If you are unable to apply using the online form, download the PDF form below.

Once you have completed the PDF form, email printed copies of your application form and supporting documentation to the Board's Secretariat or post to:

New Zealand Mining Board of Examiners
PO Box 165
Wellington 6140.

Note – the fastest way to apply for your CoC is online. Paper applications may take longer as they need extra processing.

Documentation

You must provide a certified copy of the following documents. This means they must be certified by an authorised person such as a Justice of the Peace, Court Registrar, lawyer, or notary public to confirm that they are a true copy of the original document.

• Identification (see below).
• Ministry of Justice criminal record check.(external link)
• First aid certificate (see below).

Identification

Provide a certified copy of one of the following items to confirm your identity. The copy must be of a current (unexpired) document.

1. New Zealand driver’s licence.
2. New Zealand or overseas passport.
3. New Zealand firearms licence.
4. Certificate of identity.
5. New Zealand Police or New Zealand Defence Force photo identity card issued to non-civilian staff.
6. Refugee travel document used by or on behalf of the government of New Zealand.

 Fit and proper person 

To apply for a CoC, you are required to provide evidence that you are a fit and proper person. The Board may refuse an application if there is insufficient information to verify that you are a fit and proper person to hold this CoC. 

• Complete the fit and proper person form (included in the online system or attached to the application form).
• Provide a current certified copy of your New Zealand criminal record check from the Ministry of Justice(external link).
  • Your criminal record check must be provided to the Board even if there are no convictions listed.
  • The date on your criminal record check must not be more than 3 months old when we receive your application.
• If you have lived overseas for a period of 12 months or more within the 5 years before making your application, you must also provide a criminal history from that country.

You can find more information on how criminal records are considered in our Fit and proper person policy.

First aid certificate

Training of first aid personnel in workplaces must be carried out by individuals who are employed by an organisation granted consent by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority to assess first aid unit standards.

• Provide a certified copy of your current first aid certificate.

Multiple CoCs

If you hold multiple CoCs that expire on the same date, and you apply using the online form, you will need to submit a separate application for each COC type. You are, however, only required to provide evidence of CPD hours for the CoC with the most hours and any specialist hours required.

CPD requirements

CPD logbook – Evidence of compliance

To renew your CoC, the regulations require you to demonstrate you have complied with the CPD requirements. You must submit your CPD logbook(s) with enough CPD activities to meet your requirements from the date your CoC was issued through to the expiry date of your current CoC.

When submitting your CPD logbook, you can provide any single or combination of the following types of logbooks:

• New logbook (required for any CPD activities from 1 February 2020). If you want, you can also record CPD activities completed before 1 February 2020 in the new logbook.
• Old paper-based CPD logbook.
• Online CPD logbook (historic).
• WorkSafe-endorsed CPD logbook.

You are required to provide evidence that you attended or completed all CPD activities.

Access your historic CPD information (external link)

It is your responsibility to maintain your CPD records and you should make sure you do the following before you submit your logbook for review:

• Read the CPD guidelines and understand the CPD requirements as they relate to you. If you are unsure about what is required, please email the Board's Secretariat using the contact details below.

• Review your CPD records and ensure they are organised, up to date, reflect the requirements and have the required evidence for each CPD activity.

It is the Board’s and Secretariat’s responsibility only to check that the logbook demonstrates the CoC holder meets the requirements. If the CPD document is not up to a standard that can easily be understood and reviewed, the Secretariat will send the document back with a request to fix it.

For more information on CPD guidelines, logbook and alternative evidence form, see Continuing professional development. 

For your application to be considered complete, you must provide all required information and supporting documents. If your application is considered incomplete, you will be given 10 working days to provide the requested information or documents. If you have not provided this within the 10 working days, your application and supporting documents may be returned to you.

You will need to reapply to renew your CoC when you have the correct documents, ensuring your Ministry of Justice criminal record check is still dated within 3 months and your first aid certificate is still current.

For more information, see our Incomplete applications policy [PDF, 47 KB].

• Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations-Prescribed Competency Requirements for Certificates of Competence) Safe Work Instrument 2023
• Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2016(external link)
• Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Amendment Regulations 2022(external link)