hi guys, i`ll second that,cheers

I am just fed up with people who don't do any upskilling or competency based training tell me I should do it and they are all for it and its a great idea. As you think it is such a good idea, what was the last course you did?

But you see the people in power are judged by their qualifications and experience, just as we all were up until recently. Remember when we were allowed to have the benefit of trust, honesty and respect.

I got a question for the Board. If, as your website states, the industry was 30% competent in the period 1993 to 2002,why did you give us the responsibility of self certification in 2002 and then 2 years after offer the training, in 2004, for the incompetence?? For an organisation that likes to call others incompetent, it is quite an over sight wouldn't you agree??

Its the old "do as I say, not as I do".The industry is full of hypocrites and incompetence, but it ain't the poor buggers crawling through shit running pipes.

This is a direct copy and paste from the Board's FAQ part of their web site, I find it insulting, I wonder what an audit of them would show.......oh wait there they been sacked a few times and still at it, it beggars belief.

http://www.pgdb.co.nz/Trade/CPD_FAQ.html


When was Competence Based Licensing (CBL) first introduced?
CBL was introduced when Parliament gave gasfitters self certification in 2002 (Gas Amendment Regulations 2002). Prior to this, the Board had, since 1993, been auditing the work of gasfitters. The audit results indicated that only 30% of gasfitters were meeting the minimum standards of competency. The continuing high level of audit failures led to the implementation of the CPD programme for registered and craftsman gasfitters on 1 April 2004.
 
it is embarrassing that this statement is on today's PDGB website--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

hi badger/guys,i see how they got it all wrong,the statement: "The audit results indicated that only 30% of gasfitters were meeting the minimum standards of competency" obviously meant that the other 70% were meeting the maximum standard,that looks like a win for gasfitters that is why they were allowed to self certify,cheers