hi guys, this from the Board today, if you can believe it, cheers
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Relicensing is in full swing and it is fantastic to see the large number of tradespeople who are getting in early to ensure that they are authorised to work lawfully on 1 April, which is the start of the new licensing year.
At the time of writing this, the number of people who have relicensed is more
than double the number who had done so at the same time last year - plus 124% to be precise. At the Board meeting next week, Minister for Building and Construction Maurice Williamson will be presenting the Centenary Youth Leadership Awards to three excellent young tradespeople. They were selected from the many high calibre nominations that were received for the awards. Details of the successful nominees will be released following the presentation.
The business plan for the next year will be adopted by the Board at that meeting and will be published on the website shortly after. There is a busy year ahead for the Board. It is pleasing to see that we are moving into a period of stability rather than the rapid change of recent years.
Inside this edition is information on enforcement action being undertaken by the Board to apprehend people who are working unlawfully. You can expect to see a lot more of this happening in the future. This work is both to promote public health and safety, and to rein¬force the value of the licence.
On the subject of the value of the licence, thanks to those tradespeople who have included the “ask for the card” message in material advertising their businesses. A good example is in this Info Brief (page 6), and more ideas from the industry to come for future editions. Building community recognition of the value of using trained and authorised tradespeople is the most effective way we can collectively fight against the illegal operators in our industry.
Peter Jackson
Board Chair

Hi Robbo  Have a look at the maths. 4 people licensed this time last year double that gives you 8 and multiply by 124% and you get 10. The figures used mean nothing its the final figures that count. It would be a good article if you could believe them

.....they are his mates, no need.....

I can only imagine that people have not registered with ESS because the Board did not include in their info that this was required.  Also it begs the question why haven't the unregistered been contacted. surely it wouldn't take long to cross check data bases.

I know a few master plumbers businesses that do three trades but license for one or two a year to save $$$. Illegal operators? Maybe he should take a look at his own bloody bunch.

this is so true rodza - plenty from his own back yard that he knows of but has done nothing about, turn the other cheek Peter Jackson the collaborator and look the other way...

Maurice is never going to do anything either he is in on it - wrapped around the little finger - most polly's just dont get it sadly...