UCOL Polytech offers pre-apprenticeship programmes in automotive and panel and paint. Get your career started as a technician in the automotive industry or as a panel-beater or painter in the panel beating and crash repair industry.
By successfully completing one of UCOL’s Polytechnic certificates, you will fast forward your apprenticeship and help secure you a job. UCOL graduates are highly valued in the Automotive industry as we are Palmerston North and Wairarapa’s preferred training provider.
With modern equipment and passionate lecturers – there is only ONE place to go for your pre-apprenticeship training, that’s UCOL!
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