hi guys/jax,"The Board have some $250k in their workplan for promotion and education" i hate to think what state we will be in if the board spends that amount of money promoting `how to complain about your plumber,gasfitter,drainlayer`we can all make mistakes that are easily fixed but if they find out about them first we will be TOAST, think about it,cheers

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hi guys/plumber, yes it does`nt nessarsary have to be a failed inspection it could be because the client does not want to pay for the work, of course it would have to be a legitimate complaint but i am sure that the client does not get charged for a false claim,cheers

i cant believe its going to cost me over $1000 to become a registered/licenced plumber, and then the same for gasfitting!!! god damn it! i already paid $5000 to go to polytec and they dont teach crap!!!, tutor walks in 20 mins late after getting a coffee, what a joke!!!

Robbo - are you having a really bad day today?? 
Yes we have some issues in the trade at the moment, but it's worth the fight to try and sort it out.  As to young people entering the trade and finding the costs restrictive - contact your MP and let them know - put it in writing to the Editor of your newspaper.  Let the people who are shouting about the skills shortage know that the barrier to entry is COST - a ridiculously high barrier that is not justified.  Sing it from the roof tops - but don't sit at home and mope about it.   One thing you may be able to do is approach your employer and see if they can front end it for you and make arrangements to pay it off.  Many employers will consider this so that they have a fully licensed person added to their list of employees.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.  Remember it is an election year and approaching your MP's about something like this is worthwhile.  Ask your employer to write as well - he/she could talk about how much the cost of training was etc and that now you are fully trained you are unable to practice as a licensed person due to the high costs of getting over this barrier.