Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Certificate in Energy and Chemical Field Operations (Level 4)
with strands in Process Plant Equipment, Steam Plant, Geothermal Operation,
Petrochemical Operation, Petrochemical Station, and Petrochemical Transfer
and Storage
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
4
Credits
60-90
NZSCED
030301
Engineering and Related Technologies > Process and Resource
Engineering > Chemical Engineering
DAS classification
282
Manufacturing > Energy and Chemical Plant
Qualification developer
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Next review
December 2019
Approval date
October 2014
Strategic purpose statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the energy and
chemical plant industry with competent employees who have
attained the operational skills and knowledge required to work as
field operators.
This qualification is suitable for individuals working as field
operators in an energy or chemical plant, or those wishing to
enter the role. The qualification provides a credential that will
support career opportunities for graduates in a range of energy
or chemical plant contexts.
Graduates would have established standards of professional
performance for the safe and efficient operation of an energy or
chemical plant under broad guidance, carrying out a range of
routine and non-routine tasks.
The strands enable candidates to apply the specialist knowledge
and skills required to operate a range of energy or chemical plant
functions.
Outcome Statement
Graduate profile
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Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
-
apply safe risk assessment and health and safety procedures
in an energy or chemical plant
isolate and re-commission energy and chemical plant
equipment
use control systems to identify, respond to, and report
equipment faults in an energy or chemical plant.
Graduates of the Process Plant Equipment strand will also be
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able to:
-
operate and monitor process plant equipment in an energy or
chemical plant.
Graduates of the Steam Plant strand will also be able to:
-
operate and monitor boiler plant equipment in an energy or
chemical plant.
Graduates of the Geothermal Operation strand will also be able
to:
-
operate and control geothermal steam equipment in an
energy or chemical plant.
Graduates of the Petrochemical Operation strand will also be
able to:
-
process hydrocarbons in an energy or chemical plant.
Graduates of the Petrochemical Station strand will also be able
to:
-
treat petrochemical well stream fluids in an energy or
chemical plant.
Graduates of the Petrochemical Transfer and Storage strand will
also be able to:
-
Education pathway
transfer and store petrochemical products in an energy or
chemical plant.
This is a qualification for experienced people within the energy
and chemical plant industry and builds on from the New Zealand
Certificate in Energy and Chemical Operations (Plant and
Machinery) (Level 3) [Ref: 2305], and/or the New Zealand
Certificate in Energy and Chemical Operations (Boiler Operation)
(Level 3) [Ref: 2306].
This qualification can lead to the New Zealand Certificate in
Energy and Chemical Plant Control Room Operations (Level 5)
with strands in Chemical Plant, Steam Generation Plant, and
Plant Outage Coordination [Ref: 2308].
Employment pathway
Graduates of the qualification may gain employment as field
operators in an energy or chemical plant.
With further work experience and study, graduates may gain
employment as control room operators.
An energy or chemical plant context may occur in
petrochemicals, agri-nutrients, power generation, dairy
processing, meat processing and wood fibre manufacturing or
other plants that operate with a combination of high temperature,
pressures, steam and/or chemicals in gas, liquid or solid form.
Qualification specifications
Qualification award
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This qualification will be awarded by an organisation which
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either has programme approval and accreditation or an
approved industry training programme.
The certificate will display the title of the qualification; the
logos of the NZQF and PITO; and the name and/or logo of
the awarding body.
Evidence requirements for managing
consistency
All education organisations offering programmes leading to
the qualification must engage with arrangements for
managing consistency, including covering actual and
reasonable related costs.
Each education organisation is responsible for deciding what
specific evidence it will provide to demonstrate how well its
graduates meet the graduate profile outcomes of the
qualification.
Evidence of the following must be provided:
• Student feedback on course delivery and qualification
achievement, their perception of the value of the training,
and suggestions for improvements
• Feedback from employers on the level of skills, knowledge
and behaviour demonstrated by graduates of the
qualification
• Evidence of effective internal quality assurance systems
• Portfolios of work and/or assessment
samplesdemonstrating the range of student performance
within a programme
TEOs can also provide any other relevant evidence that
supports the consistency review.
Credit transfer and recognition of
prior learning arrangements
Organisations seeking approval to award the qualification
are expected to have Recognition of Current Competency
(RCC) or Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) assessment
processes in place. Credit transfer will be automatic where
assessment standards are used for assessment within
programmes of study or training leading to this qualification.
Minimum standard of achievement
and standards for grade
endorsements
The minimum standard of achievement required for the
award of the qualification will be the achievement of all
outcomes. There are no grade endorsements for this
qualification.
Entry requirements (including
prerequisites to meet regulatory body
or legislative requirements)
It is recommended that candidates hold the New Zealand
Certificate in Energy and Chemical Operations (Plant and
Machinery) (Level 3) or the New Zealand Certificate in
Energy and Chemical Operations (Boiler Operation) (Level
3).
Qualification conditions
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Overarching conditions relating to the qualification
Conditions for programme
structure
Candidates undertaking programmes leading to the award of this
qualification will be required to complete the generic graduate
outcomes and one of the strands. Candidates seeking the optional
endorsement must already have met the requirements for the
qualification with one of the strands.
Conditions for programme
context
TEOs arranging training or delivering programmes towards this
qualification must ensure that the training arranged and programmes
of learning are kept up-to-date with regard to amendments to, and
replacements of, legislation and industry standards applicable to the
energy and chemical plant sector.
Other conditions
None.
Specific conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
Conditions
Mandatory
or Optional
1
This outcome may be demonstrated
through assessment against unit standard
28283, or relevant unit standards in the
Occupational Health and Safety Practice
domain at Level 4 or above on the NZQF.
Optional
This outcome may be demonstrated
through assessment against these unit
standards:
Optional
Apply safe risk assessment and
health and safety procedures in an
energy or chemical plant
Credits 10
2
Isolate and re-commission energy
and chemical plant equipment
Credits 20
3058
21455
21457
3
Use control systems to identify,
respond to, and report equipment
faults in an energy or chemical
plant
This outcome may be demonstrated
through assessment against this unit
standard
Optional
28158
Credits 15
4
Process Plant Equipment strand:
N/A
Operate and monitor process plant
equipment in an energy or
chemical plant
Credits 15
5
Steam Plant strand:
Operate and monitor boiler plant
equipment in an energy or
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This outcome may be demonstrated
through assessment against these unit
standards
Optional
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chemical plant
Credits 45
21461
21462
3051
21466
And one of the following standards:
21456
21463
6
Geothermal Operation strand:
Operate and control geothermal
steam equipment in an energy or
chemical plant
Credits 35
This outcome may be demonstrated
through assessment against this unit
standard
Mandatory
28159
And one of the following standards
Optional
28160
17609
21458
7
Petrochemical Operation strand:
Process hydrocarbons in an
energy or chemical plant
Credits 40
8
Petrochemical Station strand:
Treat petrochemical well stream
fluids in an energy or chemical
plant
Credits 25
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This outcome may be demonstrated
through assessment against any of these
unit standards
Optional
3036
3051
3060
9524
9587
18422
9506
9575
9601
9609
18285
18286
18423
This outcome may be demonstrated
through assessment against these unit
standards
Optional
9529
18422
9536
9537
9539
9540
9585
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9601
9
Petrochemical Transfer and
Storage strand:
Transfer and store petrochemical
products in an energy or chemical
plant
Credits 25
This outcome may be demonstrated
through assessment against these unit
standards
Optional
9583
9586
3032
9553
9575
9585
9585
18422
21465
21466
Transition information
Replacement information
This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Energy and Chemical
Plant (Process Operation) with optional strands in Steam Generation;
Turbine Operations; Waste Treatment; Refrigeration; Chemical Continuous
Process; Chemical Batch Process; Solid Handling; Petrochemical Field
Operations; Petrochemical Control Room Operations; Petrochemical
Production Storage; Kraft Cycle Operations; Kraft Bleach and Chemical
Operations; and Kraft Pulping and Chemical Plant [Ref: 1344].
Trainees currently enrolled in programmes leading to the replaced qualification may either complete the
requirements as specified below, or transfer their results to this replacement qualification.
The last date for entry into programmes leading to the replaced qualification is 31 December 2016. The
last date for award of the replaced qualification is 31 December 2018 at which time it will be designated
as discontinued.
It is the intention of Primary ITO that no existing trainee should be disadvantaged by these transition
arrangements. Any person who considers they have been disadvantaged may appeal to the Primary ITO
www.primaryito.ac.nz.
Republication information
Version 1 of this qualification was republished In February 2015 to update the Evidence requirements for
managing consistency
Version 1 of this qualification was republished in December 2014 to update the specific conditions relating
to the graduate profile.
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