✨ Amendments to Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers' Minimum Standards for Registration and Licensing
1888 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 71 5 JUNE 2013
(ii) passed the board’s licensed plumber examination (reference 9192), which they may sit in their home country by arrangement with the board."
New subparagraph inserted
(7) After paragraph 7(2) in the Schedule, insert:
"Transitional provision
(3) Any applicant who, at 4 July 2013, is already engaged in the registration process set out in the former paragraph 7(1)(e) that was in force up until 3 July 2013 must complete that process with the following exceptions:
(a) Where the New Zealand Qualifications Authority has concluded that the applicant’s overseas plumbing qualification is equivalent to or greater than level 4 on the National Qualifications Framework, the applicant is not required to attend an interview with the board to verify documentation and validate experiential and technical proficiency.
(b) The applicant is not required to sit or pass the board’s Practical Test of Workmanship."
Issued at Wellington this 30th day of May 2013.
WILLIAM MAX PEDERSEN
Registrar
Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board
Explanatory Note
This note is for explanatory purposes only.
The amendments set out in this notice:
• revoke the requirement that applicants for registration as a certifying plumber must pass a certifying common examination (reference 9194) set by the board; and
• change the minimum standards for registration for overseas-trained plumbers so that they are able to apply for registration at either the licensed or certifying levels by demonstrating competence commensurate to that required of New Zealand-trained plumbers.
In prescribing the matters set out in this notice, and in accordance with the provisions set out in sections 32 and 33 of the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006, the board has:
• been guided by the principles in section 32; and
• consulted in accordance with section 33(1).
Issued under sections 28 and 30 of the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006.
Date of notification in the New Zealand Gazette: 5 June 2013.
This notice is administered by the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board.
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- WILLIAM MAX PEDERSEN, Registrar, Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board
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