E-news Archive

8 November 2011 - E-newsletter

Published on Friday, 09 March 2012 01:39 | Written by Jacob Carrington

Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ) Update

Extractives:
The first stakeholder meeting for the Review of the NC in Extractives Industries (Land Operations using Explosives) Ref: 0802 & the NC in Extractives Industries (Shotfiring) with strands in Construction Blasting, Surface Extraction, Tunnelling/Underground; Metalliferous Extraction and Underground Coal Extraction Ref: 0391 is to be held on Thursday 17 November, Copthorne Hotel, Oriental Bay, Wellington. If you are interested in attending please complete the Register of Interest Form on the EXITO website and email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The NC in Extractive Industries (Mining Electrical Engineering Non Hazardous Areas) Ref: 0804 and the ND in Extractives (Mining Electrical Engineering Hazardous Areas) Ref: 0805 has had very minimal uptake since its last review and the intention is to expire these qualifications. If you wish to make comment please complete the Qualification feedback form on our website under Targeted Review of Quals – Extractives – Blasting.

Energy & Chemical Plant:
Two meetings have now been held to progress the first stage of the review process and minutes of these meetings are on our website. Follow up work as a result of these meetings is in progress with a further meeting scheduled on the 9th of November with the Petrochemical Industry Advisory Group to consider specialist strands. A meeting with the Department of Labour and Inspection Body is also being scheduled for November. Following these meetings, a report will be developed which will outline the newly proposed Energy and Chemical Plant Qualifications, including career and employment pathways. This report will be placed on the website for wider industry consultation (as well as emailing to stakeholders) and feedback. Once wider consultation has been completed and feedback considered, the final report will be sent out. An NZQA  form – Involvement in Pre-Development Stage Stakeholder Attestation will need to be completed by Stakeholders, confirming support for the proposed qualifications. These forms will be submitted to NZQA with our report along with any other relevant documentation. Once approval from NZQA has been received, Stage Two of the development process will commence.

Drilling:
The first Drilling stakeholder meeting was held on 1 November and minutes of this meeting and other relevant information will be placed on our website shortly. A further meeting to progress the Drilling qualification review will be held on 6 December
in Christchurch following the New Zealand Drilling Federation meeting which is being held on the morning of the 6th. If you are interested in attending this meeting please rsvp to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Resource Recovery:
A reminder to all that the Resource Recovery suite of qualifications excluding the newly registered Resource Efficiency Qualifications are scheduled for review in 2012. At this stage it is envisaged that the first stakeholder meeting will be in held in February 2012. Register of Interest Forms are on our website.

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Gas Industry Forum

EXITO sponsored the Gas Industry forum in Taupo last month, hosted by the LPG Association, the Gas Association of New Zealand (GANZ) and the New Zealand Institution of Gas Engineers (NZIGE). EXITO Board Member, Don Elers, was on hand to present the first ever National Certificate achieved in Gas Marketing, Business and Administration (Customer Support) to Wahnita Batt of Genesis Energy.  Six employees of Electrix were also present to receive the first ever certificates achieved in Gas Network Operations (Gas Pressure Control). 

A presentation by EXITO’s Marketing & Communications Manager, Phillippa Boa, provided an overview of industry training in the Gas sector, including the introduction of a new service delivery model.  Maria Grant and David Johnson, EXITO’s Oil & Gas Training Advisors were also in attendance to promote the range of qualifications available for the gas industry.

Peter Thorley from Vector won the business card draw.

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Verification Assessment Pilot

One of the outcomes of EXITO’s new service delivery model is the introduction of a pilot Verification Assessment process. Verification Assessment (VA) is an alternative assessment pathway which provides an efficient method of quality assessment practice for specific unit standards. Learning for these unit standards is typically achieved on-job, and generates naturally occurring evidence which lends itself well to this type of process. We have already sent out VA forms to a number of companies engaged in training, and will continue with this process over the coming weeks. As this is a pilot to help trainees with unit standard achievement, there is no charge for this assessment, so this initiative is an ideal opportunity for companies to get some recognition for employee skills and knowledge gained on-job. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about this process, please contact yourTraining Advisor.

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Christchurch Office Move

EXITO's Christchurch staff have moved into their new building. The office is located at Unit 3, 213 Blenheim Road, Christchurch 8041. The Christchurch team has been split between two offices and is looking forward to being back under one roof. All other contact details will remain the same and can be found on our website.

EXITO would like to thank AgITO and Competenz for kindly sharing their office space with us since the February earthquake.