Can't anyone else see how dodgy these people are? Especially our so called leaders, just plain wrong. I wonder who else is lurking behind those little funds put aside for a rainy day?

We need a proper, open, fair and transparent Inquiry by an actual, totally unconnected impartial body......if I was the Board and I had done nothing wrong, immoral or illegal I would welcome an Inquiry with open arms....so as to clear the air and reaffirm my credibility........but if I was a dirty, conniving, nepotistic, immoral pack of arrogant jerks....well then I would avoid it at all costs and try to bullshit my way out of it......hhhmmmm.

I'll have one of those Chapter packs please Wal.

St Davids Day today, really brightened it up for me, these people must pay the piper.....there is far too much egg on their face and blood on their hands for them to stay. It is blatant and basically takes the urine, lol.

Hi guys, another can of worms uncovered by the super investigation team at the Federation.
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 In 1991 a Charitable Trust called the “Plumbing and Gasfitting Training Foundation” was formed with five trustees, being the Gas Association of NZ Incorporated, NZ Society of Master Plumbers and Gasfitters Incorporated, NZ Plumbers Gasfitters and Related Trades Industrial Union of Workers, Registered Society of Master Drainlayers of NZ Incorporated and you guessed it - the Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board.
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Another superb effort by the federation on producing fellow practitioner 143. This issue needs to be read very carefully to fully understand the words of the `Ombudsman `and the point about the `Registrar` being able to make decisions without the rest of the board`s approval, so why do we need a board?…
if an application for renewal of a practicing licence is made before the license’s date of expiry, but the licence has not been renewed before that date, the licence continues in force until the application is determined.
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So if we all were to ask to have the $90.00 reduction (money that they owe us)applied to our new license’s before paying for them the board would have to consider it and let us know, now that would take some time and be debatable, at the same time starving the board of much needed income, cheers

They say that sunlight is a powerfull disinfectant.
 also only the implicated would be making information hard to get and the public arena would seem to be the fairest place to have this all aired.
It is a shame that it takes so much effort to get any where with the current systems. If policy makers worked with the real industry and politicans had to act with the integrity and competence of tradespeople we would be getting somewhere.
The more i look at politics the more i See proving that the human race is devolving....... not evolving.

At a CPD course this week. One guy asked if reading the weekly Federation newsletter could count as self learning? If not, could you please put some plumbing tips in so that it does. That will annoy them.

It should count it certainly is educating the industry about the ins and outs of what the Board are doing, the Act and the regs.  Probably more than any CPD course where you already know before you go.  How many posters and readers on this forum can say they have learned something useful by reading the Fellow Practitioner?

hi guys, every week, it`s a sad day when you don`t learn something new, unfortunately some people do not want to learn, cheers