944 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 32 25 MARCH 2010

3. Drainlaying registration and licensing—Pursuant to sections 28 and 30 of the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006 the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board ("the board") designates the classes of drainlaying registration and prescribes matters relating to drainlaying registration and licensing as set out in the Schedule of this notice.

Schedule

Drainlaying classes of registration, authorised work for each class of registration, minimum standards for registration and terms and conditions of licensing under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006.

Part A—Certifying Plumbers

1. Authorised work

A certifying drainlayer, who holds a current certifying drainlayer practising licence issued by the board:

(a) may carry out drainlaying (as defined in the Act); and

(b) must be responsible for any supervision, testing and verification of the drainlaying undertaken by:

(i) licensed drainlayers;

(ii) holders of provisional licences ("provisional licensees");

(iii) trainee drainlayers who hold limited certificates to undertake drainlaying ("trainee drainlayers"); and

(iv) persons carrying out drainlaying pursuant to section 25 of the Act ("exempt persons").

2. Minimum standards for registration

(1) A person who has held a registered drainlaying licence for the year ending 31 March 2010 will, upon application to the board, be eligible to be licensed as a certifying drainlayer for the year ending 31 March 2011.

(2) Applicants must satisfy the board that they have advanced experience and proficiency in drainlaying work.

(3) These criteria are deemed to be met if the person:

(a) has held a drainlaying practising licence in the year ending 31 March 2009 and in the year ending 31 March 2010; or

(b) is a registered drainlayer and has held a craftsman plumber licence in the year ending 31 March 2010; or

(c) supervised a limited certificate holder in drainlaying in the year ending 31 March 2010.

(4) Persons not meeting the above criteria will be required to submit an application to the board to enable applicants to be assessed using the board’s registered drainlayer transition process. Applicants may be required to submit one or both of the following:

(a) A letter or letters from one or more territorial authority inspectors who have observed the applicant on at least five drainlaying contracts, as a limited certificate or registered drainlayer, and can verify that the applicant undertook that drainlaying;

(b) details of at least five drainlaying contracts which the applicant has undertaken including dates, addresses, building consent numbers and photographs of the drainlaying contracts. The board may require such information to be verified by a current or past employer or supervisor of the applicant.

(5) Persons who have held a certifying drainlayer licence for the year ending 31 March 2011, will be eligible to be licensed as a certifying drainlayer in each year thereafter.

(6) Any other person who has not held a registered drainlaying licence under the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 1976 for the year ending 31 March 2010, must, after 1 April 2010, have:

(a) held a licence as a licensed drainlayer for a continuous period of not less than two years under the supervision of a certifying drainlayer;

(b) passed the three-hour certifying drainlayer examination (reference 9198) set by the board; and

(c) passed the three-hour certifying common examination (reference 9194) set by the board.

(7) The certifying drainlayer examination and the certifying common examination, referred to above, will be set by the board so that to pass the examinations the applicant must demonstrate the following competences:

(a) Advanced knowledge of design and verification processes, accepted workmanship practice, drainlaying techniques and the technologies employed to meet compliance requirements, including the testing of installations and materials.

(b) Advanced knowledge of trade calculations and sciences relevant to drainlaying and their application in verification processes and design of drainlaying systems.

(c) Advanced knowledge of the selection of materials, their properties and application used in the design and specification of systems.

(d) Advanced knowledge of drainlaying systems and components.

(e) Ability to access legislation, standards and codes of practice relating to drainlaying to meet compliance requirements.

(f) Advanced knowledge of conservation and environmentally-considerate processes relevant to drainlaying.

(g) Advanced knowledge of building and site construction and how it is affected by installation of drainage systems.

(h) Advanced knowledge of the integration of other building sectors in the construction industry.

(i) Advanced knowledge of business operations in so far as they relate to health and safety to members of the public, to the prevention of damage and property, and to ensuring the competency of persons undertaking drainlaying.