✨ Plumbing Regulation Amendment
3180 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 112 12 SEPTEMBER 2012
CPD points for the next licensing period, but may not be counted towards the CPD points required for any subsequent licensing period.
(2A) From time to time, the board may require certifying plumbers to undertake particular CPD courses. The CPD points obtained as a result of successfully completing board-required CPD will be regarded as being CPD points from board-accredited CPD."
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(3) After paragraph 3(11) in the Schedule, insert:
"Transitional provision
(12) The first date by which certifying plumbers are required to have obtained the CPD points so that they can be issued a certifying plumber practising licence for the following licensing period is 31 March 2013."
Paragraph 7(2) amended
(4) Replace paragraph 7(2) in the Schedule with:
"(2) The board’s examination, referred to in paragraph 7(1), is set by the board so that, to pass the examination an applicant demonstrates knowledge, and the experience and practical ability to install, test, commission, fault-find, and maintain sanitary plumbing systems through possessing competencies in the areas of:
(a) Trade calculations and trade sciences. Descriptors include, but are not limited to—
(i) estimation, measurement, and calculation using measurement systems;
(ii) application of formulae;
(iii) physics laws as they relate to sanitary plumbing;
(iv) hydraulic principles;
(v) expansion and contraction;
(vi) corrosion protection;
(vii) water quality;
(viii) density;
(ix) energy transfer.
(b) Limitations in and the application of materials used in sanitary plumbing, including material protection and jointing methods. Descriptors include, but are not limited to—
(i) copper;
(ii) PVC;
(iii) polybutylene (PB);
(iv) polyethylene (PE);
(v) mild steel;
(vi) stainless steel;
(vii) acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS);
(viii) polypropylene;
(ix) cross linked polyethylene;
(x) brass/bronze;
(xi) cast iron;
(xii) sheet metal;
(xiii) lead;
(xiv) glass;
(xv) the use of tools and equipment.
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