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Hmmm… Bill from the Plumber… I wonder what that job cost me…? . Argh!!! Are you SERIOUS?????????????. Introduction. Who is there for the trades people in this industry? Is the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (PGDB) really there for the Health and Safety of the public? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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INTRODUCTION

Argh!!! Are you SERIOUS????????????

?

Hmmm… Bill from the Plumber… I wonder what that job cost me…?

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• Who is there for the trades people in this industry?

• Is the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (PGDB) really there for the Health and Safety of the public?

• Why does the PGDB charge the practitioner so much?

• Why are these fees and levies continuously rising?

Administers and Regulates – • “The Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act

2006”Formerly –• “The Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act

1976”

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FACTS:• Plumbing & Gasfitting

apprenticeship = $ 10,580 increase from

$6000• Drainlaying = Additional $3000• All three

apprenticeships = $13,580

Unit Standards - √

Exam - $411 per trade exam -√NO!!!!!

• Codes - $ 710• Purchasing of

tools• Travel &

accomodation costs – block courses

• Earning apprentice wages

For Plumbers, Gasfitters & Drainlayers qualification to be recognised by the PDGB – they must…

• Apply to be added to the register - $357 per trade

• Purchase a Certificate - $51.00

…Wahoo!! Can I go to

work now?...WHAT ELSE???!!!

COSTS INVOLVED WITH TRAINING & APPRENTICESHIPS

$$$

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THIS MEANS:• One trade/licence = $366 per

year• Two trades/licences = $467

per year• Three trades/licenses = $568

per year

THREE TRADES• Licence - $303• Disciplinary & offences

fee - $ 265• CPD - $ 720

It is ILLEGAL to work without a practising license, even if you are qualified and registered!!CPD is a CONDITION of licensing!!

TWO TRADES• Licence - $202• Disciplinary & offences

fee - $ 265• CPD - $ 600• Total = $1067

ONE TRADE-• Licence - $101• Disciplinary & offences

fee - $ 265• CPD - $ 360• Total = $726

PRACTISING LICENCE :• Uplift an annual practising

licence - $101 per trade• Pay an annual one-off

disciplinary & offences levy - $265 per tradesperson

CONDITIONS OF LICENSING:• CPD points – Continued

Professional Development

ONGOING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING QUALIFIED

CPD COSTS:• One trade/license – 12 points =

$360• Two trades/licences – 20 points

= $600• Three trades/licences – 24

points = $720

ANNUAL FEES

THREE TRADES ANNUAL COSTS GRAND TOTAL –$ 1288.00

Plumbers, Gasfitters & Drainlayers of NZ

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Registration $175.00

Certificate Free

Licensing $60.00

Discipline NIL (incl. in reg.) Examination $85.00

Late Examination Application $85.00

Trainee Limited Cert NIL

CPD No fee

Registration $357.00 per trade (x3 is $1071)Certificate $51.00

Licensing $101.00 per trade (x3 is $303)Discipline $265.00

Examination $411.00 per exam (x3 is $1233)Late Examination Application NIL – as late applications are not accepted

Trainee Limited Cert $45.00 per trade (x3 is $135)CPD $360 (for 3 trades is $720)

Registration $434.45

Certificate $40.89

Licensing $729.20

Discipline $195.11

CPD mandatory with no charge

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AMENDMENT BILL

GUILTY!! Owe the

industry $

1,000,000.00…ANY AMOUNT IT THINKS FIT!!...

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VSHAS OVER 1000 MEMBERS

“The Board will become

INSOLVENT!!!”

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…In The HOUSE…

…Explosion at Pizza Hutt…

Caused by an ‘incompetent

Gasfitter’

No! It was not a Pizza Hutt!... It was a fish n

chip shop!

√

“The Board” tried to pin the blame on a poor gasfitter…They ruined his reputation; his business & he lost his home !! BUT…

This Gasfitter, was never found CULPABLE!!!!

“The Board” wasted $200,000 of practitioners money, pursuing the wrong man!!

Knowing full well who did it!!

Who may I ask are the incompetent one’s here????

Where are your CPD points???

Pfft!! In an ‘Ideal World’ perhaps…

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Which brings the vote to 61 for and 60 against.

- “ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil; is for GOOD

men to do NOTHING!!” -

- EDMUND BURKE -

• Who is there for the trades people in this industry?

A. Not the PGDB. Only the PGDF (Federation).

• Is the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (PGDB) really there for the Health and Safety of the public?

A. No, they are not. It is the tradespeople who work in our homes, that protect our Health and Safety.• Why does the PDGB charge the

practitioner so much?A. Because they are greedy.

• Why are these fees and levies continuously rising?

A. Because they have made an Industry within an Industry.

YOU and ME

Opposed the Amendment Bill:

Labour, Greens, NZ First, Maori, Mana & Independent MP Brendon Horan.

Supported the Amendment Bill:

National, Act &United Future.

CONCLUSION

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