Our publications

April 2012

Inside this issue:

• we update you on the Board’s recent public consultations
• we remind tradespeople to relicense
• we outline new Board policies on supervision and provisional licences
• we remind you of the enrolement period for the June 2012 examinations
• we provide important information to gasfitters
• Energy Safety updates gasfitters on the government’s review of gas and electrical certification

March 2012

Inside this issue:

• we promote our current consultation opportunities
• we remind tradespeople to relicense
• we take a closer look at concerning trends identified through our certification reviews
• we notify you of amended regulations and new standards

February 2012

Inside this issue:

• we promote our current consultation opportunities
• we notify you of our new Strategic Plan and a new joint plumbing standard
• we remind tradespeople to relicense
• we announce the results from the Board examinations
• we explain what an employer license is
• we look at how the licensed building practitioner scheme affects plumbers & gasfitters
• we confirm the status of electronic records of paper gas certificates

December 2011

Inside this issue:

• we update you on the Board’s recent decisions following industry consultations
• we take a closer look at certifying examinations for 2012
• we remind tradespeople to keep up-to-date with changes to legislation, standards and codes of practice
• we look at the demarcation point between sanitary plumbing and drainlaying
• we profile Board Member, James Fruean

November 2011

Inside this issue:

• we update you on the Board’s recent public consultations
• we clarify who can legally undertake drain relining work
• we remind gasfitters of new gas regulations now in effect
• we outline the revised transition arrangements for drainlayers
• we profile Board Member, Craig O’Connell

October 2011

Inside this issue:

• we promote our current consultation opportunities
• we consider unsafe heat pump installations
• we advise you of amendments to the Gas (Safety & Measurement) Regulations 2010
• we profile Board Member, Sue Simons

September 2011 - special issue

Inside this issue:

• we report on progress that the Board is making with a number of important projects

September 2011

Inside this issue:

• we update you on the Board’s certification review
• we alert you of an upcoming consultation opportunity
• we outline three new Board policies on exemptions
• we provide information for candidates intending to sit the Board’s examinations
• the LPG Association takes a closer look at plasticisers, phthalates and extractables
• we profile Board Member, Sue Ineson

August 2011

Inside this issue:

• we alert you of an upcoming consultation opportunity
• we announce the results from the Board examinations
• we update you on where we are at with competencies
• we outline a new Board policy on exemptions under section 52
• we notify you of a new interim standard
• we encourage you to assist us in promoting the ‘ASK FOR THE CARD’ public awareness campaign
• we look at how the Act defines rural sanitary plumbing and drainlaying
• we profile Board Member, Ian Rowe

July 2011

Inside this issue:

• we outline our new communications approach
• we provide feedback on our recent public consultation
• we outline a new Board policy on employer licences
• we take an in-depth look at infusion showers
• we remind gasfitters to use ‘lock out tags’
• we advise you of upcoming changes to the scope of several Board examinations
• we profile Board Member, Bill Irvine

June 2011

Inside this issue:

• we provide you with an overview of the Board’s general complaints process
• we take an in-depth look at on-site wastewater systems
• we promote the Board’s current consultation opportunities
• we overview future changes to gas certification in NZ
• we update you on the Board’s examinations and congratulate our Merit of Excellence Award recipients
• we review the Board’s recent prosecutions
• we profile Board Member, Peter Jackson

May 2011

Inside this issue:

• we provide you with an overview of the Board’s historical complaints resolution process
• we encourage you to show your card on the job
• we take an in-depth look at the importance of supplying safe water
• we review CPD requirements
• we remind gasfitters of the requirements for gasfitting work in the mobile market
• we profile Board Member, John Simmiss

April 2011

Inside this issue:

• we update you on the success of the gas certification systems’ transition online
• we review where we’re at with competence-based licensing
• we provide you with an overview of the Board’s work plan for the year ahead
• we update you on the Board’s review of competencies
• we take an in-depth look at LPG vapourisation
• we profile Board Member, Graham Hardie

March 2011

Inside this issue:

• we announce the results of the Board elections
• we announce the examination results
• we remind tradespeople to relicense by 1 April
• we update you on the Board’s review of competencies
• we update you on the Board’s plan to review CPD
• we take a closer look at multilayer pipe installations
• we notify gasfitters of new standards now in effect