FIELD ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Review of Civil Construction Works qualification
National Certificate in Civil Construction Works (Infrastructure Pipelaying) with an optional strand in Gas Distribution Pipelaying [Ref: 1282]
InfraTrain New Zealand has completed the review of the qualification listed above.
Date new versions published July 2009
The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2014.
Summary of review and consultation process
This qualification was reviewed in conjunction with a review of infrastructure pipelaying standards to remove barriers to achievement.
InfraTrain New Zealand facilitated a review group incorporating industry representatives, training advisors, and assessors that reviewed the qualification concurrently with reviewing the standards. The review group considered feedback from industry concerning the need for confined space standards, the essential nature of basic concreting skills, the inappropriateness of some standards, and the need for choice of pipe jointing standards.
InfraTrain New Zealand consulted with the Agriculture Industry Training Organisation, and the Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying ITO Ltd during the review. A representative from the NZ Extractive Industries Training Organisation joined the review group to ensure that the amended qualification met gas industry requirements for pipelaying and to advise on the proposed new gas industry pipelaying qualifications.
Draft versions of the reviewed qualification were sent out to advisory group members and industry representatives for feedback. All feedback was considered, and where appropriate, incorporated into the qualification. The infrastructure pipelaying operations committee endorsed the reviewed qualification.
Main changes resulting from the review
In addition to updating standard details, the review added essential standards to the core compulsory section and optional strand, removed unnecessary standards, and provided more choice in the core elective section. Core Elective 2 was restructured to provide pathways to this qualification from different industries.
National Certificate in Civil Construction Works (Infrastructure Pipelaying) with an optional strand in Gas Distribution Pipelaying [Ref: 1282]
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Review category |
B |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
Changes to structure and content
· The purpose statement and credit range tables were updated
· Standard details were updated
· Standard 13010 was moved to, and standards 17599 and 19207 were added to, the Core Compulsory section
· Standards 6476, 10980, and 10987 were added to Core Elective 2
· Expiring standard 23287 was replaced by standard 25445 in Core Elective 2
· Standards 4249 and 11310 were removed from the qualification
· Standards 9631 and 11326 were added to the optional strand
· The prerequisite diagram was corrected and updated
· Total credits were increased from 153 to 154 credits.
Transition
People currently working towards version 1 of this qualification may either complete the requirements for that version by 31 December 2012 or transfer their results to this version. The last date for entry to training programmes or courses for version 1 is 31 December 2009.
New trainees will be enrolled in programmes leading to the new version of the qualification.
This qualification contains standards that replace or are used as substitutes for earlier standards. For the purposes of this qualification, people who have gained credit for the expiring standards are exempt from the requirement to gain credit for the replacement or substitute standards - see table below.
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Credit for |
Exempt from |
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10977, 19548 |
23086 |
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19206 |
23285 |
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23287 |
25445 |
InfraTrain New Zealand and the civil infrastructure sector will continue to recognise the previous version of the qualification.
It is the intention of InfraTrain New Zealand that these transition arrangements are fair, and do not disadvantage any existing candidate. Anyone who thinks that they have been disadvantaged by the transition process should, in the first instance, contact InfraTrain New Zealand at the address below.
InfraTrain New Zealand
PO Box 2759
Wellington 6140
Telephone 0800 486 626
Email askus@infratrain.co.nz
Website http://www.infratrain.co.nz/
Key to Qualification Review Categories
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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 |
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No change is made to title, rules or components of the qualification | |
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No transition arrangements are required | |
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Category B The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID |
Changes are made to title, rules or components |
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The new version of the qualification recognises a similar skill set to that recognised by the previous version | |
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The SSB is confident that people awarded the new or previous version are comparable in terms of competence | |
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Transition arrangements are required if candidates must gain additional/different credits for the new version | |
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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 |
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The SSB views people with the replacement qualification as being significantly different in terms of competence from those with the replaced qualification | |
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Transition arrangements are required | |
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Transition may be limited to phase-out dates | |
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Category D Qualification will expire. There is no replacement qualification |
Qualification is no longer required by industry |
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The qualification is designated as expiring and a last date for meeting the qualification requirements is set |