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PGDB CPD: how it works for plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers
In New Zealand, every registered plumber, gasfitter and drainlayer has to complete CPD each year to renew their licence. The Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board sets and delivers it, and its online programme runs on Howio.
7,339 practitioners completed the Board's online CPD in 2025.
The requirement at a glance
Who has to complete it
Registered people in the Restricted, Plumber, Gasfitter, Drainlayer and Certifying classes
How often
Every year, as a condition of renewing a licence
What it involves
Five mandatory modules and two electives, chosen by trade or interest
Where it's done
Online, in a browser, through the Trade Login on the Board's website
What it costs
$35, paid when you start the course
Who delivers it
The Board
If you're a plumber, gasfitter or drainlayer
Your CPD is on the Board's website. Sign in at the Trade Login and choose the CPD tile. Howio provides the software behind the online programme, and the Board is the place to go for anything about your licence or your CPD record.
How the Board runs CPD on Howio
Practitioners sign in through the Board's own website and go straight into their CPD, with no second account to set up. They work through the modules in a browser, on whatever device they have, at a time that suits the job they're on. The fee and the identity check sit in the same journey, and each module is recorded as it's finished, so the Board can see where the register is up to at any point.
The Board has run its CPD on Howio for four licensing years.
If you run CPD for another register or membership
The same setup works for any organisation with people outside its own payroll who have to complete something each year. We can show you how the Board's programme is put together and what it would take to run yours.
If you run a plumbing, gasfitting or drainlaying business
Training you build for your own team is separate from licence CPD and doesn't count towards it. You can use the same software for inductions, your own way of doing common jobs and safety refreshers.
Questions about PGDB CPD
- Who has to complete PGDB CPD?
- In New Zealand, every registered plumber, gasfitter and drainlayer in the Restricted, Plumber, Gasfitter, Drainlayer and Certifying classes has to complete it each year to renew their licence.
- What does PGDB CPD involve?
- Five mandatory modules and two electives, chosen by trade or interest.
- Where do I complete PGDB CPD?
- Online, in a browser, through the Trade Login on the Board's website.
- Who runs the Board's online CPD?
- The Board sets and delivers the CPD, and Howio provides the software it runs on.
- Does training from my employer count towards PGDB CPD?
- No. The Board delivers licence CPD itself. Training an employer builds for its own team is separate.
Talk to us about your CPD programme
If you run CPD for a regulator, an association or an industry body, we can show you how the Board's programme is set up and what it would take to run yours.