Field           Planning and Construction

 

Registration of Core Planning and Construction skill standards

 

Waihanga Ara Rau Construction and Infrastructure Workforce Development Council has registered six new skill standards for the structural detailing industry.

 

Date new versions published                                                                                              September 2025

 

Planned review date                                                                                               December 2030

 

Summary

 

The skill standards listed below were developed to align with the New Zealand Diploma in Detailing (Structural) with strands in Light Steel Frame, Steel Reinforcing, Structural Steel and Precast Concrete [Ref: 4515]. Development of both the micro-credentials and standards began in consultation with industry representatives in January 2023 and concluded in November 2024.

 

Face to face and online meetings were held in 2023 and 2024 and were attended by industry representatives and a potential provider. The attendees outlined the skills required of an intermediate practicing detailer and a developed structural detailing practitioner and agreed on the skill sets.  

 

The standards recognise the necessary skills and knowledge required to contribute to detailing work and to deliver structural detailing as part of a construction project.

 

Main changes

 

·       Six new skill standards were developed to describe competencies valued by the detailing industry and listed in the Core Planning and Construction domain.

 

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

 

All changes are in bold.

 

Planning and Construction > Construction > Core Planning and Construction

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

40577

Use computer-aided design software to detail a structural system and its components

5

10

NEW

40578

Produce a drawing set for a structural system using computer-aided design software

5

10

NEW

40579

Contribute detailing practices to construction project outputs

5

10

NEW

40580

Detail structural components and connections using specialist materials

5

10

NEW

40581

Develop and maintain own knowledge of detailing technologies, methods and practices 

5

10

NEW

40582

Deliver structural detailing for a construction project

5

30

NEW