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Earn while you are learning a trade apprenticeship!

EarnLearn offers apprenticeship training for trades careers such as Electrical, Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying (PGD), Scaffolding, Industrial Measurement and Control, Industrial Rope Access and Crane Operation.

Becoming an apprentice in any of these trades is a great choice full of exciting opportunities. EarnLearn provides quality training with pastoral care and support to learners on their journey to becoming fully qualified in their trade.

Training is practical on-the-job, with your employer, as well as through our online learning hub, and block courses are onsite at a campus where tutors will demonstrate and teach practical and theory combined.

You will have an account manager to help you progress through your course, and free access to wellbeing support all the way through. We also support learners with learning differences through our literacy and numeracy support team.

If you want to become an apprentice, you’ll need to talk with a plumbing, drainlaying, electrical, scaffolding, or crane company about taking you on as an apprentice. We encourage you to reach out to a local trade business that you’d be keen to work with as your first step. Or give us a call and we can talk through any questions you have.

Find out more about our trade apprenticeship courses here or apply now.

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Meet Caleb

Apprentice Plumber, Gasfitter and Drainlayer

“Hi, I’m Caleb, I’m an apprentice tradie in Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying”.

Caleb knew he wanted to find a career that wasn’t stuck in an office. He signed up to the Schools Gateway programme with a plumbing company and he’s now 4 years in.

Caleb was offered an apprenticeship with Harbour City Plumbing. He’s now almost fully qualified, with his apprenticeship due to finish later this year.

“The people at EarnLearn have helped me all the way through, they really care and help to motivate me.”

Caleb loves being able to learn on the job, and earn a wage while he’s learning. He doesn’t need a student loan, and pays for his apprenticeship weekly, so it’s affordable.

Read more about a Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying Apprentice here.

Introducing Brooke and Larraine

Brooke and Larraine have just completed their apprenticeship training for to be fully qualified, achieving the New Zealand Apprenticeship Electrical Engineering Theory and Practice (Trade) Level 4 while working together for JMP Engineering in West Auckland.

Larraine says “I realised I didn’t want to stay in retail for the rest of my life but I didn’t want to go to university because I didn’t have one subject I was passionate about. I decided to go with a trade because you get to make money while you learn and you come out with life skills and a certificate at the end of it”.

“At JMP we get to learn something new every day. The type of work here is so wide, it means constant learning and it’s really opened my eyes to all the different aspects of electrical you can do,” Brooke says.

Read their full story here.

Read more about an Electrical Apprenticeship here.

Meet Henry and Ely

Henry has a family and lives on Auckland’s North Shore. He works with Leader Scaffolding, and was offered the opportunity to do an apprenticeship in Scaffolding level 4. Henry grabbed the chance to progress his career and to help support his growing family. Ely also lives on Auckland’s North Shore, where his cousins are all scaffolders too – “it runs in the family”.

Both Ely and Henry really love the variety their jobs provide, where there’s a variety of daily challenges and different locations.

Henry talks about how grateful he is to receive the support and motivation from his EarnLearn account manager – “they’re always there to answer your calls and emails and they push you to help you get it done.”

Meet Ely, a TZL Scaffolding apprentice loves his work and even better, gets paid to learn on the job – “you can’t beat that”.

Check out Henry’s full story here.

Employers who pass on their skills

EarnLearn offers high quality apprentice training and is set to support you and your learner through their apprenticeship.

We have over 5,500 learners doing apprenticeships with great employers like you.

We have an online learning hub, and excellent materials, so on-job records are easy for your apprentice to keep. Every learner is set up with an account manager who will be there all the way, and they will keep you up-to-date as often as suits you.

Meet Mick Curran, Director from Upright Access Systems, long established Scaffolding company in Auckland.

Mick calls his company “a training company”. Having been in the business for over 20 years, Mick loves to pass on his knowledge and provide guidance to his crew.

How to get started

How The Training Works

There are two main components to your training as an apprentice: 1. On-job training - On-job assessments are completed in the workplace and signed off by a workplace verifier. 2. Off-job training - theory is delivered by on-campus providers in various ways, either day or night classes for example. During a normal working day an apprentice will learn the skills and knowledge only a qualified tradie can teach. The two forms of learning are designed to be done side-by-side, so learners complete their apprenticeships in around three to four years, sometimes faster.

How to get started?

Step 1 – You’ll need to find an employer who is willing to take you on through your chosen trade apprenticeship.

Step 2 – Contact EarnLearn to arrange enrolment.

Step 3 – Start learning and continue to earn.

Apply now

For more information about any of our programmes or to enrol, fill in this contact form, or give us a call on 0800 327 648 (0800 EARN IT) or send us an email at support@earnlearn-tepukenga.ac.nz.