Waihanga Rori 

Earthworks and Infrastructure

We offer programmes to meet the opportunities in this busy sector both in forestry earthworks across the motu and in repairing and maintaining roads and infrastructure throughout Tairāwhiti.

Forestry Earthworks

(see also our Ngahere-Forestry page)

Forestry earthworks crews are engaged by forest management companies to construct and maintain roads, tracks and landings inside their forest estates. This work is mostly for forest access in advance of harvesting operations and includes high quality arterial roads, secondary roads and tracks. The primary machines for the work are tracked excavators and our training programme is mostly for the operators of these machines, who are employed within the crews.

Our programme is supported by employers and their in-house Trainers, and assessors who are appointed by Tūranga Ararau.

Qualifications:

LEVEL 3
New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Works – Level 3
New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure (Forestry) – Level 3
NZQA Micro-credentials as discrete small modules, in the standards comprising the NZ Certificate and other specific skills.

Infrastructure Works

We invite those seeking work opportunities in Tairāwhiti, in civil and generic infrastructure to take up training at entry and basic skills levels. Tūranga Ararau owns a wheeled excavator for practical training which may be used on farm, forestry and other rural sites and is ideal for akonga new to industry. Programme content includes health and safety, environmental management, instructions and procedures, machine operating and quality standards. New entrants may be assisted into employment following or during their training.

We deliver these programmes from our sites in Gisborne and across Tairāwhiti.