On-the-job learning
You need to show at least 2 examples of on-the-job learning for your licence class over the 2 year skills maintenance period. Each example should describe something new you've learned on the job.
LBPs require a range of skills and knowledge to carry out their work effectively. Here are some areas relevant to LBPs you may wish to consider for on-the-job learning examples:
- Regulatory knowledge – knowing your legal responsibilities, applying for building and resource consents, staying up to date with changes to the Building Code, participating in consultations.
- Technical knowledge and skills – new products and techniques, putting theoretical knowledge into practice, learning from mistakes, refreshers, looking up standards and other technical guidelines.
- Health and safety – learning safer methods of working, participating in site inductions, using new types of PPE or equipment with improved safety features.
- Professional skills – managing contracts, liaising with clients, managing resources, supervising workers.
Examples include:
- design and/or installation of a new cladding
- learning how to use a product or material that you haven’t used before
- how you did a job that was complicated by something like a particular terrain, wind zone, or elevation.
You can record your activities as you go in the LBP portal, and create Records and Certificates of Work that can be used as evidence of your learning. These should include details of:
- work completed on the job
- problems or issues identified
- lessons learned
- new skills acquired.
If you can’t record your on-the-job learnings in the portal, you'll need to make sure you record them elsewhere instead. You can use our Record of Skills maintenance form to do this.
Record of learning examples
We also have examples of Records of Learning that you can use as guidance.