Trade and commercial competency
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| Course: | NZ Cert. Carpentry Level 4 - Learning |
| Book: | Trade and commercial competency |
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| Date: | Wednesday, 10 June 2026, 12:55 PM |
Trade competency
Trade competency is defined as having the knowledge and skillset necessary to obtain the New Zealand Certificate in Carpentry Level 4 and a Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP).
Everything you need to know about applying for LBP can be found here: https://www.lbp.govt.nz/become-an-lbp/apply-for-licensing/
For a full definition of what is understood by the industry as 'trade competency' can be found below:
TRADE COMPETENCY - https://www.building.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/projects-and-consents/guide-to-tolerances/guide-to-tolerances.pdf
Notes
Combine as one.
commerical competency - complete all aspects of work withi a commerical timeframe and build without supervision - all aspects of the trade- train and supervise others - train the apprentice
Information about training and supervising others - what that means in the building industry
Trade comepetecy - have the licience and qualifications.
Combine Trade and Commercial competency as one - only difference is one is on a commerical building site - but no difference for resources
Key differences are - larger site, working in bigger teams, more large mechanical equipment - tower crane, concrete pumps - pipes, different construction methods to residential - tilt slabs, bolting concrete work
Need to show evidence of both commercial and residential building sites - working at an unsueprvised level on both - different constrution methods, foreman signed off or leading hand etc.
Trade competency is defined as having the knowledge and skill set necessary to obtain the New Zealand Certificate in Carpentry Level 4 and Liciensed Building Practiationer (LLP).
Everything you need to know about applying for LLBP can be found in the handbook:
[Link to handbook] and applications to apply for licence
For a full definition of what is understood by industry as 'trade competency' can be found in [link to document below]
give a bit of context
TRADE COMPENTCY
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Commercial competency
https://www.sitesafe.org.nz/guides--resources/practical-safety-advice/worker-engagement/