At a guess I would say I am STILL counted as a Master Plumber supporter although I havnt worked for a Master Plumber business for two years. Their numbers they claim will never diminish in their opinion only rise.

Ive been bleating about this for a few years and is the number one reason why I will never join. I was told the fees are about $1000 a year to be a local member and more apparently to be recognised nationally?? Could you shed any light on how it definitely works and the costs involved Jax??

As far as I am aware you put the stickers on your van "To gain public trust" so I was once told by a former boss, they send you news letters, your invited to their annual monthly local meeting and thats it. I always felt that it was unethical how businesses I have been in contact with operated as Master Plumbers.

The consumer would get any person with a exemption license showing up at the door with Master Plumbers stickers on their van and insignia on their shirt but in reality it doesnt improve the quality of the tradesman and the level of that persons skill, yet the consumer does not understand this and thinks they are getting the best. Ive seen it time and time again. "Master Plumbers"... another top heavy organisation full of bureaucrats and dickheads that charge through the roof but do little for the every day tradesman.

Their true intentions to suck on and swallow whatever the Board gives them became apparent when a huge injustice and unethical malpractice with a very serious flaw in the PGDB's gas certification system was blamed on local forum gasfitter Paul Gee who was actually only trying to be a responsible gasfitter. He was offered no help or support although he was a paying "Master Plumber" member. Effectively they washed their hands of him for no apparent reason. It is for that I would not give them 10 Cents or a second of my time.

They way in which they have rolled out their own CPD courses is also of concern, $30 per point??? If anyone from Master Plumbers is reading this, who helped implement this, Are you for real???  What planet do you reside on???

If thats not a money grab then what the F**k is eh???   

I found out that where I am living, some local Master Plumber member who is a bit of a grub and I consider to be ignorant and arrogant, read from 5261 to the guys that showed up to pay $30 per point. They listened to shit getting garbled by this guy who what they told me later "obviously hasnt ever really read what he was trying to explain before" and had more than likely picked up this book probably from under a stack of other books and magazines in his messy office or worse borrowed one from someone else, as his copy was lost, everyone then filled out a little questionnaire, everyone was angry as they just got swindled and that was it.

Absolutely unbelievable.

Anyone else been to one of these Master Plumbers CPD courses and how was it???

Anyone out there that works for a Master Plumber angry that Master Plumbers are using them as a baseless number to justify THEIR selfish goals in this industry when in reality they dont give two shits about the guys on the tools?? They only care for looking important and being the big kid on the block when it comes to industry support when lobbying at govt level. They really dont care about their own members and they expect you to pay for the privilege.

In all sense and reality it is the Board who is masquerading as the Master Plumbers these days dare I say. How cheeky is that, they count half the trades people in this country all who hate the Board and use the numbers to implement their (board) will on us and use Master Plumbers as the apparent impartial industry body to do it.

They are using our own workmates and colleagues against us in a war of numbers. The Board know they cant just openly impose their will on us (although they are doing a piss poor job at hiding it at the moment) so use Master Plumbers as their weapon of choice to lobby govt on their behalf.

Im going to have to say that I think Master Plumbers have had their day, they have been corrupted and infiltrated by people with their own ambitions to the highest level of their organisation. They are not trustworthy, just look at what happened to Paul.

And we live in a democracy???