"We decided to hear from officials after concern was raised with us by the Minister for Building and Construction that the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board might no longer be financially viable if the clauses relating to the disciplinary levy in the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Notice 2010 were disallowed in the next few months"

Taken from wals last issue...

At the risk of sounding friken stupid...Is this an admission of guilt by the pgdb that they have been using our displinary fees to line there own fat pockets and illegially use those funds to fund other operations that have nothing to do with the displine of registered tradesmen?

And if so they should all be sacked...Because how the frick can they spout on about looking after the health and safety of the public when there corrupt!...and they cant even allocate the correct funds to the correct areas which should be childs play for people in there higher position...and they all knew what fees were ment for which operations...this just confirms there a gang of lying theives!

And if not then why delay the ruling because the actual functioning of the board is payed with from the rego fees, is it not? or is this fee also being pissed aghinst the wrong wall?

Ooh and a last question i was told at my suppliers today by the manager that the CPD courses for plumbing have been put on hold due to a standing court case aghinst them(PGDB)...has anyone out there heard anything about this?



Linkback: https://www.plumbers.nz/rant-or-rave/5/pgdb-theives/611/

cheers for the  info jax much appreiated...

hi guys, just looking at the pgdb "Strategic initiative 5" page 16 on their website. I don`t see anyware in it where they are going to REPAY disciplinary fees that have been overcharged over recent years, i think that they should do, what do you think? cheers 

hi guys, actually can they be called "fees" as the pgdb is a registered charity, i suppose they must be "donations". A good lawyer would argue that a person cannot forcibly made to make a donation therefore all forcibly obtained "donations" must be refunded,cheers

Na your right jax the people at the front line communications are not the ones to blame cus they like us are only trying to make a living and they have no control over those(The actual board members) that make these stinking stupid decisions. So when ever i talk to them i try to be nice as pie to them cus i reckon they dont deserve flack because they are only doing as told to do...So we have to make sure were pointing the effulent pipe in the right direction when we open up...hehehe

And your right not one single plumber i have ever spoken to has any form of respect for the Board...

Hi guys
Unfortunately while we idiots like Williamson and co past and present we don't stand a chance we need to start being in there faces and we need a list of the mps who think they vote against the plumbers of this country so we can start bombarding them with complaint about our troubles with the pgdb etc
Also it's about time we real plumbers told every body out that we are the real master plumbers because just cause you pay a fee to gravel and co this doesn't make you a master of shit it just means you payed a fee and people should only be judged by there last job which means you are only as good as your last job jd