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Title: Fellow Practitioner Issue 38 1 March 2011
Post by: Wal on March 01, 2011, 04:21:12 PM: The Government should be ashamed.
Title: Re: Fellow Practitioner Issue 38 1 March 2011
Post by: Jaxcat on March 02, 2011, 08:20:22 AM: I concur with the sentiments expressed in this newsletter. It is theft by stealth, misrepresentation and despite reports from multiple government agencies there is still rot at the very core of the PGDB. There is a refusal at all levels (from operational through to governance) to acknowledge any wrongdoing in any way, shape or form. This should not be tolerated by the Minister, his advisers nor the public. The certificate debacle in Auckland came down to two things - 1) a gasfitter who sold certificates to all and sundry and should rightly have been castigated for it but 2) the PGDB continued to sell certs to someone who was not returning them. In all the news articles did we hear about the poor administration and checking structure at the PGDB - NO - all we heard was that there was all this illegal selling of gas certs. The Board have, time after time, been caught out - they make decisions without having any policy to back them up, or indeed in some cases any legal backing to make them. They say they are interested in our opinions and consult and then do not consult properly. They say they will run an education campaign to tell the public that names of practitioners and classes of licence have changed - they still have not done it. They put up our fees, they increase their empire and still they can't do the basics correctly and then this week - after the RRC have put some strong recommendations to Parliament - they poke out their tongue and go na,na,na, na,na to practitioners all over the country. They've misrepresented what the RRC report says to, again, paint themselves lily white. Shame on them, shame on the Minister and shame on all those officials who have aided and abetted them.
Title: Re: Fellow Practitioner Issue 38 1 March 2011
Post by: wombles on March 11, 2011, 08:25:28 AM: Has the gasfitter at the centre of the certificate debacle actually been disciplined yet?
Title: Re: Fellow Practitioner Issue 38 1 March 2011
Post by: aboutgas on March 11, 2011, 09:45:36 PM: Hi Wombles no he hasn't after 2 years of board bulls**t it is still under investigation and has just about ruined him
Title: Re: Fellow Practitioner Issue 38 1 March 2011
Post by: wombles on March 13, 2011, 09:42:45 AM: And what about all the dodgy gasfitters he gave/sold certificates to. Have they been disciplined. Have not seen anything in MP journal or on PGDB website. And what about the public who had jobs done by these guys. Who has rectified all the jobs. And who paid for the jobs to be brought up to standard or hasn't the board bothered with that yet?
Title: Re: Fellow Practitioner Issue 38 1 March 2011
Post by: robbo on March 13, 2011, 12:21:28 PM: hi guys,has anyone seen this,it looks like the govt are set to replace the board again, wonder why?
Title: Re: Fellow Practitioner Issue 38 1 March 2011
Post by: Jaxcat on March 13, 2011, 05:58:41 PM: Is the closing date of 1 April a joke???? I believe that there are a couple of members whose time is up and it is up to the Minister to re-appoint or put new people up. Guessing he might be putting new people up. I think the two positions coming up for renewal could be the Chair and Deputy Chair.