Do you enjoy working outdoors, love variety, and are passionate about the natural environment? Grow your green thumb at Wintec and develop the hands-on skills, as well as specific technical knowledge, to thrive in the primary industries sector.
Amenity horticulture offers opportunities to shape the future of green spaces, create vibrant city gardens, breathe life into parks, and craft eco-friendly landscapes. We follow the seasons and focus on innovative, sustainable approaches where your efforts can improve the wellbeing of people, communities, and the planet.
Wintec is Aotearoa New Zealand's leading training provider in arboriculture. As an arboriculture student, you will work on real projects, go on field trips, carry out pruning and felling operations, use small machinery, plant vegetation, and learn all the rigging and tree climbing skills safely.
Explore our programmes below and find your way with Wintec.
"I had heard Wintec was one of the best places in NZ to study to become an arborist, so I moved to Hamilton, and am now in my third year completing Level 6. The experience of all our tutors combined is awesome – I feel like I am in the best place in the country to study arboriculture."
Calling all Wintec ākonga (students)! Starting study is a big step, and Orientation Day is the perfect opportunity to settle in, meet new people, explore support services, and discover everything Wintec has to offer.
Calling all Wintec ākonga (students)! Starting study is a big step, and Orientation Day is the perfect opportunity to settle in, meet new people, explore support services, and discover everything Wintec has to offer.
Learn by doing at Wintec and start building your future at Ngā Rā Tūwhera | Rotokauri Campus Open Day. Meet tutors, discover courses, tour facilities, and get expert advice.