Canvas is accessible only within New Zealand and Australia.
Canvas is accessible only within New Zealand and Australia.
The wood manufacturing programmes provide nationally recognised qualifications that combine practical workplace training with technical knowledge. They equip people with the skills to work across New Zealand’s wood processing and manufacturing sector, from entry-level roles in wood handling and distribution to advanced trades such as timber machining, saw doctoring, finger-jointing, and sawmilling. Training covers safe operation of machinery, quality control, timber treatment, process efficiency, and environmental requirements, ensuring skills are aligned with industry standards across multiple specialisations
Benefits of the programme
Competenz can provide training plans, support and qualifications – tailored to your businesses specific needs.
We partner with industry associations like the Wood Processors Manufacturing Association and members of your industry to help recruit and build talented employees. This support includes promoting careers in your industry, identifying potential learners, and encouraging work placements.
We also ensure your industry’s qualifications continue to meet needs, support industry events like conferences and regularly celebrate your learners’ success.
Solid wood manufacturing qualifications are comprised of a number of disciplines, each with a unique qualification variation (strand) and specific unit standards (learning outcomes) to help assess competency and promote best practices in the yard or in the processing factory.
In some cases two programme options exist for each qualification. A shorter duration option may be chosen if the trainee already holds some of the required units and will therefore complete the qualification in a shorter time.
Competenz also offers solid wood manufacturing apprenticeships which result in the completion of both a Level 3 and Level 4 qualification. Our solid wood manufacturing apprenticeships include:
All of our apprenticeships comply with the New Zealand Apprenticeship rules.
