New Zealand Certificate in Apiculture (Level 4)

Entry Requirements:

The applicants should have completed at least three years at secondary school and achieved National Certificate of Educational Achievement (Level 1) or equivalent. They must be 16 years or over on the date the programme of study commences – unless an exemption from school has been given. There must be a reasonable likelihood of success at level three, as evidenced by cv or record of learning. It is expected that learners will obtain work experience in a practical beekeeping environment, working in accordance with all health and safety best practices, and be assessed throughout a beekeeping season to achieve this qualification. Equipment/PPE/AFBCourse Note: It is assumed that these Level 4 students have passed the NZ cert Api (Level 3) and that they have a bee suit, gloves, smoker, hive tool and copies of the three books Practical beekeeping in NZ, Control of Varroa and Elimination of American foulbrood without the use of drugs. It is also assumed that they have completed and passed the one-day AFB disease recognition course. Language Requirements Applicants, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having achieved one of the following: NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or an International Baccalaureate Diploma or Cambridge A¬ level qualification for which the teaching and assessment was conducted in English; or Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA),orTrinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL); or Successful completion of all primary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand primary school years 1 to 8) and at least three years of secondary education (being the equivalent of three years from New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States one of the countries listed in Rule 18.5 where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or Successful completion of at least five years of secondary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or Successful completion of a Bachelor ‘s Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters’ Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States or Successful completion of one of the following internationally recognised proficiency tests listed below to the level required of the programme of study and with all scores achieved in a single test during the two years preceding the proposed date of enrolment. Certificate at Level 3 IELTS test - General or Academic score of 5 with no band score lower than 5 TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 500 (with an essay score of 4 TWE) TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 35 (with a writing score of 14) Cambridge English Examination - B2 First or B2 First for schools with a score of 154. No less than 154 in each skill. OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests NZCEL - a) Expiring Level b) Current: a) Level 3 (General) or (Workplace) b) Level 3 (General) Pearson Test of English (Academic) – PTE (Academic) score of 36 with no band score lower than 36 Language Cert – B1 Achiever International ESOL Written (LRW) PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS