New Zealand Diploma in Engineering Practice
Vocational Engineering Education New Zealand Incorporated
Subject area
Engineering and Related Technologies not elsewhere classified
Qualification
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Entry requirements
Well-defined engineering activities are activities or projects that include some or all of the following:
- Limited range of resources, e.g. people, money, equipment, materials, information and technologies
- Resolving interactions between limited technical and engineering issues where wider issues have little or no impact
- Using existing materials, techniques or processes in new ways
- Consequences that are important locally but aren't far-reaching
- Knowledge of practical procedures and practices for widely-applied operations and processes
Well-defined engineering problems are problems that include some or all of the following:
- Several issues, but only a few that result in conflicting constraints
- Can be solved using a systematic approach
- Resolved with limited theory but extensive practical knowledge
- Frequently experienced and so familiar to most practitioners in the practice area
- Covered by standards and/or documented codes of practice
- Limited range of stakeholders with differing needs
- Consequences that are important locally but aren't far-reaching
- Discrete components of engineering systems.
About the course
What can I expect out of this qualification?
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the engineering industry with people that are able to consistently apply understanding and skills to the standard expected of a practicing engineering technician in either the civil, electrical or mechanical practice areas.
It is aligned with Engineering New Zealand's competence standard for engineering technicians seeking recognition as a Chartered Member - CMEngNZ (Engineering Technician).
The New Zealand Diploma in Engineering Practice is intended to supplement and integrate the academic learning achieved through completion of a New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (NZDE) with practical knowledge and experience, and hence develop further competence in engineering through on-job experience.
What graduates earn
Graduates who studied Other Engineering and Related Technologies at this level can earn:
$60,000
Median earnings one year after study
$63,000
Median earnings two years after study
$85,000
Median earnings five years after study
Status one year after study
Employment rate two years after study
85%
Employment rate two years after study
Data as at November 2022
Scholarship information
Examples of related scholarships
GCSB Women in STEM Scholarship
Provided by:
New Zealand Intelligence Community - Organisational Development New Zealand Intelligence Community
Website:
https://www.gcsb.govt.nz/working-for-us/gcsb-women-in-stem-scholarship/
Value:
The value of this award is $10,000, which can be spread over three years depending on your study plans.
Edna Waddell Undergraduate Scholarships for Women in Technology and Engineering
Provided by:
Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara - Scholarships
Website:
http://www.universitiesnz.ac.nz/scholarships
Value:
$5,000 each
This information comes from Generosity New Zealand. For more scholarships, search their givME database (formerly called BreakOut) via your college, university or local library website.
Contact details
Main Campus Office
Phone: (04) 4732027
Fax: (04) 474 8933
Email: contact@vee.nz
Web: http://www.vee.nz
Sources
NZQA supplies course information based on material from the provider.
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