New Zealand Gazette – 2016 – No. 97

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✨ Gasfitting Regulation Continuation

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 97 — 27 OCTOBER 2016

(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 gasfitters 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 gasfitters that hold a current annual practising licence are issued with an authorisation card by the Board.

(4) At all times when undertaking gasfitting, a tradesmen gasfitter must be able to produce their authorisation card on demand.

Supervision

(5) A tradesman gasfitter must work at all times under the supervision of a certifying gasfitter.

(6) A tradesman gasfitter must notify the Board of the name and registration number of their supervising certifying gasfitter.

(7) A tradesman gasfitter who is nominated to provide physical supervision of a person must promptly notify the person’s supervising certifying gasfitter of any concerns they have about the competency of the work done by that person or the safety measures in place in respect of the work done by that person.

Part C – Journeyman gasfitter

Journeyman gasfitter

The Board designates the journeyman gasfitter class of gasfitting registration.

Authorised work

A journeyman gasfitter who holds a current annual practising licence issued by the Board:

(a) may carry out gasfitting under the supervision of a certifying gasfitter; and

(b) may test gasfitting.

Minimum standards for registration

To be registered as a journeyman gasfitter a person must have successfully completed one of the following:

(a) the National Certificate in gasfitting;

(b) the third stage block course in gasfitting; or

Terms and conditions of registration

(1) A journeyman gasfitter must pay any monies owing to the Board as they become due, subject to any exceptions agreed to by the Board.

(2) A journeyman gasfitter must provide the Board with all information required for the public register.

Terms and conditions of licence

Continuing professional development

(1) For the purposes of paragraph (2) below:

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 journeymen gasfitters applying to renew their licence for the licensing years beginning on 1 April 2018 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

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