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The main cost involved in a FITEC Furniture
apprenticeship is for assessments. Assessments cost $15
per credit. For example, our main qualification the
National Certificate in Furniture Making level 4 has 144
credits so total assessment costs over a 3 or 4 year
period would be $2160.00. FITEC Furniture invoices the
apprentice for the cost of each assessment as soon as
details are received from the assessor.
FITEC Furniture strongly recommends that at the
commencement of the apprenticeship, employers and/or
apprentices set up a “training account” either through
work or through their bank and pay a regular amount, say
$10.00 per week, into the account so that when FITEC
Furniture invoices the apprentice for the assessment,
the cost can be drawn against the account.
If employers wish to subsidise the cost, they may
also like to pay a weekly amount into the account. This
is in effect a compulsory employee savings scheme which
could either be cashed up or continued on beyond the
completion of the qualification.
The only other cost involved in the apprenticeship is
for any required off-job training however, the good news
here is that FITEC Furniture offers a substantial
subsidy for most off-job training. There are also
accommodation allowances and travel subsidies available
if an apprentice needs to attend a furniture course away
from home. For more information about course subsidies
talk to FITEC Furniture.
There are no charges for signing up an apprentice and
the FITEC Furniture assessment fee [$15 per credit],
covers the cost of credit registration and the issue of
qualifications by NZQA. Nominal charges are made for
training material [to cover the cost of printing and
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