There are three fee statuses. Click here for details.
NZ domestic: $0 (Would be $7540, but provided without fees due to generous funding by the New Zealand Government through the Tertiary Education Commission.)
International: $4800
Global: Click here for details.
- facilities and safety
- equipment
- purchasing and inventory
- sample management
- quality control for quantitative tests
- quality control for qualitative and semi-quantitative procedures
- external audits
- internal audits
- proficiency testing
- norms and accreditation
- personnel
- customer service
- occurrence management
- improvement
- documents and records
- information management
- organisation
People successfully completing this programmes will be able to analyse and make judgments about laboratory quality systems in terms of the effectiveness, sufficiency, alternatives and compliance with standards, for testing or research laboratories.
For an explanation about the nature of the following assessments please click here.
Assignment
Verbal follow-up
- employment in a science laboratory or other relevant role,
- a science (or related) tertiary qualification,
- if the qualification is not at least equivalent to a New Zealand BSc, the recommendation of the applicant’s laboratory employer, and
- demonstration of understanding of the micro-credential and general suitability for the study through Real World Education's pre-entry process.
Code for intake: 8001-4M Start: 17-Jun-2024 End: 14-Feb-2025
Code for intake: 8001-4P Start: 15-Jul-2024 End: 14-Mar-2025
Code for intake: 8001-4R Start: 19-Aug-2024 End: 18-Apr-2025
Code for intake: 8001-4T Start: 16-Sep-2024 End: 16-May-2025
Code for intake: 8001-4V Start: 14-Oct-2024 End: 13-Jun-2025
Code for intake: 8001-4Y Start: 11-Nov-2024 End: 11-Jul-2025
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