✨ Plumbing Registration and Licensing Notice
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 97 — 27 OCTOBER 2016
(ix) heating systems that relate to sanitary plumbing, including hot water systems, and solar water heating; and
(x) alternative water supplies.
(e) The installation, testing, commissioning, fault-finding and maintenance of foul water systems for sanitary plumbing systems. Descriptors include, but are not limited to:
(i) principles of sizing and venting for foul water plumbing systems;
(ii) pumps;
(iii) sanitary appliances and fixtures;
(iv) backflow prevention; and
(v) irrigation systems.
(f) The ability to access and apply relevant documentation relating to sanitary plumbing to meet compliance requirements, and an understanding of the regulatory environment. Descriptors include, but are not limited to:
(i) Acts and regulations;
(ii) standards;
(iii) codes; and
(iv) manufacturers’ instructions.
(g) The effect of the installation of sanitary plumbing systems, or their components, on the integrity of structures, including weather tightness considerations as they relate to penetrations of the building envelope. Descriptors include, but are not limited to:
(i) preservation of structural integrity; and
(ii) prevention of damage to property including weather tightness.
(h) Responsibilities relating to health and safety. Descriptors include, but are not limited to:
(i) personal and public safety;
(ii) site safety;
(iii) electrical safety; and
(iv) environmental considerations.
(i) Limitations on persons who do, or assist in doing, sanitary plumbing.
Transitional provision
(4) Any person who was approved under the Board’s Immigrant Qualification Assessment System prior to 4 July 2013 must pass Examination 9192 before that person will be considered to meet the minimum standards for registration as a tradesman plumber.
12. Terms and conditions of registration
(1) A tradesman plumber must pay any monies owing to the Board as they become due, subject to any exceptions agreed to by the Board.
(2) A tradesman plumber must provide the Board with all information required for the public register.
13. Terms and conditions of licence
Continuing professional development
(1) For the purposes of paragraph (2) below:
Approved continuing professional development course means a course of training of up to six hours duration on continuing professional development topics as set out on the Board’s website and delivered by an approved provider either in person or online.
Approved provider means a provider approved by the Board to deliver an approved continuing professional development course and notified on the Board’s website.
(2) To be eligible to renew their annual practising licence, all tradesmen plumbers applying to renew their licence for the licensing years beginning on 1 April 2017 and beyond must satisfy the Registrar that they have completed any approved continuing professional development course that has been notified as applying in the 12 month period prior to renewal.
Authorisation card
(3) All tradesmen plumbers that hold a current annual practising licence are issued with an authorisation card by
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