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OPUS ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING 2015 PROSPECTUS

NATIONAL DIPLOMAS AND NATIONAL CERTIFICATES

NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN DRINKING WATER - WATER TREATMENT (SITE TECHNICIAN) LEVEL 5 This is the highest level qualification for people working in, or progressing towards, a supervisory or management role in water treatment - either for Local Government or industrial water supply systems. It is ideal for people who are experienced in supervising or managing water treatment systems. With changing drinking water standards, new legislation and a competitive business environment, qualified water treatment Managers and Supervisors are in high demand. If you are currently in, or progressing towards, a supervisory or management role in water treatment, this qualification is for you.

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$6,920 + GST per person.

Various types of disinfection Public Health Risk Management Water Quality and Management Water Safety planning Waste Management Processes Filtration processes

DURATION The National Diploma in Drinking Water (NDDW) qualification takes two years to complete and includes twenty days of theory training in the classroom and an onsite practical assessment once the theory units are complete.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Pre requisite for the NDDW is the National Certificate in Water Treatment or equivalent work experience. You will need to be working in the water industry and must have access to a water treatment plant to fulfil the practical course component.

COURSE DATES Block one: Block two:

13 - 24 April 24 – 4 September

Email nzweta@nzweta.co.nz to go on the mailing list for 2015 course dates. Students enrolled on this course will also be enrolled with the Primary Industry Training Organisation (Primary ITO). The Primary ITO can provide trainees with a subsidy towards training and offer support throughout your study. For more information go to their website www.primaryito.ac.nz

NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN DRINKING WATER - DRINKING WATER ASSESSMENT LEVEL 5 This high-level course is designed for public health employees, enabling them to implement Ministry of Health drinking water policies, legislation and standards. It is essential for anyone working as a drinking water assessor, and also ideal for consulting and council engineers wanting more detailed and specific water treatment knowledge than is available in most engineering courses. The assessment strand of the diploma is for those who assess drinking water supplies.

TOPICS INCLUDE

COURSE FEE

• Drinking Water Standards and Legislation • Public Health Risk Management • Field Analyst • Water Safety Planning

$9,200 + GST per person.

DURATION The National Diploma in Drinking Water (NDDWA) qualification takes two years to complete and includes twenty days of theory training in the classroom and a practical assessment with the trainer once the theory units are complete.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS You will need to be employed by or have access to a Public Health Unit. A public Health Mentor can be arranged.

COURSE DATES Block one: Block two: Block three:

13 - 24 April 24 Aug – 4 September 2 - 6 November

Email nzweta@nzweta.co.nz to go on the mailing list for 2015 course dates Students enrolled on this course will also be enrolled with the Primary Industry Training Organisation (Primary ITO). The Primary ITO can provide trainees with a subsidy towards training and offer support throughout your study. For more information go to their website www.primaryito.ac.nz

Opus International Consultants Graphic Design Assistant Working alongside our New Zealand based creative team, I assist in the creation of all Opus branded material. Briefs include the development of advertisements, brochures, event collateral, award submissions, client material and bid applications; web applications (i.e. invitations), social media skins, web and email banners and newsletters for our internal clients. Through Opus, I have had the opportunity to work on projects for external clients which include New Zealand Water Environmental Training Academy (NZWETA), Nelson District Council and Kaipara and Hikurangi Plains Water. This material requires me to adhere to unfamiliar brand requirements to execute bid documents, charts and diagrams and display panels. Because of the locality of my role, I have to be able to manage my time effectively - paying particular attention to various client time zones and deadlines whilst maintaining and exceeding working standard requirements.

OPEN SPACES STRATEGY

Draft for Consultation September 2014 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR RANGITIKEI DISTRICT COUNCIL

Proposed Bulls Community Centre

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Open space forms an integral part of the District’s aesthetic, social, ecological, cultural and economic life. The purpose of the Open Spaces Strategy is to set the direction for provision of an open space network that will meet the District’s needs for the next 30 years. The Open Spaces Strategy specifically establishes a vision for Selwyn District’s open space and where Council wants to be in 2044. Supporting the vision are underlying principles that provide a platform for the vision. Council views the provision of open space through key themes, with each theme having an associated implementation plan in order to achieve the vision for open spaces into the future. In developing this Strategy the Council carefully considered unique factors impacting the rate of population growth currently and predicted into the future and how best to achieve the community’s needs and aspirations.

CONCEPT DESIGN AND FEASIBILITY STUDY SEPTEMBER 2014

The purpose of the Open Spaces Strategy is to set the direction for provision of an open space network that will meet the District’s needs for the next 30 years. 2

Rangitikei District Council | Bulls Community Centre Concept Design and Feasibility Study

1 Executive Summary The planning framework is in place and it’s time for action! Your investment in the Bulls Town Centre Plan (TCP) and assessment of the feasibility of a Community Centre as a priority for Bulls are important first steps to meet the town’s development aspirations and strategies. The Rangitikei District Council have an opportunity to create something unique. The conceptual design and feasibility study for the proposed Community Centre will provide an exciting opportunity to plan and develop an iconic “People Place” for the region that will draw people together. This is your vision – to create a civic heart within Bulls.

THE PROJECT

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THE CONSULTANT

COMMITMENT

The success of this project will rely on selecting a consultant who can:

Opus are passionate about the difference our local knowledge makes to our community. We enjoy building communities, and that is why are excited to be invited by the Rangitikei District Council to put forward our proposal for the proposed Bulls Community Centre.

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Excite the Rangitikei District Council and the community by designing and planning an outstanding Community Centre

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Deliver an innovative architectural design with the ability to blend Bulls’ heritage values into civic spaces

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Have a good local knowledge and understanding of the Rangitikei community, their needs and economic drivers

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Communicate, engage and lead both the Rangitikei District Council and the community Rangitikei District Council | Bulls Community Centre Concept Design and Feasibility Study towards a common goal

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Lead value for money through innovative design and functionality

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Bring experience through each strand of the project: architecture, planning and analysis, project management, community consultation and feasibility assessment

The Rangitikei District Council’s next task is to appoint a consultant who has the experience and capacity to deliver both the community consultation and conceptual design of this centre and undertake the necessary feasibility study so that this can be delivered for the forthcoming draft 2015-25 LTP. Key factors to the success of this proposal will be assessing the community needs accurately through quality community consultation, innovative architectural design and finding a solution that represents value for money.

FEASIBILITY STUDIES

BULLS TCP STRATEGIES

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Connect people and places

Summary Table

PROJECT PHASE

Provide a safe community Reinforce Bulls as a travel destination Slow traffic and create a safe environmentFEE (EXCL GST)

CONCEPT DESIGN AND QUANTITY SURVEYING

$25,100

FEASIBILITY STUDY

$25,160

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

$6,000

Rangitikei District Council | Bulls Community Centre Concept Design and Feasibility Study $56,260

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EXCLUSIONS

Our fixed fee price does not include: •

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Our proposal assumes a single preferred site has been identified by project commencement.

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Landscape Architecture inputs. These can be provided if required.

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Consultation and engagement limited to that identified in our Methodology

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WE’RE LOCAL

OUR HERITAGE EXPERIENCE

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COMMUNITY CONSULTATION

Connectivity of users and clever design, whilst creating architectural ‘bang for your buck’ will be the keys to success in achieving a great Community Centre. Functionality and community participation will ensure multi-purpose activities like Library and Information Services harmoniously share space with community activities and events.

Our commitment to you is that we will give you the best concept design from our award winning architects that will reflect the values and needs of your community. We understand your economic considerations and through the combined experience of our professional team, we will deliver a Community Centre design for the future.

Our price for the preparation of this project is:

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Grants Board’s guidelines and flag any issues. This will provide a solid basis for your decision-making journey. Understanding the needs and drivers of the stakeholders and visitors to the community will be integral to assessing the primary objectives of the Community Centre. You will need a consultant who We’re proud of our local knowledge and our can engage with the stakeholders and construct advantage is yours when it comes to the delivery of a the vision through their needs. Our award-winning robust Concept Design and Feasibility Study. We are architects and planners believe what they do in touch with your community and the commercial/ understands and shapes communities’ aspirations. political landscape. Our Wanganui and Palmerston That’s why we will carefully consider the design North based planners have already delivered good elements and needs of the primary stakeholders results to you through resource consent processing, through community engagement. Our planners are You will benefit from the journey we’ve been on. assisting with the review of the District Plan and trained practitioners in public participation and An important aspect to the feel of this Community Reserve Management Plan processes as well as consultation, well qualified to undertake and analyse Centre will be integration of the heritage values and Rangitikei District Council | Bulls Community Centre Concept Design and Feasibility Study Plan 19 processing the recent Foodstuffs Private community engagement outcomes. District’s history through blending architectural Change for the ‘Rangitikei Junction’ development. conservation with new. Consideration needs to be Through this partnership we can help you achieve given to the rural character and Bulls’ ‘quirkiness’ the outcome “Enjoying life in the Rangitikei”. through practical design. This is something that Opus does well. Our architects are proud of their Let our experience deliver a Feasibility Study that We consider ourselves uniquely placed to deliver a designs such as the award-winning Carterton Events will give you confidence that the Community Centre ‘one of a kind’ Community Centre for Rangitikei and Centre and the Te Kauwhata Library for the is a valid need and, importantly, will be supported the Bulls township - placing it firmly on the map as a Waikato District Council. The Carterton Events by the community. We understand the design place for people and a place to stop. Centre façade very successfully incorporated the requirements, capital and operational requirements old library within the new building. Part of our through the many community facilities we’ve been “We engaged Opus to restructure and methodology includes sharing critical success privileged work on. We will assess the costs and revise an existing draft recreation As notedfactors in the brief the mainto project milestone and ‘lessons learned’ from the Carterton project benefits of this facility, test current funding methods, dates are: with and reserves strategy document the Project Team. address relevant tags identified in the NZ Lottery which had floundered at the Council Project Start Date: 10 October 2014

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WITH VALUE

Enhance travellers’ experiences

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Rangitikei District Council | Bulls Community Centre Concept Design and Feasibility Study

Management Processes

QUALITY ASSURANCE Opus maintains a management system (Opus Way) that is certified to the Quality Assurance Standard AS/NZS ISO 9001:2008 by Bureau Veritas Quality International. Our system is intrinsic to everything we do. Our management system ensures we deliver a quality product through clear briefing, regular team interaction, workshops, deliverables meetings all designed to ensure “right first time” quality solutions. A Project Plan will be established at the outset to underpin management of the project. This plan will cover how the work is to be done (methodology), what is to be done by whom and by when (resources and timetable), with regular review and updates as changing circumstances dictate.

Final report Due:

While the focus of the Open Spaces Strategy (the Strategy) is primarily about publicly owned land, it recognises that privately owned open space also makes a considerable contribution to the open space network. It is the collective public and private open space that gives the District its identity.

added great value to our project by Opus International Consultants

working collaboratively with us to produce a new document which was strategic, well aligned with Council’s other strategies and plans and was very easy to follow. Council consulted widely on the draft document and Rangitikei District Council | Bulls Community Centre Concept Design and Feasibility Study found it was supported by all our key stakeholders with only very minor wording changes suggested. This document clearly sets the direction for both our asset management plans and reserve management plans. Ann-Marie and Opus will be our first port of call for any further recreation planning work and I have no hesitation recommending her to 8.2 Health other agencies.”

TECHNICAL REVIEWS

We propose as a form of contract the ACENZ/ IPENZ Form of Agreement for Engagement of Consultant (March 2012) to be completed and signed upon your acceptance of our offer.

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Biodiversity - the variety of plant and animal life in a particular habitat, a high level of which is usually considered to be important and desirable. Kaitiakitanga - The exercise of guardianship by the tangata whenua of an area in accordance with tikanga Māori in relation to natural and physical resources, including the ethic of stewardship3. Long Term Plan - The Selwyn District Council Long Term Plan (LTP) sets out what the Council is planning to do over the next ten years. This includes:

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what the Council is trying to achieve for the District; the range of services that we provide; the level of performance that residents can expect from us; how much we estimate the services will cost; how much we estimate ratepayers will need to pay.

Mana Whenua – territorial rights, power from the land - power associated with possession and occupation of tribal land4. Open space – areas of land or water that the public has a level of free physical or visual access. This includes ‘green spaces’ such as parks, reserves, transport corridors, urban spaces, streetscapes, greenbelt areas and streams or rivers.

Provided below are copies of the required insurances already obtained by Opus.

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they understand that the District is growing rapidly; there is a need to plan proactively for open space provision in the future; they value the diversity of open space provision in the District; they are keen to see the diversity and experience of these open spaces retained and enhanced into the future; there is a strong desire to retain the rural identity of the District; there is a desire to have open space that is versatile to meet the diverse needs of the community.

PURPOSE OF THE OPEN SPACES STRATEGY

Appropriate acquisition, development and maintenance of open spaces to preserve the District’s character and identity are important to visitors and residents. In order to effectively acquire, develop and maintain the District’s open spaces in a manner that meets the needs of the community into the future, there is a need for a planned ‘whole of network’ approach. This planned approach is consistent with Council direction as well as broader direction as prescribed by key documents such as the Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy, Spaces and Places Plan for Greater Christchurch, ‘Mahaanui’2 (Iwi Management Plan), the District Development Strategy (Selwyn 2031) and other key planning instruments. The purpose of the Strategy is therefore to set the direction for provision of an open space network that will meet the District’s needs for the next 30 years, taking into consideration existing Council provision and levels of service as well as other providers of open space in the District. It emphasises the role of open space as an integral part of the District’s aesthetic, social, ecological, cultural and economic life. 1 According to the 2013 Census Usually Resident Population Counts produced by Statistics New Zealand on the 15th October 2013. 2 Taken from Te Tai o Mahaanui, the tide that connects the six marae. From the Waimakariri to the Hakatere, the tide of Mahaanui laps against the whenua embracing the six hapu.

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Opus operates an internationally recognised computer-based financial and project management system called Deltek VISION as our corporate financial system. A unique project number will be created for the project and each task will be identified to capture and monitor financial performance and progress. VISION records all project costs including labour and expenses, and allows us to monitor the expected cost to completion. This delivers a very accurate picture of the financial state of the project to allow financial reporting at any time

As a precursor to the development of the Strategy, a consultation exercise was undertaken with key stakeholders. The community have told us that:

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Opus recognises the importance of quality control Opus is an ACC accredited employer to a tertiary in order to ensure that reliable information is level with a comprehensive health and safety policy. supplied. Our technical review processKATHY is an internal DEVER-TOD,Each GROUP MANAGER project requires a health and safety plan with ‘health check’ that considers the projects’ criticalTARARUA DISTRICT COUNCIL ASSETS, objectives reviewed and set annually. We take our success factors and any risks that need managing. responsibilities seriously and all staff are trained in As mentioned, the Technical Reviewer will facilitate appropriate health and safety work practices and are regular Technical Reviews with Opus staff involved Opus International Consultants required to promote a safe work environment. in the project. The Client can be involved in these reviews as well.

PROJECT FINANCIAL CONTROL

Together these features play an important role in contributing to the attractiveness of the District with the community open spaces providing for quality living environments; important places to celebrate heritage, culture and natural features, promoting and enhancing tourism opportunities as well as promoting biodiversity. They also provide relief from the intrusion of everyday noise and urban distractions, enabling people to relax and enjoy the natural surroundings. Equally, open spaces provide people with places to gather and enjoy. The District’s current open space resource is being significantly impacted by on-going population growth with Selwyn District being the fastest growing District in New Zealand1. This has resulted in increasing pressure on the various providers of open space to meet the District’s current and future needs. The development and protection of the District’s open space network and improvements to the quality of open space is therefore increasingly important.

consultation phase due to the lack of direction and clarity. Ann-Marie

5 December 2014

We are committed to delivering the report within this timeframe, and would enjoy the opportunity to discuss key milestones with Rangitikei District Council.

INTRODUCTION Many people choose to live in Selwyn District for its unique blend of small distinctive townships, rural outlook and natural wilderness all interwoven by community open space. There are several larger town centres in the District that provide low density ‘urban’ settings and associated public open spaces.

Principle - a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning. Opus International Consultants

Sustainable- meeting the needs of today, without adversely impacting on the needs of tomorrow. As a term it can be applied across a range of areas, such as the environment, society and the economy5. Vision - a mental image of what the future will or could be like. 3 4 5

Source: http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/glossary.html Source: http://www.maoridictionary.co.nz/word/3452 Source: http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/sustainable-industry/tools-services/definition.php

The Movement Youth Trust Brand and Marketing Manager The Movement Youth (MVMNT) is a charitable trust based in South Auckland. They are a youth organisation which focuses on developing young people in the community to become confident and well rounded individuals. Social media is the biggest avenue for advertising within our core target market. The MVMNT Twitter and Facebook page require regular updates to ensure constant communication and interaction between parents, our young people and the wider community. As Brand and Marketing Manager I am responsible for the overall strategic vision, brand and collaboration of all marketing and brand collateral. In order to remain current we must constantly remain relevant, keeping out material fresh and youthful, while still retaining the essence and core of the MVMNT.

Photography My interest in Photography started as a hobby. I would take my camera on camping trips and family events. While working for Opus, I have taken photos for award submissions, proposals and staff profiles. I casually take photos for live events, usually for the MVMNT, weddings, church services and portraits. What I enjoy the most is being able to capture emotions and details that are savoured for a period of time.

Yoobee @Natcoll Design School 2012 Yoobee @Natcoll Design School prospectus. This collaborative project involved a range of students showcasing what Yoobee @Natcoll Design school had to offer. Working along side 10 other creatives, we were able to pull off this publication within a short period of 3 weeks. Working with a limited predetermined colour palette and imagery, the relationship between every element was equally important as this prospectus was also exhibited as the launch of the Design school, after re-branding of the previous ownership company.

Grow Your Own Brief: Re-brand the UK based brand ‘Grow Your Own’ to suit New Zealand audiences. The inspiration of this project comes following the kiwiana tradition of selling fruit and veges from a side of the road stall. Focusing on the blackboard with white paint typography, the rough edges keeps to the home style Kiwi D.I.Y culture, blending well with the UK brand name, ‘Grow Your Own’.

Lightbulb 75w Take an everyday item and sell/package the item in a way that will be interesting to a niche audience. This instance I utilised the light bulb which is purely packaged using black card. The use of die cutting is strongly evident, following an idea of lantern and pattern making. By making the packaging itself a novelty feature, it made it easier to target females that were in the niche market of buying things because they were aesthetically pleasing.

Coast to Coast Mailer Torpedo7 Coast-to-Coast New Zealand athletes are selected to receive a direct mailer from the organizers of the Coastto-Coast to entice them to participate in the competition. Working collaboratively, this project was based on the Mayan philosophy fore-seeing that the world will end in 2012. The mailer consisted of a box where upon opening globe consisting of black, yellow and orange with the message â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get Ready to Run. 2012 is comingâ&#x20AC;?. The lid and bottom portion of the box is completely made from hand rendered die cuts.