New Zealand Certificate in Drainlaying

Ignite Colleges

Subject area

Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying

Qualification

Check out Fees Free to see whether you are eligible for a year of fees-free study or two years industry training. Contact your provider to confirm your study options meet the criteria.

Entry requirements

Regulatory Requirements

Candidates must meet the competencies, registration, and licensing requirements specified by the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Drainlaying Registration and Licensing) Notice 2016, or any subsequent amendments or replacements, referred to as "PGD Board Competencies".

All trainees in New Zealand undertaking drainlaying as defined in the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006 must hold a Trainee Limited Certificate from the PGD Board.

About the course

What can I expect out of this qualification?

The purpose of this qualification is to provide the drainlaying sector with people who are skilled as drainlaying tradespersons and ready to apply for registration as a licensed drainlayer under the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006.

This qualification is targeted at people working in the drainlaying industry and who can fulfil the requirements to obtain a limited trainee authorisation issued by the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board.

Graduates will have the skills and knowledge required to safely carry out all drainlaying work within the scope of an authorised drainlayer. A licensed drainlayer can lay, alter, reconstruct, extend, repair, and open up drains and associated traps and connect drains up to and away from wastewater treatment stations.