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This qualification has been reviewed . The last date to meet the requirements is 31
December 2018.
This qualification has been reviewed and replaced by the New Zealand Certificate in Pipe
Installations (Level 4) with strands in Trenched, and Trenchless [Ref: 2694] and the New
Zealand Certificate in Utilities Maintenance (Level 4) with strands in Water, and
Wastewater and Stormwater [Ref: 2695].
The last date for entry into training programmes for the replaced qualification is 31
December 2015. The last date of assessment for the replaced qualification is 31
December 2018.
People currently working towards achievement of this qualification may either complete the requirements for that qualification or transfer their results to the replacement. However, there are substantial differences between the new and the replaced qualifications, and it is recommended that candidates complete the qualification in which they are enrolled.
For detailed information see Review Summaries on the NZQA website.
This qualification contains standards that replace 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 standards – see table below.
Credit for Exempt from
17500
23282
23284
23287
22290
27327
27328
25445
Any person who feels disadvantaged by these transition arrangements should contact
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Process
Registration
Review
Revision
Review
Review
3
4
5
Version Date
1
2
May 2007
July 2009
September 2010
October 2011
February 2015
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Last Date for Assessment
December 2012
December 2016
December 2016
December 2016
December 2018
PO Box 2759
Wellington 6140
Telephone 0800 486 626
Email
Website qualifications@connexis.org.nz http://connexis.org.nz/
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This qualification is part of a qualification pathway for infrastructure pipelaying technicians in the infrastructure sector; refer to the learning pathway information later in this section for further information.
This qualification recognises the skills and knowledge required by infrastructure pipelaying technicians, including the installation of new assets and the replacement of existing assets across the water, wastewater, and stormwater sectors; which are covered by a number of distinct phases such as excavation, pipe and structure installation, and reinstatement and surfacing. This qualification focuses on the installation of pipes and structures phase.
Please note a separate qualification, the National Certificate in Water Reticulation
(Planned and Reactive Maintenance Technician) (Level 3) with strands in Water, and
Wastewater [Ref: 0962] exists for Planned and Reactive Maintenance Technicians. Ref:
0962 recognises the skills and knowledge required by water reticulation technicians including reacting to system failures – caused by a range of circumstances such as material failure and activity that causes a component(s) in the system to fail – and planned maintenance, which may include such things as installing a permanent solution to a temporary fix, flushing pipe lines to maintain water quality and refurbishing or replacing hydrants and valves.
While there are common areas of skills and knowledge shared by Planned and Reactive
Maintenance Technicians and Infrastructure Pipelaying Technicians, the nature and focus of their roles and working environments are very different, hence the two separate qualifications. If you have any questions regarding the most appropriate qualification for you please contact InfraTrain New Zealand on 0800 486 626 or by email askus@infratrain.co.nz
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The compulsory section of the qualification recognises the infrastructure pipelaying technician ’s ability to establish line, level, and grade for infrastructure pipelaying; produce and use as-built plans; pre-check infrastructure pipes, fittings and structures; enter, work in and exit a confined space; install structures for infrastructure pipelaying and carry out follow-up procedures; locate and identify services on civil construction sites all within the context of the water industry; and Operate as a Traffic Controller (TC) for low volume and
Level 1 roads.
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The c ompulsory section also recognises the technician’s knowledge of hazards associated with confined spaces; pre-checking infrastructure pipes, fittings and structures; infrastructure works quality assurance requirements; notifiable works and permits in the civil infrastructure industry; slinging, lifting, moving, and placing loads with an excavator or loader; and of reticulated services and their location, in the context of the water industry.
The elective section requires the technician to select a set of knowledge and skills that meet their goals and those of their job role/workplace. People can select standards covering knowledge of soil properties for earthworks, bypass pumping and the installation, commissioning, and decommissioning of bypasses for infrastructure pipelaying, the rehabilitation and replacement of existing water and wastewater pipe lines, pipe jointing systems for water reticulation, equipment and operations for jointing polyethylene pipe for a distribution network, and pathogens, diseases, and their control in the water industry.
People may also choose standards covering skills that relate to preparing for and setting up CCTV, and describing procedures for CCTV survey of water reticulation assets, notifying members of the public affected by civil construction activities, performing electrofusion jointing on polyethylene pipe for a distribution network, and performing butt fusion jointing on polyethylene pipe for a distribution network.
People who have completed this qualification may continue their learning pathway by entering a programme of study leading to the award of the National Certificate in
Infrastructure Works Supervision with optional strands in Asphalt Surfacing, Chipseal
Surfacing, Civil Works and Utilities, Road Works, Water, and Wastewater [Ref: 1658].
While not prerequisites, the following national certificates provide a learning pathway leading to this qualification. National Certificate in Infrastructure Works (Level 2) with optional strands in Earthworks, Pavement Surfacing, Roads, Rural Contracting, and
Utilities [Ref:1660] is the entry point for individuals entering the sector, the next step in the pathway is a qualification currently under development it has the working title of the
National Certificate in Infrastructure Works Excavation and Reinstatement (Level 3).
Compulsory credits in the Civil Infrastructure Health, Safety, and Environment, Civil
Construction Works , Generic Infrastructure Works , Water Reticulation , and Temporary
Traffic Management are portable within a wide range of infrastructure sector qualifications.
Level 2 credits
Level 3 credits
Level 4 or above credits
Minimum totals
Compulsory
9
87
-
96
Elective
0-5
0-17
0-18
18
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Award of NZQF National Qualifications
Credit gained for a standard may be used only once to meet the requirements of this qualification.
Unit standards and achievement standards that are equivalent in outcome are mutually exclusive for the purpose of award. The table of mutually exclusive standards is provided on the New Zealand Qualifications
Authority (NZQA) website: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/standards/standards-exclusionlist/ .
Reviewed standards that continue to recognise the same overall outcome are registered as new versions and retain their identification number (ID). Any version of a standard with the same ID may be used to meet qualification requirements that list the ID and/or that specify the past or current classification of the standard.
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Compulsory standards
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Elective
– A minimum of 18 credits as specified
Compulsory
The following standards are required
Engineering and Technology > Civil Works and Services > Civil Construction Works
ID Title Level Credit
23278 Demonstrate knowledge of and pre-check infrastructure pipes, fittings and structures
23280 Establish line, level, and grade for infrastructure pipelaying
3
3
5
5
Engineering and Technology > Civil Works and Services > Civil Infrastructure Health,
Safety, and Environment
ID Title Level Credit
20869 Demonstrate knowledge of notifiable works and permits in the civil infrastructure industry
3 2
Engineering and Technology > Highway Construction and Maintenance > Temporary
Traffic Management
ID Title Level Credit
5627 Operate as a Traffic Controller (TC) for low volume and
Level 1 roads
3 4
Engineering and Technology > Infrastructure Works > Generic Infrastructure Works
ID Title Level Credit
6479 Locate and identify services for infrastructure works 3 5
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20875 Demonstrate knowledge of slinging, lifting, moving, and placing loads with an excavator or loader
22290 Demonstrate knowledge of and carry out infrastructure works quality assurance requirements
27327 Handle and install pipes and fittings for infrastructure pipelaying, and carry out follow-up procedures
27328 Install structures for infrastructure pipelaying and carry out follow-up procedures
27329 Demonstrate knowledge of, and apply, quality assurance practices to own work area in a civil infrastructure operation
Engineering and Technology > Water Industry > Water Reticulation
ID Title
Level
2
3
3
3
2
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Credit
5
5
20
10
4
Level Credit
19201 Demonstrate knowledge of reticulated services and their location, in the water industry
19204 Produce and use as-built plans in the water industry
3
3
4
2
19207 Enter, work in, and exit a confined space in the water industry
19209 Demonstrate knowledge of water reticulation systems cleaning and disinfection
19211 Describe water supply mains materials and fittings, and causes and prevention of pipe failure
19215 Describe wastewater systems and materials, and causes and prevention of pipe failure
3
3
3
3
5
4
6
6
Health > Occupational Health and Safety > Occupational Health and Safety Practice
ID Title Level Credit
18426 Demonstrate knowledge of hazards associated with confined spaces
Elective
A minimum of 18 credits
3 4
Engineering and Technology > Civil Works and Services > Civil Construction Works
ID Title Level Credit
17328 Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of earthworks
25445 Describe and explain bypass pumping and install, commission, and decommission bypasses for infrastructure pipelaying
2
3
5
4
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Engineering and Technology > Infrastructure Works > Infrastructure Works Supervision
ID Title Level Credit
3 6435 Implement notification requirements for infrastructure works
Engineering and Technology > Water Industry > Water - Generic
ID Title
19205 Demonstrate knowledge of pathogens, diseases, and their control in the water industry
Engineering and Technology > Water Industry > Water Reticulation
ID Title
5
Level
3
Level
22097 Demonstrate knowledge of rehabilitation and replacement of existing water pipe lines
22098 Demonstrate knowledge of rehabilitation and replacement of existing wastewater pipe lines
22104 Demonstrate knowledge of pipe jointing systems for water reticulation
22107 Prepare for and set up CCTV, and describe procedures for CCTV survey of water reticulation assets
3
3
4
4
Manufacturing > Plastics Processing Technology > Plastics Fabrication
ID Title Level
Credit
2
Credit
3
3
4
4
Credit
10980 Perform electrofusion jointing on polyethylene pipe for a distribution network
10987 Perform butt fusion jointing on polyethylene pipe for a distribution network
25610 Demonstrate knowledge of equipment and operations for jointing polyethylene pipe for a distribution network
4
4
3
6
8
5
Version 4 was issued following a review, and there are substantial differences between versions 3 and 4.
There are substantial differences between the new and superseded version of this qualification. Changes to structure and content include:
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Total credits were reduced from 154 to 114.
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The optional strand in Gas Distribution Pipelaying was removed from the qualification.
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Core Elective 1 and 2, with a collective credit requirement of 30 credits, were combined into a single elective section with a credit requirement of 18 credits.
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Expiring standards 23282 and 23284 were replaced by standards 27327 and 27328 respectively.
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Standards 6472, 13010, 17327, 17599, 23279, 23281, 23283, 23285, and 23288, from the Core Compulsory section, were removed from the qualification.
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Standards 6401, 6402, 6452, 6457, 6467, 6469, 6475, 6476, 16701, 16702, 16703,
19675, 23289, and 23286 from Core Elective 1 and 2 were removed from the qualification.
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The option to select standards from the Civil Infrastructure Health, Safety, and
Environment , Occupational Health and Safety Practice , Core Plumbing, Gasfitting, and
Drainlaying , and Drainlaying domains was also removed from the elective section of the qualification.
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Standards 19201, 19204, 19209, 19211, 19215, 20869, 22290, and 27329 were added to the Compulsory section.
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Standards 6435, 17328, 22097, 22098, 22104, and 22107 were added to the Elective section of the qualification.
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Standard 5627 moved from Core Elective 2 to the Compulsory section.
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Standard 25610 moved from Core Elective 2 to the Elective section.
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Standard 19205 moved from the Core Compulsory section to the Elective section.
For detailed information see Review Summaries on the NZQA website.
Previous versions of the qualification
Version 3
Version 3 was issued to update standards 10980 and 10987 following their review and to add their recommended for entry standard 25610 to Core Elective 2.
The classification in the title of the qualification was changed because the Civil
Construction Works domain was designated expiring in July 2010. The qualification was registered in the Infrastructure Works subfield.
Changes to structure and content included changing the classification in the title of the qualification; standard 25610 was added to Core Elective 2; classification, title, level, and credit value of standard 10980 were updated; and the classification, title, and credit value of standard 10987 were updated.
Transition
InfraTrain New Zealand and the civil infrastructure sector will continue to recognise version
2 of the qualification.
Version 2 was issued following a review of infrastructure pipelaying standards, and to correct the prerequisite diagram. At the same time, the review amended the core content to better reflect current infrastructure pipelaying practice and, on advice from the gas distribution industry, updated the optional strand. 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; and total credits were increased from
153 to 154 credits.
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Other standard setting bodies whose standards are included in the qualification
Agriculture Industry Training Organisation
New Zealand Industry Training Organisation
NZ Extractive Industries Training Organisation
Certification
This certificate will display the logos of NZQA, InfraTrain New Zealand, and the organisation that has been granted consent to assess against standards that meet the requirements of the qualification (accredited).
Classification
This qualification is classified according to the classification system listed on the Directory of Assessment Standards (DAS) and the New Zealand Standard Classification of
Education (NZSCED) system as specified below.
DAS Classification NZSCED
Code Description Code Description
452 Engineering and Technology >
Infrastructure Works
030907 Engineering and Related
Technologies > Civil Engineering
> Water and Sanitary
Engineering
Quality Management Systems
Providers and Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess by a recognised Quality
Assurance Body before they can register credits from assessment against standards. Organisation with consent to assess and Industry Training Organisations assessing against standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards. Consent to assess requirements and the moderation system are outlined in the associated Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) for each standard.
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