Skills maintenance training providers

To remain licensed, Licensed Building Practitioners (LBPs) need to show that they are keeping up with changes to the industry. The Licensed Building Practitioner Scheme refers to this as ‘skills maintenance’.

Skills maintenance is about LBPs staying on top of their game. By maintaining skills and knowledge, LBPs can work more effectively, minimise errors and costs, and improve workplace safety. The aim is for high quality and safe buildings, and consumer confidence.

You can apply to have an activity approved even if it is not your core business. You must ensure that the competencies of the licensing class/es are met and the activity is beneficial to LBPs.

Once an activity is approved, an LBP can accrue points from that activity towards their skills maintenance record.

You will be able to promote your activity by:

• displaying the LBP logo which gives you the ‘mark of quality’, denoting awareness and trust.  Displaying the LBP logo means your activity has been approved by the Registrar and the activity is aligned with the LBP Scheme
• advertising via the Licensing Update newsletter.

To find out more about the scheme in general you can read Is Licensing for Me?

How to become a Skills Maintenance Training Provider

You will need to complete the following forms:

Activity pre-approval application - this is the ‘request for approval of activity by the Registrar’. See below for summary of competencies or call 04 473 8823 for assistance.

Deed of Licence for use of Logo – regulations concerning the usage of the LBP Logo.

Send completed forms to:
Licensed Building Practitioner Group
C/o Department of Building and Housing
PO Box 10-729
Wellington

Summary of the competencies. For more details you can read the Licensed building Practitioner Rules.

Licensing Class	Competencies
	1	2	3	4	5
Design 1	Comprehend and apply knowledge of the regulatory environment of the building construction industry	Manage the building design process.	Establish design briefs and scope of work and prepare preliminary design.	Develop design and produce construction drawings and documentation
Design 2	Comprehend and apply knowledge of the regulatory environment of the building construction industry	Manage the building design process.	Establish design briefs and scope of work and prepare preliminary design.	Develop design and produce construction drawings and documentation	Explain the processes of construction observation and contract administration
Design 3	Comprehend and apply knowledge of the regulatory environment of the building construction industry	Manage the building design process.	Establish design briefs and scope of work and prepare preliminary design.	Develop design and produce construction drawings and documentation	Provide contract observation and contract administration
Site 1	Comprehend and apply knowledge of the regulatory environment of the building construction industry	Demonstrate technical knowledge of construction methods and practice	Organise and manage bulding projects	Supervise personnel	Provide technical supervision
Site 2	Comprehend and apply knowledge of the regulatory environment of the building construction industry	Demonstrate technical knowledge of construction methods and practice	Organise and manage bulding projects	Supervise personnel	Provide technical supervision
Site 3	Comprehend and apply knowledge of the regulatory environment of the building construction industry	Access and interpret technical knowledge of construction methods and practice	Control and direct the building process, including site risk management	Manage project team and personnel	Manage and direct technical supervision personnel
Carpentry	Comprehend and apply knowledge of the regulatory environment of the building construction industry	Have knowledge of current building and trade practice	Carry out planning and scheduling for carpentry work	Carry out carpentry work
Brick and Blocklaying	Comprehend and apply knowledge of the regulatory environment of the building construction industry	Demonstrate knowledge of current bricklaying and blocklaying trade practice	Carry out planning for masonry work	Carry out masonry work
External Plastering	Comprehend and apply knowledge of the regulatory environment of the building construction industry	Demonstrate knowledge of current external plastering trade practice.	Carry out planning for external plastering work	Carry out external plastering work
Roofing	Comprehend and apply knowledge of the regulatory environment of the building construction industry	Demonstrate knowledge of current roofing trade practice	Carry out planning for roof work	Carry out roof work

Using the LBP Logo

Training providers offering activities approved by the Registrar for the purpose of skills maintenance can use the LBP logo. The LBP logo may only be used once permission is gained from the Registrar.

The LBP logo is the key element of the Licensing Scheme. The Department of Building and Housing has strict guidelines about the reproduction and use of the logo.

The LBP logo must not be altered in any way. The LBP logo may only be used in its entirety. This means that no alterations may be made to the graphic proportions of the LBP logo, its colour or individual elements. However, the LBP logo can be sized to meet requirements and may be used in black and white.