Examinations

In this section you will find information on the Board's upcoming examinations.

If you have any examination questions please contact the Board's Trade Competency Officer, José Gómez, on 04 494 2970 or exams@pgdb.co.nz

Examination results from November 2011 will be posted to candidates on, or around, 31 January 2012.

Enrolments for the June 2012 examinations will be open during March and 30 April 2012.

You may wish to view the Examination Information Booklet which will assist you in making your application

Certifying examinations in 2012

If you are planning to sit certifying examinations in 2012 please note the Board's recent decision which may affect you...

At its meeting on 6 December, the Board agreed that the Examination Guides for certifying examinations will be revised to amalgamate the contents of the common examination (9194) into the technical examinations.

The Board will use its powers under section 52 to exempt those passing the certifying examinations in 2012 from being required to pass the 9194 examination for registration in the relevant trade(s).

Those who have already passed the technical examination, but not yet the common examination, will be exempted from needing to sit the 9194 examination, subject to the successful completion of competence programmes to be determined by the Registrar.

Those who have already passed the common examination, but not yet the technical examination, will be required to sit the new amalgamated examinations.

The Registrar is now undertaking a review of the certifying examination structure and will prepare an options paper with a view to a public consultation in 2012 on the requirements for registration around examinations.

Examination timetable for June 2012

June examination venues

• Auckland - Massey University Albany
• Hamilton - Waikato Institute of Technology
• Wellington - Weltec, Petone
• Christchurch - Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
• Dunedin - Otago Polytechnic