NZDEP (New Zealand Diploma in Engineering Practice)

Following the completion of the NZDE it is recommended that you start working towards your NZDEP.  The NZDEP is recognition of your work experience and application of your knowledge as an engineering technician.  The endorsement gives you entry into the technician status of IPENZ (refer to IPENZ for more details).  This will typically take about 2-3 years to compete and is a collection of Engineering projects your have worked on during your employment.  Guidance will be provided by the ITO.

On completion of your NZDE, you should make contact with your ITO to start the process.  You don't need to have employment at this stage, but this enables the ITO to keep following you up.

Please refer to the endorsement section within each Discipline for specific details about the NZDEP because they are unique to each discipline.