Skillsec Dunedin

27/02/2026

From next week onwards, we will be reducing our office opening times.

Going forwards, our office will now be open on Tuesday – Thursday from 10am – 2pm.

If you need to get hold of us outside these hours please email [email protected] (allowing up to 2 business days for a response). If it’s urgent, please contact Leisa directly on 027 244 6024.

Thank you so much for your patience 💚

05/02/2026

Wishing our tauira, clients and whānau a beautiful Waitangi Day 💚

See you all on Monday!

05/02/2026

Just a reminder that we'll be closed tomorrow for Waitangi Day!

Have a wonderful long weekend everyone and we'll look forward to seeing you on Monday 😊💚

30/01/2026

Our lovely friends at Give to Grow Ōtepoti have a newly installed Whata Kākano | Seed Library at South Dunedin Community Network🌱🌠

So wonderful to be part of such an incredible community collaboration 💚

19/01/2026

🎉Build A Tiny House in 14 Weeks in 2026! 🎉

We're so delighted to announce our next intake for our popular Build A Bach programme starts on Monday 9 March.

Learn the skills and knowledge required to prepare for an apprenticeship or to enter the construction industry with Skillsec’s Build A Bach programme.

✅ Small classes with practical learning
✅ 14 weeks full-time
✅ NZ Level 3 Certificate in Building, Construction & Allied Trades
✅ Course fees $2,607 | Studylink approved
✅ Limited spaces available
✅ Open to 16 years and older
✅ Starts 9 March

Contact our friendly team in Dunedin to secure your place today!

25/12/2025

Wishing our tauira, whānau and community a very Meri Kirihimete and summer break 💚

Thank you for all your support over the past year. It means so much to us.

We're taking our summer break now and will be back in the office on Monday 12 January 😊

20/11/2025

Celebrating our lovely tauira | student Saxon on achieving his Level 4 Certificate in Commercial Barbering and moving into a job with the wonderful team at BLOKE Barbers💈

Go Saxon! Super proud of you! 😊

A massive congratulations to Saxon, who has officially completed and passed his Level 4 Commercial Barbering Course — which means he’s now officially a Barber!

From starting placement back in July to joining the BLOKE team in September, it’s been incredible to see how far you’ve come in such a short time. Your growth, dedication, and natural skill set truly speak for themselves.

You’ve got a big future ahead of you, and the entire BLOKE crew is stoked to have you as part of the family.

19/11/2025

A massive congratulations to our 28 graduates of 2025!! 🎊 We're so proud of each and every one of you!

It was amazing to celebrate your achievement yesterday at our Graduation Evening 🧑‍🎓

Alongside celebrating graduates from each class: Tū Tika (Alternative Education); NCEA Level 2 Automotive; NCEA Level 2 Building & Construction; Build A Bach; and Level 4 Commerical Barbering, we also recognised Carel from Build A Bach as our recipient for the Manaakitanga Award, and Oscar as our highest scoring student on Pathways Awarua 🌠

Thank you to our whānau, stakeholders and community for supporting our tauira in their success 💚 And a massive thank you to Rob from Gelato Ju**ie for the incredible ice creams 🍦

Congratulations everyone! 🎉

13/11/2025

A massive thank you to the fantastic Kerry at Kerry Hodge Photography for such an incredible photoshoot last week! 📸

It was an amazing day capturing our tauira in action in their classes, and also doing mini interviews with everyone 💚

Super excited to see the results in a few weeks' time!! 🌠

12/11/2025

Here's a throwback to the recent KUMA - Southern Māori Business Network Inspiring Rangatahi Futures event we were part of 🌠

We had a raffle and first prize was this beautiful seat that our lovely tauira Benji made 🪚

Congratulations to Flora from The Outpost Cafe who took home the top prize! 🎊

03/11/2025

Amazingly, we're into Week 13 of Build A Bach!! 🪚Only one more full week left to go!!

Weeks 11 and 12's highlights were:

☑️Assembling the kitchen cabinets supplied by Mearns And Leckie 2024 Limited with some our our Level 2 Construction students 🔨
☑️Getting Ty's wiring signed off by Sparky Phil - Dunedin and Mosgiel Electrician 💡
☑️ Getting the bathroom ready - installing the shower tray and assembling the shower doors 🚿

Great effort team! 😊

31/10/2025

📣Today's Shout Out goes to our lovely tauira Brody!📣

Brody's just finished an awesome taniwha metalwork project 🎊

We were so impressed with Brody's talent! The taniwha is now pride of place in our Automotive classroom 🌠

So proud of you - go Brody! 😊