Hi all, did anyone else sit the exam on saturday? What did you think??

Was pretty surprising with the new format of supplying certain codes to refer to..

It seemed a bit easier than previous exams... (this was my first time sitting a craftsman/certifying exam, but I used old exams for study) ...hmm i guess time will tell tho! 

Linkback: https://www.plumbers.nz/plumbing-gas-fitting-and-drainlaying-apprentice-support/3/9195-certifying-plumber-exam-nov-2010/539/

I think we do have to thank the PGDB for allowing codes in the exam.  I know that Hazel Armstrong was particularly perplexed when she learned that the codes were not allowed in exams, after all in everyday work life they are referred to when solving jobs.  Plumbers and gasfitters, like lawyers, cannot be expected to have photographic memories and so having access to the codes that are referred to as part of our daily working lives makes sense.  Credit where it is due - a good decision by the PGDB (one of a very few!)  My staff who sat have all reported that they thought the plumbing registration exam was "fair".  Now we just await the results.

Too right plumber i would say to those thinking of doing it, to stop thinking and just do it...i downloaded the June one and also found it to be reasonable...the changes in these exams were not voluntary...only because of people like yourself and others who gave and still give a damb do we see changes to the way these exams are presented,...So the more noise we can make the faster things will happen for us...I have been mailing Maurice Williamson for about...well ever since i joined this site..lol..when i was looking at the 2007 exam i thought theres no way in hell im going to pass...but after that last exam... now im sort of confident, a quiet confidence but..lol..
Seriously anyone out there thinking of sitting rego now is the time to strike! 

good luck man...

has anyone received their results yet , my son sat  the certiyfying plumber and is very frustrated at the time it takes for the results to be sent , he is unsure which exam to target next incase he missed the exam  , his electrician mate had the results from his exam early January , why do we have to wait so long ?

very frustrating in my opinion 

This is how competent the board is they state on there site the results will be out AROUND the 31st what a bunch of doofussess! so i tell my clinet yea mate i be there around the 31st...these idiots expect us to be super professional yet there actions speak of incopenteance in volumes look PGDB if your not sure of the date then bloody well push it out to something like this: The results will be sent out in alphabetical order starting on the 7th and all will be posted out within a week!. instead we get this AROUND crap ...tisk tisk again very unprofessional from the board.....All im saying here is if you expect to be the leaders in industry then bloody well lead by example one thing i rearly hate(and pisses me off to no end) is people telling me to do something that they themselvs are not prapared to do first...if i see you the board acting in the uptmost professional manner then i will follow and act accordinaly...just dont keep pushing this CPD crap on me when im already running rings around you in my proffesionlism!...yea my spelling is a bit off but at least i hit the nail on the head EVERY TIME! cus thats my job to GET SHIT RIGHT!!!.

I can sympathise Thunderhead that you are a bit tense waiting for these exams.  I have five staff waiting on results too and the tension is palable.  I must say that I think the results are very late this year.  Usually we see them around the 24th.  Not sure what the hold up is, given that there are not huge numbers sitting.  Just hoping that you get them in the next day or two.

 :)well it was worth waiting for , my son got a good pass rate with the 9195 paper , anybody else get good news ?