Recommended Reading Lists:

Plumbing Inspection (up to Category 3 Buildings)

Complex Plumbing Inspection (Category 3 Buildings)

Building Controls

Plan Processing

Site Inspection

The Fire Documents C/AS1

Complex Fire Designs

E2 - Weathertightness (Residential Weathertightness)

Building Consent Vetting

Plumbing Inspection Water Supply and Sanitary Plumbing (up to Category 3 Buildings)

It is recommended that you make yourself familiar with the following documents before you attend the Plumbing Inspection - Water Supply & Sanitary Plumbing (up to Category 3 Buildings) Course.

(Important: Print the above documents, to bring along to the course, if you do not have office copies you can bring with you)

Personal safety equipment to bring:

• Safety Boots
• Hig Viz Vest
• Hard Hat

Recommended pre-course reading:

It is recommended that you make yourself familiar with the following documents before you attend the Plumbing Inspection course:

Legislation: All available from - http://www.legislation.govt.nz (click here)

• Building Act 2004 (as at 1 January 2011)
• Local Government Act 1974
• Local Government Act 2002
• Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 1976
• Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006
• Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2007

Department of Building and Housing Compliance Documents:

E3 Internal Moisture

G1 Personal Hygiene

G4 Ventilation

Standards

AS/NZS 3500 – parts 0 – 4 inclusive.

This can be purchased from - http://www.standards.co.nz (click here)

Complex Plumbing Inspection Water Supply & Sanitary Plumbing (Category 3 Buildings)

What you MUST bring to the course:

AS/NZS 3500.1,2&4

G12 Water Supplies (including amendment 8) [PDF 1.52 MB, 68 pages] Effective from 10 October 2011
 G13 Foul Water (second edition including amendment 4) [PDF 2.09 MB, 60 pages] Effective from 10 October 2011

(Important: Print the above documents to bring to the course, if you do not have office copies you can bring with you)

Equipment to bring:

• A scale ruler
• A calculator
• Processing and Site Inspection Checklists

Personal safety equipment to bring:

• Safety boots
• High Viz Vest
• Hard Hat

Recommened pre-course reading:

It is recommended that you make yourself familiar with the following documents before you attend the Complex Plumbing Inspection - Water Supply & Sanitary Plumbing (Category 3 Buildings) Course.

• G13/AS3
• AS/NZS 3500.2 section 4

Department of Building and Housing Compliance Documents:

Standards:

AS/NZS 3500 - parts 1, 2, 3 & 4 inclusive

This can be purchased from - http://www.standards.co.nz (click here)

Building Controls

What you MUST bring to the course:

  Handbook to the Building Code and Compliance Documents Third edition (including amendment 12) [PDF 1.17 MB, 216 pages]
Effective from 10 Oct '11

 Building Officials Guide to the Building Act (DBH Publication)

(Important: Print the above documents, to bring along to the course, if you do not have office copies you can bring with you)

Recommended pre-course reading:

Please read through the Building Officials Guide to the Building Act before coming to this course.

Plan Processing

What you MUST bring to the course:

It is recommended that you also make yourself familiar with these documents before you attend the course.

• If you already work for a Building Consent Authority it would be really useful to bring copies of your own plan processing checklists.

• Also, please bring a copy of your in-house plan processing procedures. This will ensure a meaningful learning experience in that you can relate the theory to your real-life work practice.

• On the course you will be presented with plans to work from. If you have an interesting plan you would like to share with the group, please feel free to bring a copy to ‘show and tell’.

Recommended pre-course reading:

It is recommended that you make yourself familiar with this document before you attend the course:

Building Act 2004 (as at 1 January 2011)

Site Inspection

What you MUST bring to the course:

It is recommended that you make yourself familiar with these documents before you attend the course:

• If you already work for a Building Consent Authority it would be really useful to bring copies of your own inspection sheets.

• Also, please bring a copy of your in-house inspection procedures. This will ensure a meaningful learning experience in that you can relate the theory to your real-life work practice.

Personal safety equipment to bring:

• Saftey Boots
• High Viz Vest
• Hard Hat

Recommended pre-course reading:

It is recommended that you also make yourself familiar with this document before you attend the course:

Building Act 2004 (as at 1 January 2011)

The Fire Documents C/AS1

What you MUST bring to the course:

• C Fire Safety (including amendment 9) [PDF 1.87 MB, 230 pages] Effective from 10 October 2011 

  A scale ruler
  

Prior to attending the course please make yourself familiar with the contents page of this document.

Complex Fire Designs

What you MUST bring to the course:

• C Fire Safety (including amendment 9) [PDF 1.87 MB, 230 pages] Effective from 10 October 2011 

   

Prior to attending the course please make yourself familiar with the contents pages of these document.

E2 - Weathertightness - (Residential Weathertightness)

What you MUST bring to the course: 

• NZBC Clause E2:
  
  E2 External Moisture (Third Edition including amendment 5) [whole document - PDF 14.7 MB, 198 pages] Effective from 1 August '11 E2/AS1
  Constructing cavities for wall claddings
• External moisture – an introduction to weathertightness design principles
• Guide to Risk matrix

(Important: Print the above documents, to bring along to the course, if you do not have office copies you can bring with you)

Building Consent Vetting

What you MUST bring to the course:

• Guide to applying for a building consent (simple residential buildings)

• Copies of your Councils' Form 2 Building Consent Application Forms and checklists