Scaffolding Certificate Only

Have you got Scaffolding unit standards and want the qualification?
You can now apply to have your scaffolding units awarded to a New Zealand Certificate. You will need to provide confirmation from your employer that you have the competencies to gain the qualification.
What you need to do:
- Choose the qualification you are seeking from the following list:
- New Zealand Certificate in Scaffolding Level 3 (General)
- New Zealand Certificate in Scaffolding Level 3 (Proprietary Suspended)
- New Zealand Certificate in Scaffolding Level 4
- New Zealand Certificate in Scaffolding Level 5
- Check you meet the entry requirements and unit standards are on your NZQA Record of Learning. Without these, we cannot issue a Certificate for you.
- Get your employer to complete the Employer Attestation Form:
- Gather your evidence and contact one of the organisations below. The organisation you select will :
- Check and advise whether you meet all the requirements of the qualification under the Certificate only process.
- Identify any gaps
- When all the requirements are met, you can take the common assessment task with your selected organisation. The common assessment task is of two types – practical or theory. Applicants with less than two years of work experience must take the one-week practical assessment at a provider. Applicants with two years or more work experience may have the option of taking a practical or theory common assessment task. See below for details.
- Providers – TTP and Vertical Horizons for a one-week practical assessment, or SARNZ for theory assessment, if they have the years of work experience required for the level of the qualification as stated below:
– Level 3: 2 years work experience
– Level 4: 3 years work experience
– Level 5: 5 years work experience
Learners with less than the years of work experience – contact provider to attend 1 week block course and take the practical common assessment task.
- Providers – TTP and Vertical Horizons for a one-week practical assessment, or SARNZ for theory assessment, if they have the years of work experience required for the level of the qualification as stated below:
- On successful completion of your common assessment task, the organisation will give you a letter to confirm your achievement of the common assessment task.
- The organisations are:
- Tai Poutini Polytechnic – https://tpp.ac.nz/ or 0800 800 411
- Vertical Horizonz – https://www.verticalhorizonz.com/home or 0800 7233 848
- SARNZ – https://www.sarnz.co.nz/
- You are now ready to submit your application to Skills for the Certificate Only process. You will need to complete and submit the below to Skills – registrations@skills.org.nz:
- Training agreement
- Skills Application form for Certificate award
- Portfolio of evidence including:
- Record of Achievement – that show you have met all the entry requirements and the unit standards within the qual
- Letter from the organisation to confirm you have completed the common assessment task
- Employer Attestation forms
- Make the payment
Skills will then:
- Process your application
- Award the qualification to successful applicants.
Note:
- Skills processing time is 30 working days. If you do not hear from Skills after a month, you can contact Skills to follow up on your application.
- Certificates will be posted to the applicant.