Hi Robbo
Yes registered and licensed for a couple of years - last licence lifted in 2006 and since then nothing.  Actually after making some more enquiries it turns out the PGDB are actually prosecuting him at the moment, but they are keen for more evidence and would lay more charges.  They say he has been on their radar for a while but they just couldn't get the evidence they needed to take a prosecution as he kept himself to small reno jobs such as bathrooms and repairs and the like.  Nothing big enough to stuff up enough for someone to complain.  So his fridge magnet is factually correct, and this is the whole point about the PGDB's role to promote and educate the public.  Wouldn't you think this would be at the forefront of all they do.  If they educated the public to ask to see a licence card and the public understood the difference between registered and licensed then we would all be better off.  No one the public are confused when some practitioners are equally so. 

The Board have some $250k in their workplan for promotion and education - we've yet to see it spent though.
 

WELL WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS THE PLUMBERS BOARD unqualified people running business

your business should stand or fall on the quality of your work and not how much you pay for a liceince or membership of any club

I agree with Plumber88 - if you aren't licensed then you shouldn't be working in the trade.  Legal and legitimate businesses can't compete with unlicensed people (and I include here registered but unlicensed) - you don't have any of the costs we have - e.g. licensing, disciplinary levy and upskilling.

As to unqualified people running business - we do need to acknowledge that some larger businesses will have managers that are just that - but they may have a set up where the shareholders are plumbers and gasfitters, or they may employ plumbers and gasfitters who are certifiers.  This is a different scenario from the licensed guy running a business where he is supervised by someone in name only.  I don't agree with this - and I don't have any sympathy for these people when the s**t hits the fan.