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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)


The requirement for all registered gasfitters to demonstrate competence on an annual basis through completion of Board approved CPD programmes has been in place for several years.

The CPD requirement is now extended to plumbers and drainlayers who will have to gain the required points prior to 1 April 2012 in order to renew their licence.

UPDATE FOLLOWING RECENT CONSULTATION

Following a public consultation on CPD, the Board, at its meeting on 6 December 2011, considered the submissions received.

The Board has decided to modify the scheme to incorporate many of the suggestions contained in the submissions received. A new round of consultation will then be undertaken.

In the meantime, the current CPD scheme remains in force. However, people who have not met their CPD requirements by March 2012 will not be prevented from relicensing at that time. Instead, they will need to have completed the current year’s point’s balance in addition to the requirement for next year by 31 March 2013.

The following shows the requirements for CPD points:

Licence held Minimum technical
points required
per licence
Minimum total points
Gasfitting 8 12
Gasfitting and plumbing or drainlaying
16 (8 per licence) 20
Gasfitting and plumbing and drainlaying
24 (8 per licence) 24


Click here to read the Board's responses to frequently asked questions on CPD.


Technical courses

The following courses have been accredited by the Board to meet the requirements for CPD.
The contact details for the courses are listed below.

Aber Gas
Auspex / Duopex
Central Heating New Zealand Limited
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
Ducted Heating Supplies Limited
Escea
Fireplace Products Australia PTY Limited
Gas Investigation Consultants Ltd
Gas Training Consultants Limited
Gascraft Engineering Limited
GASsmart Ltd (face-to-face and distance learning)
Genesis Energy
Hazardco Training - Online and Face to Face Courses
IGP NZ Ltd
Living Flame
Master Plumbers, Gasfitters & Drainlayers Association
Moffat Limited
Nova Energy - LPG
NZ CPD Limited - Online courses
NZ Safety Work Safe Training
OnGas
Open Polytechnic - Correspondence Courses
PDANZ (Plumbing Distributors Association of New Zealand)
Plumbing World
Quality Environmental Consulting Ltd (QEC) (online and face-to-face courses available)
REHAU Pty Limited
Rheem New Zealand Limited
Rinnai New Zealand Limited
RMC LTD
Robert Bosch Limited
Safety 'n Action
Seeley International Pty Ltd
Site Safe New Zealand
Solar Group Ltd
Systems Control Engineering NZ Limited
The Fireplace Limited
Top Drawer Training - Online or Correspondence
Tosha Ltd
Unitec Institute of Technology
W2 Training
Warm Air Distribution Ltd
Waterware Products Limited
WelTec (Wellington Institute of Technology)
Wintec (Waikato Institute of Technology)
Wintec (Waikato Institute of Technology)


Non-technical courses

 
The following courses have been accredited by the Board to meet the requirements for CPD.
The contact details for the courses are listed below.
A1 First Aid
Actions For Survival Ltd
Aoraki Polytechnic
First Aid Christchurch T/A TriEx Health, Safety & Wellness Ltd
First Aid Specialists
GASsmart Ltd (face-to-face and distance learning)
H & E Medical Hawera Limited
Hazardco Training - Online and Face to Face Courses
KiwiHost Limited
Laser Group Limited
Life Care Consultants LTD
M&O Pacific Ltd
Master Plumbers, Gasfitters & Drainlayers Association
Meditrain Limited
NZ CPD Limited - Online courses
NZ Red Cross
NZ Safety Work Safe Training
NZCTU (NZ Council of Trade Unions)
Premium Group Marketing Limited
Pro+Med (NZ) Ltd
Quality Environmental Consulting Ltd (QEC) (online and face-to-face courses available)
Safe and Well Limited
Safety 'n Action
Site Safe New Zealand
St John
The Workflow Group
Tradesafe New Zealand Limited
Wellington Free Ambulance
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