Level 3 Gateway
Course Description
Head of Faculty/Teacher in Charge: Dr C. Manuel.
Gateway offers Year 12 and 13 students workplace learning across many industries and businesses in our local communities. Students complete a career research and planning unit in Term 1 and then start their work placement.
Gateway students spend around 10 days at a work placement during the year and have individual learning plans which allow them to gain new skills and knowledge relevant to their chosen career.
Recommended Prior Learning
Only a certain number of places are available. Students apply by completing an application form, and then they will be interviewed if they make the shortlist.
Forms can be found and returned to Dr. Manuel in the Senior Study room in Tawera.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
There is no course cost
Assessment Information
Students are assessed in the workplace for unit standards that contribute to the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), as well as industry-specific qualifications.All units offered are unit standards only, so no course endorsement is possible and Gateway is not a University entrance subject.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Install, dismantle, and store temporary electric fences
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Describe, from an employee perspective, ways of dealing with employment relationship problems
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Plan a career pathway
NZQA Info
Make an informed choice in deciding on a major goods or service purchase
NZQA Info
Produce a plan for own future directions
NZQA Info
Explore career options and their implications
NZQA Info
Apply safe work practices in the workplace
NZQA Info
Provide basic emergency care
NZQA Info
Describe and reflect on practices to protect and promote the health and holistic wellbeing of young mokopuna/children
Disclaimer
Please note that courses will go ahead only if student numbers, staffing, and timetabling allow it. Where a subject is oversubscribed, and there are insufficient numbers or resources to create an extra class, a ballot system may be applied.
Costs
The Board of Trustees has again asked to opt into the Ministry of Education donation scheme. Doing so resulted in the ability to waive student fee donations. Kaiapoi High School aims to deliver quality educational courses over and above those that which is funded by the Ministry. It is likely the School will opt into the donation scheme for 2025, however parental contribution for the costs of trips and activities where participation is optional, and/or components not covered by the Government grant, may be requested. We appreciate the financial support our families make to the School.