| Q: |
Where are the G&H training
venues? |
| A: |
Whangarei,
Auckland,
Hamilton,
Napier (also our
head office),
Palmerston North,
New Plymouth,
Wellington
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| Q: |
What are the main types
of training that G&H offers? |
| A: |
The full time courses
are:
The G&H Certificate in Pre-Employment Carpentry,
BConstructive
Be Motorvated
Part time or short term courses are:
STAR/Unit Standards in Schools for secondary school students;
Specific courses for industry, designed and delivered as negotiated.
Web-based E-Learning or those all ready working in the building
industry. |
| Q: |
What will it cost me? |
| A: |
Our
Pre-Employment
Carpentry course course fees for
Whangarei
Auckland
Hamilton
Napier
Palmerston North
Wellington
are
$549 + $189 NZQA reporting costs.
(Total $738.00)
For more information on accessing
these places please click here to
contact us or here for branch contact details.
There are no course fees
for eligible students on BConstructive or Be
Motorvated courses.
In New Plymouth we deliver the
Certificate in Carpentry Skills in conjunction with the Western Institute
of Technology at Taranaki. Fees are set by WITT and are $4464.00
(2009). For more information on WITT click
here.
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| Q. |
How come your fees are so cheap compared to
some other providers? |
| A: |
Being a
private training provider we don’t have the bureaucracy that large
government institutions have.
Being a
specialist allows us to focus our resources really carefully.
We aren’t subsidising other courses etc, aren’t developing resources for
lots of different types of courses. By focussing on Trades, and Carpentry
in particular, our resources are put to more efficient use.
We don’t
have the high overheads of some other institutions.
The
e-learning programme allows us to be more efficient:
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Less down
time for tutors in marking and dealing with paper work,
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less cost
– paper and staff resources, filing, entering results etc.
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Better
use of personnel – i.e. 1:1 and small group tutor time with students
rather than marking. Admin staff not wasting time shuffling paper
resources.
Being a PTE
we don’t have to maintain large campuses, full libraries for every subject
and HUGE marketing budgets.
Because we are a PTE we
have a small efficient administration team.
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| Q: |
I am an international
student, can I study at G&H Training |
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A: |
G&H
Training only take international students at our New Plymouth Branch.
Please click here
to find out more information.
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| Q: |
What is G&H's academic year? |
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| A: |
G&H accommodates fee-paying learners who want to start full time courses
on any Monday of the year except between Christmas and New Year when we
are closed.
BConstructive and Be Motorvated courses
start in January and Finish in December. You may be able to start
these courses after the official start date, if there are places
available.
Trade Skills
courses run during the secondary school year.
Industry courses run as and when negotiated. |
| Q: |
What sort of support is
there for women wanting to study a trade? |
| A: |
There is a female support
person at our head office who will help women with issues on request.
We have policies on sexual harassment that also support women. |
| Q: |
Is there an age limit for
G&H courses? |
| A: |
There is no upper age limit
on most of our courses,
however the minimum age is 16. (Some 15 year olds may enrol if they
have an exemption from the Ministry of Education to allow them to leave
school early). |
| Q: |
Do I have to do work
experience? |
| A: |
No, but we encourage work
experience for learners on all our full time courses who are ready,
because it gives them a good idea of what it is like to work in the
industry they have chosen, and it gives them good contacts with employers
for jobs or apprenticeships when they finish their training. |
| Q: |
Can I get a student loan
or allowance to study at G&H? |
| A: |
Student
loans are available to all New Zealand citizens and permanent residents to
help pay for course fees and course related costs.
Extra assistance may also be available through student allowances.
Phone Study Link free on 0800 88 99 00 to confirm your eligibility for
financial assistance, or visit their website www.winz.govt.nz/student.
G&H Trainings
Pre-Employment Carpentry Course is eligible for loans and allowances.
The G&H & WITT Certificate in Carpentry
Skills Course is eligible for loans and allowances.
G&H Trainings Web-based E-Learning is NOT
eligible for study link loans and allowances. |
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