New Zealand Certificate in Information Technology (Level 5)

Summary

If you love working with computers, a career in information technology is the perfect pathway for you. Develop essential technical and core IT skills that are needed in the industry or for further study.

You will learn:

Technical skills

• Apply the fundamentals of IT technical support concepts and practice, to manage hardware and software resources to meet organisational requirements.
• Apply the fundamentals of information systems concepts and practice to support and enhance organisational processes and systems.
• Apply the fundamentals of interaction design concepts and practice to enhance interface design.
• Apply the principles of software development to create simple working applications.

Core IT skills

• Apply professional, legal, and ethical principles and practices in a socially responsible manner as an emerging IT professional.
• Apply communication, personal and interpersonal skills to enhance effectiveness in an IT role.
• Use problem-solving and decision-making techniques to provide innovative and timely Information Technology outcomes.

Businesses, organisations and communities will benefit from having IT professionals with a sound base understanding of both the technical and professional aspects of their profession.