Creative Industries & Business

Free Computing Short Courses

Build your career and increase your knowledge and skills at your own pace. Unitec's range of free and interactive computing courses helps you improve your IT skills, or enhance your business and professional skills. Courses are either offered at local libraries or community centres, or at our Free4U classrooms located in Henderson and our new Northern campus in Albany.

Computing short courses at local libraries

Locations

 

Free4U computing courses , Henderson and Northern classrooms.

Free4U computer courses, times and locations

 

Also see: National Certificate in Computing (Level 3), Mt Albert Campus, Northern Campus

 

Computing short courses at local libraries

A range of computing short courses can be accessed throughout the year at various local libraries or community centres. These courses are only available during normal library hours.

To enrol please go to one of the locations listed below and a friendly tutorial assistant will help you enrol and start your course.

Locations

For more information about the computing short courses offered at your local library, please visit one of these locations:

Glen Eden Library Learning Centre
12 - 32 Glendale Rd
Glen Eden

Massey Library
Corner Don Buck Road and Westgate Drive
Massey

New Lynn War Memorial Library
3 Memorial Drive
New Lynn

Ranui Library
Corner Swanson and Ranui Station Roads
Ranui

Sturges West Community House
58 Summerland Drive
Henderson

Te Atatu Peninsula Learning Centre
603 Te Atatu Rd
Te Atatu Peninsula

Waitakere Central Library
3 Ratanui Street
Henderson

Free4U computing courses (Albany and Henderson classrooms)

Our Free4U computer courses are free and offer a great way to get into computing. They're available at our Free4U classrooms in Henderson or at our Northern campus in Albany. Our friendly facilitators will be on hand to assist you throughout and will provide you with resource books. There are no exams and no pressure – start at the level that suits you and complete each course over 10 weeks.

You can start from scratch with our introductory First Steps course or, if you already have some basic computing knowledge, develop skills in a range of popular computer programs. Each course is designed so that you can move from one level to the next, allowing you to develop knowledge as your confidence and skills grow.

  • Free4U First Steps in Computing (10 x 90 minute sessions)
  • Getting Started (10 x 90 minute sessions)

These courses are designed for the complete beginner.

  • Free4U Computer Programs (12 x 90 minute sessions)


These courses are designed for anyone who has a basic computer knowledge and wants to update or learn new skills.

  • Introduction to Keyboarding
  • Introduction to Word Processing – Part 1
  • Introduction to Word Processing – Part 2
  • Introduction to Microsoft Publishing
  • Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Introduction to Email and the Internet
  • Introduction to Excel Spreadsheets
  • Introduction to Microsoft Access

Free4U computer courses, times and locations

Free4U computer courses are available only at the special Free4U computer classrooms, listed below.

Sessions are 90 minutes long. Contact the facilitators to book a time to suit you:

Henderson
357 Arcade, 357 Great North Road, Henderson

Phone: 09 836 7542

Monday - Thursday:
9am - 10.30am, 10.30am - 12pm, 12.30pm - 2pm, 2pm - 3.30pm, and 3.30pm - 5pm.

Friday:
9am - 10.30am, 10.30am - 12pm, 12.30pm - 2pm, and 2pm - 3.30pm.

Saturday morning:
9am - 10.30am, and 10.30am - 12pm.

Northern campus
10 Rothwell Avenue, Albany

Phone: 09 815 4321 ext 5610

Monday to Friday:
9am - 10.30am, 10.30am - 12pm, and 12.30pm - 2pm.

Further information

To enrol you must be 16 years of age or older.

If there are insufficient numbers registered for a course Unitec reserves the right to postpone or cancel.