Review of Roofing qualification

FIELD PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION

Review of Roofing qualification

National Certificate in Roofing (Installer) with strands in Concrete Roof Tiling; Metal Roofing and Cladding; Metal Roof Tiling; Membrane Roofing; Liquid Membrane Roofing; Torch on Membrane Roofing; and Shingle Roofing; and with optional strands in Translucent Roofing; and Foreperson [Ref: 0375]

The Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying Industry Training Organisation has completed the review of the qualification listed above.

Date new versions published April 2009

The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2014.

Summary of review and consultation process

The above qualification has been reviewed before the planned review date to align with a review of the resource material and the development of new standards.

The consultation process was undertaken by the Roofing Advisory Board, whose representatives covered the different specialist strands in the reviewed qualification.  The standards were developed and edited in approximate alignment with the resource material that had been recently reviewed by the same group.  A series of structured meetings and teleconferences were held over an approximate one year time period to get feedback about the content accuracy, scope, and relevance.  The standards and qualification structure were then progressively checked and refined as a result of the feedback sessions.

Main changes resulting from the review

· Credit level increased significantly

· All strands are now at Level 4

· Standards were added to both the compulsory section and strands.

National Certificate in Roofing (Installer) with strands in Concrete Roof Tiles, Metal Roof and Wall Cladding, Metal Roof Tiles, Roof Membrane, Liquid Roof Membrane; Torch on Roof Membrane, and Roof Shingle and with optional strand in Foreperson [Ref: 0375]

Review category

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

Changes to structure and content

· Overall credit value increased from 55-78 to 104-161 or up to 180 with the optional strand. All strands are now at level 4. Holders of version 3 of the qualification with a strand or strands at level 3 will continue to have industry recognition of the qualification.

· All the elective strand titles were updated to reflect industry requirements.

· Thirty-one new roofing standards were developed for this qualification to provide companion theory standards for those already existing practical standards, to reflect the stages in skill development leading up to independent installation at Level 4, and to make explicit skills and knowledge that were previously only implied.

· Standards 4249, 21209, 25270, 25272 and 25334 were added to the core compulsory section; standards 25274, 25275 and 25276 were added to the Concrete Roof Tiles strand; standards 10813, 25271, 25277, 25278, 25279, 25280, 25281 and 25282 were added to the Metal Roofing and Wall Cladding strand; standards 25283, 25284, 25285, 25286, 25287 and 25288 were added to the Metal Roof Tiles strand; standards 25289, 25290 and 25291 were added to the Roof Membrane strand; standards 25292, 25293 and 25294 were added to the Liquid Roof Membrane strand; standards 25295, 25296 and 25297 were added to the Torch on Roof Membrane strand; standards 25298, 25299 and 25300 were added to the Roof Shingle strand; standard 14599 was added to the optional Foreperson strand.

· Standard 25273 was added to the following strands: Concrete Roof Tiles, Metal Roof Tiles, Roof Membrane, Liquid Roof Membrane, Torch on Roof Membrane, Roof Shingle; standard 20733 was added to the following strands: Roof Membrane, Liquid Roof Membrane, Torch on Roof Membrane.

· The Translucent Roofing optional strand was removed and standard 10813 was moved to the Metal Roofing and Wall Cladding strand.

· Standard 10808 was removed from all the elective strands in the qualification as the competencies are included in the installation standards 10809-10814.

· Titles, levels and credits of reviewed standards were updated.

Transition

All new trainees will be enrolled in programmes leading to this version of the qualification following its registration. People working towards version 3 of this qualification may complete the requirements of that version but it is recommended that all trainees transition to Version 4 of this qualification. The last date for assessments to take place for the replaced version is 31 December 2010.

The Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying Industry Training Organisation intend that no existing candidate is disadvantaged by this review. Any person who feels disadvantaged by the transition should contact the ITO at the address below.

Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying Industry Training Organisation

PO Box 9951

Wellington 6141

Telephone 04 472 2099

Email info@ito.co.nz

Key to Qualification Review Categories

Category A The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID	Changes are made to SSB name, contact details or purpose statement
	No change is made to title, rules or components of the qualification
	No transition arrangements are required
Category B The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID	Changes are made to title, rules or components
	The new version of the qualification recognises a similar skill set to that recognised by the previous version
	The SSB is confident that people awarded the new or previous version are comparable in terms of competence
	Transition arrangements are required if candidates must gain additional/different credits for the new version
Category C A new (replacement) qualification is published with new NQF ID	Significant changes are made to the qualification in terms of components, structure, type or level
	The SSB views people with the replacement qualification as being significantly different in terms of competence from those with the replaced qualification
	Transition arrangements are required
	Transition may be limited to phase-out dates
Category D Qualification will expire. There is no replacement qualification	Qualification is no longer required by industry
	The qualification is designated as expiring and a last date for meeting the qualification requirements is set