Fellow Practitioner Issue 189 Dated 24 January 2014

[Wal]

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Paying for failure. As an industry are we continually paying for failure.

Is the Government Listening to our concerns and looking at the statistics?

We believe the Training and Upskilling in our industry is Arse About Face

Where is the Measurable Benefit to show we get benefit from the regulation imposed on us?

Where is the Singing from the Roof Tops? The Board are very quiet about a loss in the Oamaru District court.





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[robbo]

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hi guys,(Where is the Singing from the Roof Tops? The Board are very quiet about a loss in the Oamaru District court)
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and at what cost? cheers

[robbo]

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hi guys, I hope that council inspector who thought she was a `Policewoman`was seriously reprimanded or even sacked for gross incompetence, maybe a stiff fine too, that is what is often dished out to our trades people,cheers

[Jaxcat]

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Robbo - watch this space for how much it cost.  The Federation have asked that very question under the Official Information Act.

[robbo]

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Hi guys, I do hope that council inspectors have not taken on a `p.g.d. Board` attitude towards tradesmen. In the past, inspectors have always (in my opinion) been friendly/helpful/people who have been willing to give advice and recommendation where needed. This latest story from the Oamaru courts where a woman inspector issued a stop work notice where drainlaying was taking place because she thought she was a policewoman, then to the district court where she was shot down in flames and lost her case, has done a great disservice to helpful inspectors everywhere. If this sort of thing is going to be the normal attitude of inspectors going forward, the good relationship between inspectors and trades people will evaporate. Is the P.G.D. Board putting pressure on councils to bring more cases to them for the purpose of `disciplinary` action for possible revenue gathering?   

[Watchdog]

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I agree with you Robbo but there is a change in the types of people being recruited into the inspector roles.  It seems that gone are the days of getting a person with practical experience and a trade background.  What you are most likely to get now is a person with a degree of some kind that has done a 6 week crash course in being an inspector. They will then be required to interpret the relevent Acts and legislation and tell us how to do our jobs.