Micro-credentials

Micro-credentials are small formal 'chunks' of learning which cover skill sets that may be required by industry, but aren't available through a qualification.

Micro-credentials are between 5 to 40 credits, consist of one or more unit standards and, just like a qualification, are nationally recognised and registered with NZQA.

Who should do a micro-credential?

Micro-credentials are a great option for existing employees who need to upskill in a certain area. They support:

  • Ongoing professional development
  • Retraining or training in a new skill (such as new technology)
  • Progression to further education and training.

Our latest releases

Digital Skills for Manufacturing
The Digital Skills for Manufacturing micro-credential gives workers the essential skills required to confidently use digital technology in a manufacturing workplace.

It will prepare them for the future of work, as the New Zealand manufacturing industry adapts to Industry 4.0.
Forestry Operations – Plant Plantation Trees
This micro-credential helps workers meet key safety, quality, and environmental standards for tree planting. It is designed for seasonal workers who may not complete a full programme but still need recognition to work during the next planting season. Workers transitioning from pruning or thinning operations can also gain additional skills required for planting.
Forestry Operations – Environment  
This micro-credential gives workers the skills needed to meet health and safety, quality and environmental requirements. It covers key units required by many forest management companies and forms the basis of full programme and offering a clear pathway for career growth.
Chainsaw Use in Forestry Production
This micro-credential covers health and safety, operational rules and basic skills for entry level chainsaw users in production forestry environments, focusing on meeting production rates and quality standards.
Chainsaw Use in A Non-Forestry Production Environment
This micro-credential provides essential health and safety knowledge, basic mechanical skills and operational rules for chainsaw use in non-commercial, non-production forestry environments. Ideal for occasional chainsaw users not working in production forestry operations. It builds confidence and ensures workers meet industry safety standards.
Forestry Operations – Log Scaling
This micro-credential provides the essential skills and knowledge needed to scale logs safely, accurately and efficiently in both domestic and export forestry operations. It is ideal for those new to log scaling as well as experienced scalers seeking formal recognition. Workers will gain practical experience measuring log attributes, applying log scaling methods and collecting data for export audits. It builds confidence, promotes safe work practices, ensures compliance with industry standards and offers a pathway toward supervision and operations management roles.
Assist a Print Operator
This micro-credential equips learners with the practical skills and knowledge needed to support print production operations across reel-fed, sheet-fed, and screen printing environments.It’s designed for new entrants to the industry, people already working in print who want formal recognition of their capabilities, and school leavers exploring a pathway into print.

Learners will gain an understanding of workplace safety, substrate preparation and handling, and how to assist a print operator with make-ready, printing, and post-press procedures — building a solid foundation for further training or work in print production.
Print Industry Foundation Knowledge
 This micro-credential provides learners with essential foundation knowledge to begin a career in the print industry. Focused on the core concepts and industry practices that underpin print production, this credential supports people in developing the understanding required for entry-level roles and further skill development.

Whether you’re starting out or transitioning into print from another field, this micro-credential builds confidence in workplace expectations and basic print processes, and sets you up for practical learning and on-the-job success.
Guillotine Operations for Print Production
This micro-credential is designed to prepare learners to safely and effectively operate a guillotine within a print production environment. Ideal for school leavers, new entrants, or those seeking formal credentialing of their skills, it focuses on safe operation under limited supervision, knowledge of substrates and printed finishes, and the practical skills needed to prepare, handle, and store materials.

Completion of this micro-credential gives learners the confidence and recognised capability to undertake guillotine operations as part of a print production team.