Tauranga Boys’ College
This course requires 2 options.
Gateway 3
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Tom Collin.
Gateway is for the lads that make the working world work. The future builders, airport ground crew, plumbers, engineers, fabricators, hospitality staff, tourism operators, farmers and pretty much any thing else in between. This is a course for those who want to be apprentices in any industry from baking and butchery to building and plumbing. The main aim is to provide students with work experience that is relevant to a career pathway that they want to follow. Alongside that we support students to get relevant tickets including fork lift licences, work place health and safety tickets and other entry level qualifications that they will need in the work place.
Listed below are some of the programs or employers that we hope to work with in 2025:
- JNP Aviation - Learn about how to become ground crew for Air NZ. Based at Tauranga Airport this 20 credit qualification sets you up perfectly for work in ground crew operations and is also extremely helpful for those looking to become licensed aircraft mechanics, flight crew or pilots. These are industry level qualifications.
- MITO - The Motor Industry Training Organisation Level 3 Gateway qualification offers standards that will reduce the amount of paper work that you have to do in order to complete your apprenticeship. The Level 3 program is only available to those that have completed Level 2 first but it is possible to do both in one year. These are industry level qualifications.
- Tourism Operations with Service IQ. This program places students at Waimarino Waterpark where they will achieve entry level tourism qualifications.
- Building/construction with Safety N' Action. Achieve entry level tickets in the building industry including safety at heights and working in confined spaces. These are industry level qualifications.
- Truck driving and handling dangerous goods with Safety N' Action. Unfortunately age level restrictions make it difficult for us to offer heavy vehicle licenses but we have worked with Safety N' Action to put together a program which includes industry level qualifications around handling dangerous goods and loading heavy vehicles.
- Hospitality and service industry qualifications. We can offer industry level courses in bar tending, barista skills and customer service for those who want to work in hospitality.
- Sports coaching/refereeing with The Learning Place. For those who are already coaching junior sports teams or refereeing these are excellent programs to help you develop your skills set.
- Choose your own adventure. Got another career that you want to follow? Come and see the Pathways team and we can almost definitely work something out.
All of the programs above are subject to availability but provided we can work together to find relevant work experience we can always make something happen.
Any enquiries please contact:
Gateway Manager: Maryann Grainger [email protected]
Head of Future Pathways: Tom Collin [email protected]
Course Overview
Term 1
Work Ready Skills
During term one will set the class up with work experience placements and short courses relevant to their chosen pathway as well as covering the following topics:
- Planning a career pathway
- Dealing with employment relationship problems
- Learning to conduct and participate a job interview
Term 2
Financial Literacy Skills
Over the course of this term we will set the boys up with key financial literacy skills so that they are ready to succeed financially after school. Topics include:
- Decide on a major purchase
- How to manage debt
- Budgeting for a long term financial goal
Term 3
Giving back to the community
During Term 3 our gateway boys will be encouraged to give back to the community by completing a community action using the skills that they have learned during the year. This could be anything from cooking meals, making drinks and coaching sports at local primary schools to helping in community gardens or community projects.
Prerequisites
Applications for Gateway 3 will be reviewed. Though there are no academic requirements students are expected to have ACE'd it! in Year 12 and need to have an idea of what kind of program they want to undertake.
A - Attendance expectations are 85% + in Year 12
C - Completion expectations are that students have completed the majority of work in Level 2 GTW STP or FTA or are coming with a track record of success in the area that they want to pursue.
E - Effort expectations are that students have shown that they are willing and able to complete a work experience. We have to be able to trust you in the workplace.
Pathway
Gateway is for the lads that make the working world work. The future builders, plumbers, engineers, fabricators, hospitality staff, tourism operators, farmers and pretty much any thing else in between. Our program is designed to get you ready for work and give you a leg up with qualifications that will help you land a job.
Assessment Information
Additional credits, micro credentials and industry level standards will be available depending on student's selected pathwaysCredit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
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Conduct informal interviews
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Describe, from an employee perspective, ways of dealing with employment relationship problems
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Plan a career pathway
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Make an informed choice in deciding on a major goods or service purchase
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Evaluate credit options and select debt management strategies to manage personal finances
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Develop a plan to show how a budget contributes to achieving a long-term personal financial goal
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Plan and engage in an activity intended to benefit the community
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