The Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board just keep on hammering away at the industry, spending our money in the hope everyone accepts the “Ask for the Card” campaign but are their tactics right. The campaign is five years old and hasn't caught on.  Now the Board is gloating that two retail outlets are going to sell non registered people the plumbing gasfitting and drainlaying gear and then tell the customer to ask for the card if they use a tradesman. Doesn't that mean they are contributing to the problem and then expecting tradespeople to pay for the correction of the problem.

On the face of it, there seems to be a contentment by tradespeople in the plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying industry to accept the actions by the Government and Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board, yet when speaking to them they state they are not happy and absolutely sick of the situation that has existed for the last decade. Most ask what it will take to get change and why the Government won’t listen?

By now the realisation should be setting in with tradespeople working in the plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying industries that nothing will get better for tradespeople unless we collectively change it. Now is the time to step up or step out. The Federation needs tradespeople to make a decision for the future.

Linkback: https://www.plumbers.nz/fellow-practitioners-update/41/fellow-practitioner-issue-252-dated-1-may-2015/1861/

It interesting what the term "discretion" brings up.....

Abuse of discretion[edit]


"An abuse of discretion is a failure to take into proper consideration the facts and law relating to a particular matter; an arbitrary or unreasonable departure from precedent and settled judicial custom."[8] On appeal of an exercise of judicial discretion, "abuse of discretion" is a standard of review requiring the appellate court to find that the lower court's decision would "shock the conscience" of a reasonable person in order to reverse the decision below.


I am pretty reasonable and my conscience is very shocked that the Ombudsman is willing to ignore blatant cover up of a near fatal explosion that put a bloke in intestive care for two weeks, not to mention the Boards incompetent administering of the gas safety certificates, that led up to that explosion.......how does your conscience feel about it, are you feeling reasonable?

Fairness for all.......hmmmm not seeing it myself......