Programme overview
Changes are being made to the New Zealand Certificate in Skills for Living and Working. A new version of the programme, the New Zealand Certificate in Skills for Living (NZCSL) will start in 2025. When applying please be aware that you will automatically be enrolled into the NZCSL once your application is complete.
In this programme, you will build upon your independent skills, learning skills, social skills and the responsibilities of being a tertiary learner. You will learn how to set personal goals and a plan to achieve them and empower yourself with communication and social skills.
Programme highlights
- Develop communication and social skills
- Improve numeracy and literacy skills
- Build up your confidence, self-awareness, and self-esteem
- Increase your knowledge and appreciation of Aotearoa
- Improve your computer and goal-setting skills
Talk and Tour
Before you apply for this programme, we would love for you to join our teaching team for a talk and tour session.
These are for students, their families and whānau, support people, teachers, and transition specialists. Here, you can find out more about our programme, and take a brief tour of our Mt. Albert campus.
More Talk and Tour information
Literacy and Learning
You could also sign up for Literacy and Learning. This is a part-time vocational course for supported learners. It will give you the opportunity to transition into tertiary education. It will also help you develop work-related, independent, co-operative, and communication skills.
You will get a certificate as an acknowledgement for completing the course.
More Literacy and Learning information
New Zealand Certificate in Skills for Living and Working
An updated version of the New Zealand Certificate inSkills for Learning and working, 2-year course will start in 2026.
Fees
You may be eligible for funding under the Fees Free policy or the Training Incentive Allowance (TIA) through WINZ.
What next?
Once you have successfully completed the programme, you will receive the New Zealand Certificate in Skills for Living for Supported Learners (Level 1) with an optional strand in Skills for Working.
Graduates who successfully complete this programme will be able to have the opportunity to secure sustainable employment.. You may choose to be referred to Poly-Emp who will help you with your career planning, job search, and support.
Admission requirements
1. Check whether you meet the following requirements, then click ‘Apply Now’ and fill in the online application form.
- Be 18 years of age on the first day of the semester in which you start your studies
- Be a New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident
- Demonstrate a level of English communication that allows you to participate in the programme
2. We will be in touch within 48 hours. You will need to provide the following information via your application dashboard:
- Two forms of ID
- A CV that demonstrates appropriate work or other life experience
- Two references from employers or professional colleagues
- Consent to a Police vetting check for the purpose of work-based learning placements
3. We may invite you and your whānau to an interview. This is so we can ensure you have the abilities required to succeed in the programme.
For more information, download the programme regulations
Courses and timetables
For more details on the courses, please click on the course names below. Please note that our systems are updating with new course timetable information for 2025; please check back again soon.
