Training Courses & Diplomas
Different courses and the most affordable path to a Commercial Helicopter Pilot Licence in New Zealand. Start your career as a professional pilot today.
NZQA Approved Diploma in Aviation
North Shore Helicopter Training is the only funded commercial helicopter pilots license organisation in Auckland and the North Island. We offer professional training in New Zealand’s largest city to commercial and private pilots alike.
International Students
Whether you are just starting out in aviation or are looking to hour build or improve your skills, New Zealand can offer you flying conditions unrivalled in most countries around the world.
Private Pilots Licence
Take your friends flying and skip the traffic with your private pilots licence.
Helicopter Introductory Flight
Have a go trial flight! Your chance to take the controls and fly over Auckland’s stunning north Auckland beaches and forests!
Commercial Pilots Licence
A career as a professional commercial pilot is a challenging, diverse and rewarding adventure.
NZQA Approved Diploma in Aviation
North Shore Helicopter Training is the only funded commercial helicopter pilots license organisation in Auckland and the North Island. We offer professional training in New Zealand’s largest city to commercial and private pilots alike.
International Students
Whether you are just starting out in aviation or are looking to hour build or improve your skills, New Zealand can offer you flying conditions unrivalled in most countries around the world.
Helicopter Introductory Flight
Have a go trial flight! Your chance to take the controls and fly over Auckland’s stunning north Auckland beaches and forests!
Robinson Safety Awareness Course
We fly in a high risk, high octane environment and with 1 in 10 chance of a fatality every time a helicopter crashes, it is vital to stay on top of your game each time you fire up your aircraft.
Hour Building
Whether your aim is a higher licence, or you simply wish to build up your flight time within the stunning NZ topography, we can tailor make a package to suit your needs.
Mountain Flying
Our courses have been designed to introduce the basic techniques and then progress you further, in order to give you the confidence, skills and understanding for mountain flying.
Formation Flying
We can introduce you to basic formation flying in a pair or a three aircraft formation. While such operations are not essential you may one day wish to participate in an airshow or a Hollywood movie!
Night Rating
Night flying will equip you with a combination of skills and should improve your general day flying considerably.
Sling Load Training
Although commercial underslung work is a very specialised operation, learning the basic techniques will improve your overall flying enormously.
CRM Course
We offer a range of either short or 2-3 day courses, tailored specifically for the helicopter industry to help minimise the casual factors leading to an incident or accident.
Flight Instructor Rating
The course will fully equip the student to up skill to the necessary standard and enable you to embark on a very rewarding part of your career.
Robinson Safety Awareness Course
We fly in a high risk, high octane environment and with 1 in 10 chance of a fatality every time a helicopter crashes, it is vital to stay on top of your game each time you fire up your aircraft.
IFR Theory Courses
This will systematically go through all three subjects to prepare you for the IFR ground exams.
