Field           Engineering and Technology

 

Registration of skill standards and review of unit standards for Industrial Measurement and Control

 

Subfield

Domain

ID

Industrial Measurement and Control

Industrial Measurement and Control - Installation

9180, 24889

Industrial Measurement and Control - Maintenance

 

2631, 2633, 2635, 2637, 2639, 2640, 2642 – 2648, 2657, 2664, 2667, 4356, 4357,19233 – 19235, 24884

Industrial Measurement and Control - Theory

 

2630, 2632, 2634, 2636, 2638, 2649, 2654, 2655, 2662, 19241, 22743 – 22745, 24886 – 24888, 25885 – 25888, 28076 – 28083, 28118

 

Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council has completed the review of the unit standards listed above. 

 

Date new versions published                                                               January 2025

 

Planned review date                                                                              December 2029

 

Summary

 

Industrial Measurement and Control unit standards were overdue for review. In conjunction with industry and provider representatives, Waihanga Ara Rau agreed to develop skill standards, starting with those currently used in the programme for the New Zealand Certificate in Industrial Measurement and Control (Practice) (Level 4) [Ref: 2251].

 

Providers with consent to assess and companies with industrial measurement and control technicians were emailed an invitation to participate in a working group.

 

This working group developed 11 skill standards in late 2023 – early 2024.  A wider group was emailed for comment and the final set of skill standards was endorsed in July 2024.

 

Main changes

 

·      The standard setting body was changed from The Skills Organisation to Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council.

·      11 level 4 skill standards were developed to contribute to the New Zealand Certificate in Industrial Measurement and Control (Practice) (Level 4) [Ref: 2251].  Six of these were to replace six unit standards.

·      The skill standards that replaced unit standards 2633, 2637 and 2667 were increased to level 4 to better reflect the level of skills required.

·      17 unit standards from Industrial Measurement and Control – Installation and Industrial Measurement and Control – Maintenance domains were set to expire without replacement.

·      Unit standards in the Industrial Measurement and Control – Theory domain are not used in any current programmes and were set to expire without replacement.

 

Category C and D unit standards will expire at the end of December 2027

 

Impact on existing organisations with consent to assess

 

Current consent for

Consent extended to

Nature of consent

Classification or ID

Level

Nature of consent

Classification or ID

Level

Standard

9180

4

Standard

40234

4

 

Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits

 

All changes are in bold.

 

Key to review category

A

Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number

B

Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number

C

Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new ID

D

Standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Engineering and Technology > Industrial Measurement and Control > Industrial Measurement and Control - Installation

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

9180

 

40234

Install or replace, test, and commission industrial instrumentation

Install and commission measuring instruments in industrial systems

4

 

4

10

 

10

C

 

NEW

24889

Demonstrate and apply knowledge of industrial instrumentation installation

4

8

D

 

Engineering and Technology > Industrial Measurement and Control > Industrial Measurement and Control - Maintenance

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

2631

40238

Maintain pressure measurement devices

Maintain pressure measuring instruments

4

4

10

8

C

NEW

2633

40239

Maintain level measurement devices used in industry

Maintain level measuring instruments

3

4

10

8

C

NEW

2635

 

40240

Maintain temperature measurement devices used in industry

Maintain temperature measuring instruments

4

 

4

10

 

8

C

 

NEW

2637

40241

Maintain flow measurement devices used in industry Maintain flow measuring instruments

3

4

10

8

C

NEW

2639

Maintain and service control valves in accordance with industry requirements

4

10

D

2640

Maintain control valve actuators and positioners

3

5

D

2642

Maintain a pH measuring system for chemical analysis

4

4

D

2643

Maintain a conductivity measuring system

4

4

D

2644

Maintain a dissolved oxygen measuring system

4

4

D

2645

Maintain a consistency or a viscosity measuring system

4

4

D

2646

Maintain analytical monitoring equipment

4

4

D

2647

Maintain humidity or dewpoint monitoring equipment

4

4

D

2648

Maintain and calibrate density monitoring equipment

4

4

D

2657

Maintain pneumatic controllers

4

5

D

2664

Maintain hydraulic or electro-hydraulic equipment

3

3

D

2667

 

40235

Install and service pneumatic or electro-pneumatic equipment

Install, test, and service pneumatic or electro-pneumatic equipment

3

 

4

5

 

5

C

 

NEW

4356

Maintain chromatographs

4

4

D

4357

Tune or adjust a plant control loop

4

2

D

19233

Demonstrate knowledge of the operation, measurement, and control of an industrial process

5

10

D

19234

Diagnose and correct faults in industrial measurement and control systems

5

10

D

19235

Maintain and manage specialist analytical equipment used in industrial processes

5

10

D

24884

Maintain conditioning modules and electronic or microprocessor based controllers

4

6

D

40236

Diagnose and correct faults in industrial systems

4

20

NEW

40237

Test a PID controller and analyse control loops

4

5

NEW

40242

Maintain actuators and positioners in an industrial context

4

4

NEW

40243

Maintain analytical measuring equipment in an industrial context  

4

8

NEW

40244

Maintain final controlling elements in an industrial context

4

4

NEW

 

Engineering and Technology > Industrial Measurement and Control > Industrial Measurement and Control - Theory

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

2630

Demonstrate knowledge of pressure measurement systems used in industry

3

4

D

2632

Demonstrate knowledge of level measurement systems used in industry

3

3

D

2634

Demonstrate knowledge of temperature measurement systems used in industry

3

5

D

2636

Demonstrate knowledge of flow measurement systems used in industry

3

4

D

2638

Demonstrate knowledge of control valves, actuators, and positioners

3

4

D

2649

Demonstrate knowledge of signal conditioners, trending recorders, and alarm systems

4

3

D

2654

Demonstrate knowledge of on/off and proportional integral derivative mode control theory and controllers

4

8

D

2655

Tune control loops

4

6

D

2662

Demonstrate knowledge of distributed control systems

4

2

D

19241

Demonstrate knowledge of safety and compliance for industrial measurement and control systems

5

10

D

22743

Demonstrate and apply intermediate knowledge of instrumentation and control system engineering

5

15

D

22744

Demonstrate and apply knowledge of industrial automation engineering

6

15

D

22745

Demonstrate and apply advanced knowledge of instrumentation and control principles

6

15

D

24886

Demonstrate and apply knowledge of electronic configurable instruments and loops used in industry

4

3

D

24887

Demonstrate knowledge of electronic variable speed drives

4

3

D

24888

Prepare and interpret diagrams for instrumentation and control systems

3

3

D

25885

Demonstrate knowledge of the selection and specification of equipment for industrial measurement and control systems

5

15

D

25886

Demonstrate knowledge of control system hardware and interfaces for industrial measurement and control systems

5

15

D

25887

Demonstrate knowledge of process theory for industrial measurement and control processes and applications

5

15

D

25888

Demonstrate knowledge of process theory for industrial measurement and control systems

5

5

D

28076

Demonstrate and apply knowledge of advanced control loop methods

4

7

D

28077

Demonstrate knowledge of the physical principles of instrumentation systems

3

5

D

28078

Demonstrate knowledge of industrial measurement processes, standards, and calibration

3

4

D

28079

Demonstrate and apply fundamental knowledge of digital and analogue electronics for IMC technicians

3

12

D

28080

Demonstrate knowledge of liquid analytical measurement systems

4

3

D

28081

Demonstrate knowledge of gas analytical measurement and flame, gas, smoke, and heat detection

4

5

D

28082

Demonstrate knowledge of transducers and strain gauges and their applications in industrial measurement

3

7

D

28083

Demonstrate knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic control equipment used in industrial process control applications

3

6

D

28118

Develop user and functional requirement specifications for automated industrial processes

5

5

D