stephendavies93

Okay then, taken on board.

Have a good one

Cheers
Steve

johnknight001

kepp smiling bevs, you do a grand job on ere, i remember speaking to you back in 08/09 when we were thinking about nz, always a help.

stephendavies93

The NZQA charge just under $800 for the qualification match back home. Don't think I shall be doing that unless I decide to move for good. Could anybody help me with some good website for jobs? Idealy Plumbing jobs and also bar work etc. as Im travelling around?

Cheers
Steve

stephendavies93

Could someone tell me if they know what the equivelant to a NVQ2 in Plumbing is in terms of the NZ board what level?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Cheers
Steve

Paulmac

Hi , I am q gas fitter / plumber wanting to move to nz with my wife and two boys age 3 and 6 I am quite handy with joinery and building work also , my wife is a q dental nurse would we e able to survive in nz or would you recommend a diff trade want to make the jump just need a push thanks in advance
PAUL.

BEVS

Hi there Ahab39 - I have moved your post to a thread in the New Zealand forum . Click HERE

jd24hrs

hi steve i hope you went to australia because they have more people and a better chance of making a good living
in my experience NZ would be a big mistake I've seen to many good plumbers and gas engineers give and go to australia or back to the countries they came from and usually broke and destroyed
i say good luck JD

BEVS

I've asked you before not to post in this vein. I realise that your own tale has not worked out the way you wanted it to ,either through lack of understanding , research or information at the time several years ago now but to make the sweeping statement you just have is not on.

Not all migrant plumbers and gasfitters that have come to New Zealand have ended up 'broke and destroyed' as you put it. In fact, having been here ten years now we know a wide range of folk in this trade & we only know of one .

My own husband is in good employment and is now a craftsman plumber and a registered gasfitter. It took time & effort but he's done it. We know several migrants in the trade , not all from the UK , and none have had their lives blighted as you suggest.

Not even the chap from Hungary who had a real struggle to have the Hungarian trade quals understood & recognised by NZIS and the PGDB. He prevailed and is now fully registered.
For a UK plumber/gasfitter the requirements these days are straightforward and transparent.
10/12 years ago it was harder to be sure of what the level was that was required as the info was not so readily availablel but looking back it was actually the exact same as it is today.

It's true that there is study, exams and workmanship testing to get through but that is the same for Australia. One needs to adjust to the ways of the country one chooses to be in. Just be prepared for that.

From way back in 2010 with this thread HERE .

Really. TBH it's time you got over this and moved on. If you don't wish to help that's fine but your little rants need to stop.

Thank you

jd24hrs

hi bevs and stephen davies
i hope you got sorted
you need to talk to the plumbers board and ask them to look at your qualifications they will properly say that they don't stand up to there low standards but if you feel that they are good enough perhaps talk to the plumbers federation and ask them to look into it as well

In my case the board told me that my qualifications were not as good as the NZ standard which really pissed me off so i refused to play there silly childish games, the auditor general and queens council said that i was unlawfully treated along with about a hundred more
so i was right to say you couldn't trust the plumbers board here
and i would say to anybody wanting to move here
you won't make a fortune
If you ran your own business in your country, it may be very upsetting coming to NZ to be treated badly by an incompetent plumbers board that doesn't, and won't understand business.
but if you never ran a business and have no thoughts what so ever of wanting to run your own business then i would say NZ would and could be great.
but you will have to then jump through hoops good luck

jd24hrs

hi bevs
I fought the board and after 5/6 years I'm now able to do plumbing and gas ,
gas as a craftsman if want to but as i can't trust them i won't, but i tell others so that they know what they may have to put up with just because a system says its better doesn't mean they are right
Also its great what you do but Plumbers need to know the other side and the pitfalls
they to be informed and i know at least 6 uk plumbers that gave up and went home broken
if it was easy everybody would coming and be doing it

BEVS

Sigh , sigh and double sigh .

I see you still don't understand how it all works for NZ immigration

We ran our own UK business in the UK love so don't try to make out that my husband is somehow deficient. He is far from that as his progression in the NZ trade since 2004 shows.

You're news is very , very old news. The board you dealt with is no more and hasn't been for a good 5/8 years. There is a new board now.

It was and has always been very clear that you cannot run your own business unless you are or have an NZ craftsman standard plumber/gasfitter. If you are from overseas that will take the minimum of two years. If you didn't understand that way back when, then fine. We did understand it and only had access to the same sources as you.

The standards here are the exact same as for Australia.

Now. As this is an old thread and Stephen Davies posted over 18 months ago I am closing this thread.

BEVS

We seem to have cross posted so I will add.....

I am pleased to read that you finally decided to sort yourself and your NZ quals out. There really was no other way if you wished to work in the trade.

If you worked in the trade for 5 years , you became entitled to sit the NZ registration exams and if you passed those then you would have become NZ registered. There was no need to make a fight at all. It was a matter of due process.

If you wish to become a craftsman gasfitter, you take the exam. Simple.

FYI - Plumbers and Gasfitters are no longer in shortage here in New Zealand so for that reason you won't see many coming out except perhaps a few for the Christchurch rebuild.

People , no matter what the occupation, do not need to read mini rants on pitfalls.

What they need is the information to make their own minds up.

I try to tell overseas plumbers what they can expect by way of assessment, exams, workmanship and the time and cost of all of this.

Also I ensure they know what sort of wage they can expect and how long before they might consider to become self-employed. I also write about how that may not be viable depending on where one is in NZ. Thereis only so much wort to go round and it is hardly boom time.

Now, you may feel that doesn't show the entire picture but your ranty posts and dire warnings are nothing more than you expounding about your hard done by self - yet again.

Big shame.

BEVS

I need to come back to this and will PM this poster.


jd24hrs.

I have checked the PGDB public register which is open to everyone.

I can see my husband there. I can see all the plumbers and gasfitters I know on there but no sign of you past or present.

It should be noted that I know this chaps name from previous messages and other communications he has made to me and to others int he trade here.