The West Coast Trades Academy provides an extensive range of course for our students to engage in each year.

The Trades Academy gives students the chance to start their training towards a trade while they are still at high school. Once a week students go to the Polytech for course they have enrolled in to support their chosen pathways. For some students they enroll in a block course which they attend for a few days 4 times a year.

This year we have students we have a large range of students enrolled for a broad range of courses, including:

• Hair and Beauty Years 1 and 2
• Building and Construction Year 1
• Agriculture Year2
• Computer Programming and Web Design
• Mechanical Engineering and CAD design Year 1 and 2
• Manaaki Tapoi Level 2 and 3
• Employment and Life skills
• Uniformed Services
• Adventure Leadership Level 3
• Civil Construction
• Automotive Engineering Year 1 and 2
• Cookery Year 1
• Cafe Skills Level 2
• Civil Defense Emergency Response Level 3
• Papa Taio - Nursery

You can find out more about Trades Academy on their website West Coast Trades Academy