21 OCTOBER 2010 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 143 3613

(6) A certifying plumber must ensure that all persons under supervision:

(a) are competent to perform the tasks they undertake;

(b) are adequately supervised or overseen (as applicable);

(c) comply with the relevant regulations, including the regulations made pursuant to the Building Act 2004; and

(d) with respect to an exempt person and a trainee plumber, can produce on demand a current identification card issued by the board.

(7) A certifying plumber must ensure that, during the first year of holding a limited certificate, a trainee plumber is at all times working in the presence of the supervising certifying plumber or a licensed plumber who is supervised by the same certifying plumber.

(8) A certifying plumber must ensure that, during the first two years of working under an exemption pursuant to section 19 of the Act, the exempt person is at all times working in the presence of the certifying plumber supervising them or a licensed plumber who is supervised by the same certifying plumber or a person authorised pursuant to section 18 of the Act.

(9) A certifying plumber must notify the board of the name, address and telephone number of every exempt person under supervision prior to the exempt person first carrying out any plumbing work under the certifying plumber’s supervision and on or before 1 April each year.

(10) A certifying plumber must pay a fee, as prescribed by the board, in respect of notified exempt persons under supervision.

(11) A certifying plumber who ceases to supervise a person previously supervised by that certifying plumber must notify the board of this fact in writing. Until such notification is received, the certifying plumber remains responsible for any plumbing work undertaken by that supervised person.

4. Licence period

The licence period is from 1 April to 31 March of the following year, provided that:

(a) a licence is issued for a maximum period of one licensing year;

(b) a licence issued after 1 April and before 31 March will expire at the end of that licence period, being 31 March.

5. Application forms

The board must provide the following forms:

(a) Application for registration as a certifying plumber;

(b) Application for licence as a certifying plumber.

Part B—Licensed Plumbers

6. Authorised work

A licensed plumber, who holds a current licensed plumber practising licence issued by the board, may carry out sanitary plumbing work under the supervision of a certifying plumber.

7. Minimum standards for registration

(1) To become a licensed plumber a person must have:

(a) obtained the National Certificate in plumbing and passed the board’s three-hour examination (reference 9192); or

(b) held a limited certificate in plumbing for a continuous period of five years and have passed the board’s three-hour examination (reference 9192); or

(c) held a limited certificate in plumbing under the 1976 Act for a continuous period of not less than three years, immediately followed by a two year period as a person exempt pursuant to section 19 of the Act, and have passed the board’s three-hour examination (reference 9192); or

(d) being a gasfitter (certifying or licensed and holding a current practising certificate), passed the National Certificate third stage block course in plumbing, and the board’s three-hour examination (reference 9192); or

(e) complied with all of the following:

(i) hold an overseas qualification that is accepted by the board as equivalent to a New Zealand National Certificate in plumbing under paragraph (a) above. To meet this requirement the applicant must both:

A. provide to the board documentary evidence of the applicant’s qualifications and assessment of those qualifications; and

B. attend an interview with the board to verify documentation and validate experiential and technical proficiency; and

(ii) passed the board’s three-hour examination (reference 9192); and

(iii) passed the board’s Practical Test of Workmanship using the National Competency assessment tasks and criteria.

(2) To pass the board’s examination (reference 9192) the applicant must demonstrate the following competencies:

(a) Knowledge of accepted plumbing trade practice, workmanship, and health and safety;

(b) knowledge of trade calculations and sciences relevant to plumbing;

(c) knowledge of materials and their physical properties and application used in the trade;

(d) ability to draw and interpret drawings and specifications including quantifying materials for plumbing and sanitary plumbing;

(e) principles of heating and ventilation using water, air and gas;