If you’re detail orientated, love maths and physics, and like thinking outside the square to solve problems, this is the place for you.

You’ll develop a range of skills, techniques and personal qualities that will equip you to work in civil engineering and its related fields as a technician, with knowledge of engineering sciences, materials and processes as well as management skills.

Using specialised equipment in our teaching labs, you'll learn computer aided design techniques, conduct materials and failure testing, and demonstrate practical applications of engineering theories. Three topics in year one and one topic in year two are also common to the electrical and mechanical disciplines.New Zealand needs more diploma level civil engineering technicians to create roads, bridges, buildings and infrastructure as part of the Christchurch rebuild. The Government is also investing heavily into other infrastructure projects around the country - in areas like rail, roads, bridges, irrigation and waste water management - which is further driving the need for more technicians.

Graduates can work in civil project management, as a technical support engineer, or as a supervising technician engineer.

Upon successfully completing the requirements you'll receive the award of:

New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Civil) (Level 6)