every
term, I can get to know more people at Techtorium as well as play
games with my friends. I also like helping out on events organised
by Techtorium.

- Ella Sneddon - Student in L6 NZ Diploma in Software Development

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 New Zealand Diploma in
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System Center and Microsoft Azure
configuration, testing, administration,
• Deploy Office 365 Services
troubleshooting and documentation of
• Create a SharePoint infrastructure
enterprise cloud-based systems. This also
• Provide advanced solutions with Microsoft Exchange
includes interfaces, shared components,
• Implement network infrastructure services
networking and application level protocols.
• Design network access services
They will oversee and co-ordinate with
• Design, configure and manage advanced security
cloud service providers to optimise
• Design and implement an Active Directory
infrastructure (Logical and Physical)
the performance of companies cloud
• Configure data centre process automation
infrastructure.
• Configure and deploy virtual machines and services
• Deploy resource monitoring Cloud Engineers have excellent
• Design, configure and manage site resiliency project management skills and
• Plan and design server and storage solutions for attention to details.
SMB customers
• Install, configure, upgrade and troubleshoot server
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COMPUTER ENGINEERING STUDENTS

What interests me about IT is the fact that each day is different and
filled with heaps of new discoveries. I have to say Techtorium has
made my first experience in the industry exciting and even as a
full-time student I still have heaps of time to do other things. What
gets the ticks is the hands-on approach to learning. Everything is
practical and you get to understand it’s relevance to the real world.

- Rumbie Muzawazi - Student in L6 NZ Diploma in Systems Administration

currently employed at Datacom.

Techtorium is an excellent place to gain your IT skills if you are

passionate about IT or computers. Do the hard work here and you
will definitely get into the job you want.

- Tatuava Tatuava - Student in L6 NZ Diploma in Systems Administration

currently employed at Staples Rodway

I chose IT because I was always good with my hands. I believe that

IT is still a young profession which is still growing so I decided
to join.I ended up at Techtorium because I took an Introduction
to Computer Engineering short-course and really enjoyed it.
My favourite part is learning the skills and meeting other people
with the same interests as myself.

- Jeromme Michael - Student in L7 Diploma in Cloud Management

currently employed at Datacom.

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 HOW WHERE Techtorium provides school leavers with guidance into tertiary
study at Techtorium which may involve Student for a Day or a
TO APPLY TO START? taster course through our ICE, CODE and BIZ programmes.
ICE,CODE and BIZ short-courses for secondary students.
1. Go to our website: www.techtorium.ac.nz As part of our plan to create clear pathways from secondary school right through to the IT industry, we support the
Gateway and STAR Programmes. Through any one of our ICE, CODE or BIZ courses, students may gain credits
that
STARgo
/ towards their NCEA Level 2 and 3STAR
qualifications.
/ Gateway Learning PlansSTAR
can/ be achieved as each of our
Gateway Gateway Gateway
ICE, CODE and BIZ courses offer nine credits or above.
2. Complete the Online Application form
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3. We will be in touch with you.

It’s that simple!

Which Pathway?
If you like creating mobile apps, games and enjoy robotics then we suggest Software Development and our
Level 6 New Zealand Diploma in Software Development.

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problems then we suggest Computer Engineering starting with our Level 5 New Zealand Diploma in Information New Zealand Diploma New Zealand Diploma New Zealand Diploma
Technology Technical Support. Information Technology Software Development Information Systems
Technical Support (launching in 2019)
If you have an entrepreneur spirit and a taste for software development especially working with teams on projects,
we would suggest Business Analysis with our Level 5 New Zealand Diploma in Information Systems.
Student for a Day
Still unsure? Come meet our team at our Open Days or ask to attend our courses as a “Student for a Day” Spend a day with us to understand us. We want you to
make an informed decision about your tertiary study so
STUDENT
What are recommended pre-requesites?
Here at Techtorium, we want people who are passionate about IT. If you have access to classes of
we have developed ‘Student for a Day’.
Here at Techtorium, we see education as the most
important life decision you’re going to make in the next 5
FOR A DAY
“Digital Technologies” or “Code Club” or IT classes at your school, it will be the perfect oppor tunity to years. That’s why want to give you the opportunity to ‘test
expose you to the IT environment and grow your passion for it before you join the Ter tiary Education. the waters’. Techtorium Student for a Day is a chance for
We also offer shor t-courses for secondary students as par t of Gateway and STAR programmes. you to experience what it’s really like to be a Techtorium ADMIT ONE
student, without having to dedicate yourself to an entire
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A genuine interest for computers is what will star t your journey and your career in IT!
us so different, and whether the exciting, innovating and
forward thinking environment is right for you!

If you have any questions, We do things a little differently here at Techtorium to stay ahead of the game. We’ve turned education
upside-down, flipped it around and come up with a more innovative way of helping you achieve
call us on 0800 529 7523 your educational and career goals.
The inclusive and supportive culture at Techtorium sees students from many different backgrounds
or email learn@techtorium.ac.nz enjoy their common interest together forging new IT relationships amongst their peers and this is
no exception when it comes to students doing our taster programmes. Staying in school to finish
year 12 or 13 is valued and we support schools by encouraging students to do so.
We are here to help schools provide incentives for students, such as mentioned above, so that
informed decisions can be made and clear pathways are achieved.

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Loans available – information available from StudyLink

• To find out if you are eligible for Fees Free, please visit www.feesfree.govt.nz or call us on 0800 529 7523
• Up to the total amount requested by education provider for compulsory fees
• Up to $1,000.00 (maximum per annum) for programme related costs
• Up to $228 before tax a week to full time students for living costs depending on amount of student allowance

Repayment of Student Loan – information available from StudyLink

• $50.00 for an administration fee
• Loans become repayable when the borrower is earning $374.00 per week before tax or more
• Until such time as the borrower may be eligible for an interest rebate. Please refer to the Student Loans
information issued by Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ)

Student Allowances – information available from StudyLink

A full time student who is a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident may be eligible for a Student Allowance.
The student is not required to pay this amount back. The amount of the allowance is based on the student’s:
• Age
• Parental income
• Spouse’s income
• Place of residence during the term

Changes of personal details – information available from StudyLink

Any changes to the original details supplied at the time of enrolment must be given to the Trainer immediately.
This is essential for Student Loans and Allowances and any administrative business of Techtorium NZIIT.
A student will be required to complete a change of circumstances form if any of the following details change
during the programme of study:
• Name
• Address
• Residency / Citizenship
• Enrolment in an additional programme
• Change or withdrawal from the programme

Please note: Failure to complete the course of study or pay back the student loan in the agreed time may affect
your ability to draw down future student loans. For this and more information about student loans please go to the
StudyLink website at www.studylink.govt.nz
For more information on student loans and how to apply, visit studylink.govt.nz
or contact StudyLink on freephone 0800 00 99 00
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