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Offline aboutgas

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Re: 30 year old BROWN Buteline pipe splitting
« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2015, 08:54:56 PM »
Hi Keewee

Yes what you are doing is illegal just pop along to the Plumbers board website www.pgdb.co.nz and have a browse

That cheap job your doing for yourself might just get real expensive 
Unless the moral improves the floggings will continue

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Re: 30 year old BROWN Buteline pipe splitting
« Reply #16 on: October 15, 2015, 09:52:13 PM »
Spud my friend, it wasn't plumbers who said that changing a toilet seat was naughty. Guess who it was. Also, guys, 12 points for a buteline course!! Guys..... thats your licence,! And you get beer and pizza,,! ITS FREE. Would you rather pay at least $75 for less with no beer and pizza!!! Think about it. It's all shit anyway, may as well enjoy the shit. Good on the suppliers for helping us ALL out, not just trying to make a quick buck at OUR expence.

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Re: 30 year old BROWN Buteline pipe splitting
« Reply #17 on: October 15, 2015, 10:41:14 PM »
The suppliers are making several quick bucks at your expense mate - do you for one minute think the costs of your "free" beers and pizza aren't in the product price you get charged?  C'mon - they are business people too - they support the old "points" system because they got a captive audience.  For my two cents worth I pay $80 for Site Safe every two years where they repeat over and over the same things.  To pay $75 or less (and remember the price isn't set in stone) to get updates on codes and legislation to ensure I work safely, maybe some health and safety to also ensure I don't get pinged by Worksafe and maybe feedback from disciplinary processes sounds like a common sense approach.  The good suppliers will continue to run courses on their products - but going to these doesn't ensure you are competent.  I went on one course where they promised to update me on the latest gas changes - and the course was a year out of date - sure they covered the certification changes, but completely missed the changed in 5601 which were two months before the course.  Wouldn't you rather than some consistent course material delivered by trainers that will ensure you keep out of trouble and actually learn something?  Product training is just that - product training - good - but not a measure of competence.  I think the Federation have got this one right and their submission is well worth supporting.
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Re: 30 year old BROWN Buteline pipe splitting
« Reply #18 on: October 18, 2015, 12:15:23 PM »
The board had the perfect opportunity with the gas regulation change. They could/should have used that as proof they are interested in cpd by possibly running some proper seminars or something equivalent. No money to be made there I guess. As you correctly point out the $75 price isn't set in stone, I bet it will only go up, not down. Also if suppliers stop their cpd courses do you think the price of their product will be reduced? They are businesses after all.


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