Targeted Training & Apprenticeship Fund

Help get the country moving by getting the skills employers need now!

Designed to help New Zealand grow post-Covid, the government’s Targeted Training and Apprenticeship Fund means a range of industry-specific courses are fees-free from 1 July 2020 and 31 December 2022.

You can find out more about this fees-free offer here.

Fees-Free TTAF study options at Ara:

Health and Wellbeing

• New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Social and Community Services)

Hospitality and Service Industries

• New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 4) (Managed Apprenticeship)

Engineering and Architecture

• New Zealand Diploma in Architectural Technology
• New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Construction Management)
• New Zealand Diploma in Construction (Quantity Surveying)
• New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Civil)
• New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Electrical)
• New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Electronic)
• New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical)

Trades

• New Zealand Certificate in Joinery
• New Zealand Certificate in Joinery with strand in Cabinetry
• New Zealand Certificate in Joinery with strand in Timber Door and Window
• New Zealand Certificate in Joinery with strand in Laminate Fabrication
• New Zealand Certificate in Joinery with strand in Timber Stairs
• New Zealand Certificate in Electrical Engineering Theory
• New Zealand Certificate in Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying (Pre-Apprenticeship)
• New Zealand Certificate in Gasfitting
• New Zealand Certificate in Plumbing
• New Zealand Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (Trade) Fitting and Machining Strand
• New Zealand Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (Trade) General Engineering Strand
• New Zealand Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (Trade) Machining Strand
• New Zealand Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (Trade) Maintenance Engineering Strand
• New Zealand Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (Trade) Toolmaking Strand
• New Zealand Certificate in Mechanical Engineering
• New Zealand Certificate in Engineering Fabrication (Trade) (Light Fabrication Strand)
• New Zealand Certificate in Carpentry
• New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills Carpentry strand
• New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills Allied Trades strand (Painting and Decorating)
• New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills Joinery strand

Commercial Road Transport

• New Zealand Certificate in Commercial Road Transport (Heavy Vehicle Operator)

Agribusiness Management

• Diploma in Agribusiness Management