17 JANUARY

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

139

Recognition of Overseas Certificates or Work Experience

1. The secretary may grant any of the certificates of competency, listed in Regulation 16 of the Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996, other than a gas tester’s certificate or a winding engine driver’s certificate, without assessment to any person, if the secretary is satisfied that:

   (a) the applicant is to reside in New Zealand, either permanently or temporarily; and

   (b) (i) the applicant is the holder of a certificate of a corresponding class granted outside New Zealand and the standard of training and assessment required for the grant of the overseas certificate is equivalent to that required for the grant of a certificate under regulations made under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; or

   (ii) the applicant is the holder of credentials that clearly demonstrate his or her mining experience outside New Zealand and his or her ability to carry out the duties of the position to which the certificate pertains; and

   (c) the applicant has provided a letter from their present employer, or immediate previous employer if not currently employed, that they are of good character and repute; and

   (d) the applicant is able to speak, write and understand the English language sufficiently for the purpose of carrying out the duties to which the certificate of competence pertains.

Further Information

Information regarding this notice can be obtained from the Manager, Business Development and Operations Unit, Occupational Safety and Health Service, P.O. Box 3705, Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 2001.

GRAEME BUCHANAN, Acting Secretary of Labour.

Appendix

Amendments to the experience and qualifications required by applicants for a Certificate of Competence under the Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996.

The full list of the experience and qualifications required by applicants for a Certificate of Competence under the Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996 will now be as follows:

Surface Extraction Certificates of Competence

B Grade Quarry Manager and B Grade Opencast Coal Mine Manager

Complete Group One plus Group Fourteen

A Grade Quarry Manager and A Grade Opencast Coal Mine Manager

Complete Groups One and Two plus Group Fourteen

Manager of open-cast coal mine, or quarry, specified in the Certificate

Complete Group Three

Underground Coal Certificates of Competence

Coal Mine Deputy

Complete Groups Four and Five plus Group Fifteen

Coal Mine Underviewer

Complete Groups Four, Five and Six plus Group Fifteen

1st Class Coal Mine Manager

Complete Groups Four, Five, Six and Seven plus Groups Fourteen and Fifteen

Tunnels Certificates of Competence

B Grade Tunnel Manager

Complete Groups Eight plus Group Sixteen

A Grade Tunnel Manager

Complete Groups Eight, Nine and Ten plus Group Sixteen

Underground Metalliferous Certificates of Competence

1st Class Mine Manager

Complete Group Eleven plus Groups Fourteen and Sixteen

Winding Engine Driver Certificate of Competence

Winding Engine Driver

Complete Group Twelve

Gastester Certificate of Competence

Gastester

Complete Group Thirteen

Shotfiring Certificates of Competence

Surface Extraction – Shotfiring

Complete Group Fourteen

Underground Coal – Shotfiring

Complete Group Fifteen

Underground Metalliferous and Tunnels – Shotfiring

Complete Group Sixteen

Note: Metalliferous and Tunnel have been combined and are now the same qualification.