PHOTO: 123RF The Government is proposing a major overhaul of the licensed building practitioner scheme.
Scores of builders, maybe hundreds, may have to complete more training under the proposed overhaul of the Building Act.
As part of the act’s review the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment has proposed a major revamp of the licensed building practitioners (LBP) scheme where about 25,000 people, many builders, hold licences.
Reassessments of skill levels for all licensed building practitioners, new training, and having to pass a fit and proper person test are on the cards in MBIE’s proposals.
Importantly, it also wants to expand the scheme to require commercial construction companies to have LBPs to supervise other building staff and that might require another 12,000 LBPs. At present the scheme is only for homes and small to medium apartment buildings.
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