If you are reading this post you are probably wondering if you can get any recognized training accreditation when you sit a test and tag course.
To answer this, we have to take a look at a few things. Firstly, what type of accreditation are you after? Currently, at the time of writing this post, within New Zealand there is no company that provides accreditation with NZQA regardless of what companies may say. So if you are looking for a company that can provide you with NZQA credits, you may struggle to find a provider – we could be wrong here though so feel free to reach out to us if you do know of any provider that does.
Secondly, some providers will say they are national accredited as an RTO provider. However, we are talking about New Zealand and an RTO qualified provider accreditation isn’t recognized in New Zealand; its Australian. So if you see it on a New Zealand training providers website, it’s a little misleading and doesn’t amount to anything in New Zealand.
Thirdly, you have the result of what some of the largest training providers offer; their own licensing program. When you take a test and tag course and complete it successfully, and are deemed competent by your training provider, you are issued with a certificate and normally a license ID card.
What Should I look for in a training provider?
Here is where you need to be careful though. Some providers issue a license without a photo ID. Metrotest does provide a photo ID license on completion of training which we think is a must have.
You should also consider the experience of the training provider. Some providers do training but they don’t actually do any testing and tagging, which means they don’t really have the hands on experience. Metrotest teaches what we do, having our own electrically qualified trainers who have test and tagging experience.
Lastly, some providers do have other qualifications. For example, at the time of this post, Metrotest is a qualified EWRB (Electrical Workers Registration Board) trainer. When choosing what provider to go with, ask them do they actually have any electrical qualification recognition.
So, to answer the question; can I be accredited for doing test and tag training?
Simple answer, currently no, not by New Zealand’s national qualification criteria. But, you can be sure that you will get recognized training from recognized providers like Metrotest who have close to 3 decades of experience training thousands of kiwis and Australians and are a registered training provider within New Zealand.
If there is a question we have missed or something you would like to discuss further, feel free to give us a call on 0800 638 768.
