New Zealand Certificate in Project Management (Level 4)

Technical knowledge and skills

•  Apply project management knowledge to support the initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closing of a project(s).
•  Lead aspects of a project(s) under broad guidance.
•  Select and use project management tools and techniques appropriate to the project management task.

People skills

• Collaborate and contribute to the achievement of objectives.
• Communicate information clearly to stakeholders.

Affective skills

• Demonstrate professional and ethical behaviour, in a socially and culturally appropriate manner.
• Manage self to contribute to the project’s performance.

Cognitive skills

• Determine solutions for operational issues in a project(s).

Business environment

• Comply with internal policies, legislation and other external requirements for the entity.

• 40 credits at NCEA Level 1, including 10 literacy credits and 10 numeracy credits.
• If English is not your first language, you must provide:
  • New Zealand University Entrance OR
  • Overall Academic IELTS 5.5 with no individual band score lower than 5.0 (achieved in one test completed in the last two years), OR
  • Acceptable alternative evidence of the required IELTS (see here for NZQA proficiency table and here for list of recognised proficiency tests).

If you need to improve your English Language skills, we offer a wide range of English programmes. 

Alternative requirements

Skills for tertiary study (including literacy and numeracy) may be acquired through study, work and/or life experience. Students who can demonstrate these skills may be approved for alternative entry. CPIT literacy and numeracy assessments are available.

As this programme is delivered fully online, you do not need to provide us with a My Vaccine Pass.

• You will need to provide us with a valid My Vaccine Pass if you want to visit an Otago Polytechnic site for any reason while you are studying with us (e.g. meetings, events, presentations) or attend graduation in person at the end of this programme.
• You do not need to provide a valid My Vaccine Pass if you are attending on campus health services (e.g. student health, Kowhai Centre).
• In exceptional circumstances, exemptions may be granted to this. You can find out more about this in our vaccination policy. If you think you have grounds to be exempt from our vaccination requirements, please email Covid-19@op.ac.nz    

You can find more information about our vaccination requirements here. And, if you still have further questions, please visit our FAQs page which you can find here.

This programme is made up of four courses with a total of 600 learning hours. This breaks down to approximately 30 hours per week if you're studying full-time and 15 hours per week if you're studying part-time. 

Depending on your previous academic online experience this may vary a little.  

1. Introduction to Project Management

To enable students to contribute as a member of a project team to the various stages of a project.

Learning outcomes:

• Identify project stakeholders, describe their role on the project and develop a project communication plan
• Manage self to contribute to achievement of team objectives in an ethical and culturally appropriate manner
• Describe a project and its life cycle stages and project management process

2. Scope Management

To enable students to scope a project.

Learning outcomes:

• Generate a project scope statement
• Generate a work breakdown schedule

3. Lead a Project Component

To enable students to effectively lead an aspect of a project under broad guidance.

Learning outcomes:

• Generate a project planning chart
• Generate a project cost estimate
• Generate updates to project documentation during project execution

4. Management Project Monitoring and Controlling

To enable students to assist with the management of resources and suppliers necessary to achieve project objectives

Learning outcomes:

• Describe a generic project control process
• Generate a range of project performance reports
• Apply closeout project procedures and generate relevant reports

Successful completion of this programme can lead to further study in:

• New Zealand Diploma in Business (with strands in Accounting, Administration and Technology, Leadership and Management, and Project Management) (Level 5) - online only 
• relevant industry and/or academic certifications and/or qualifications.

This qualification may equip graduates towards achievement of Project Management Institute and other professional credentials. 

Graduates of this qualification will have the skills and knowledge to be employed in a variety of business entities in project support roles. Graduates will also be able to contribute to community groups in volunteer project roles.

Full-time domestic students of this programme are eligible for student loans and allowances (dependent on age and financial circumstances.) Please contact Studylink for additional information. Phone 0800 88 99 00 or visit: www.studylink.govt.nz

If you already have extensive knowledge and skills gained from practical experience in this area, enquire about our recognition of prior learning process at Capable NZ. You may have already gained credits towards this qualification in the course of your life. www.capablenz.ac.nz