Hi Guys, bit of fun or vent your spleen.....

Pick a recommendation and discuss how the Board has achieved or totally ignored a recommendation by the OAG.





1. review its Licensing Policy Statement to ensure that it complies with the
Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006 and administrative law
principles;

2. discuss with the Department of Building and Housing whether mechanisms
under the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006 are clear and
appropriate for controlling the work of exempt people carrying out plumbing,
gasfitting, or drainlaying work;

3. revise its Licensing Policy Statement to include a discussion of how it defines
“supervision”;

4. review its Registration Policy Statement to ensure that it complies with
the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006 and administrative law
principles;

5. write further policies to guide the exercise of its other powers under the
Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006 and, in doing so, that it
carefully consider the legal basis for such policies;

6. consider with the Department of Building and Housing whether the
legislation needs to be amended to deal with registration and licensing
issues;

7. in preparing questions for any future examinations, ensure that the
questions are appropriate for assessment under the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and
Drainlayers Act 2006, are able to be answered, are free of mistakes, and do
not contain unrealistic scenarios;

8. review its processes for preparing and moderating questions, and for setting
examination papers;

9. work with the Ministry of Economic Development and the Department of
Building and Housing to consider what changes may be needed to enable the
gas certification system to operate as an effective public safety protection;

10. work closely with the Ministry of Economic Development and the
Department of Building and Housing to develop a gas audit process that
provides adequate assurance of the safety of self-certified gas installations;

11. review its policies for registering well-qualified and experienced plumbers
and gasfitters migrating to New Zealand to ensure that its current policies
give appropriate effect to its statutory discretion and to ensure that New
Zealand makes the best use of the skills of such immigrants;

12. clarify whether it can issue provisional licences to overseas plumbers,
gasfitters, and drainlayers before they apply for registration;
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13. maintain and embed a practice of reviewing all of its fees and charges against
the good practice guide, Charging fees for public sector goods and services, to
ensure that it is budgeting and setting fees in keeping with its legal authority
and good practice expectations;

14. establish a simple and effective complaints process for tradespeople who
are unhappy with a particular Board decision or action, so that there is an
accessible and transparent mechanism for getting a prompt review of a
decision or action; and

15. establish an immediate and short-term process for considering and resolving
grievances arising from previous Board decisions that may have wrongly
disadvantaged a tradesperson.


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