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Forum: Plumbers
Apr 8th 2014, 11:28 am
Replies: 27
Views: 33,347
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: Plumber wanting to move to NZ or Aus

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...
Forum: Plumbers
Apr 8th 2014, 11:10 am
Replies: 27
Views: 33,347
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: Plumber wanting to move to NZ or Aus

:thumbsup: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...
Forum: Plumbers
Apr 8th 2014, 10:48 am
Replies: 27
Views: 33,347
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: Plumber wanting to move to NZ or Aus

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...
Forum: Plumbers
Apr 8th 2014, 10:41 am
Replies: 6
Views: 5,844
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: Plumber gas fitter with 13 years experience from UK

i wish you all the luck and best thing is to talk to plumbers
i hope they are more helpful than in NZ
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Apr 4th 2010, 9:53 am
Replies: 21
Views: 3,483
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: NZ IMMIGRATION LIED TO US

i would say that we went to all the nz roadshows and spoke to the people who said they knew the plumbing system in nz but i do think that the immigration dept should have all the facts if they are...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Apr 3rd 2010, 8:12 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 3,483
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: NZ IMMIGRATION LIED TO US

i just wish i had all the facts before i shut down 2 good businesses and moved to this loverly country which i cant build 2 good busineses which they so greatly need and i need to survive jd
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Mar 26th 2010, 9:17 am
Replies: 21
Views: 3,483
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: NZ IMMIGRATION LIED TO US

hi
if anybody took notice of the facts I told you that i was given residence after 3months because of qualifications and experience which means the immigration dept recognised my quals and said...
Forum: Immigration, Citizenship and Visas (NZ)
Mar 24th 2010, 5:26 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 3,483
Posted By jd24hrs

NZ IMMIGRATION LIED TO US

WE CAME TO NZ 2 1/2 YEARS AGO AND THEY TOLD US WE WOULD BE ABLE TO START OUR PLUMBING AND GAS BUSINESS AFTER 3 MONTHS BUT WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY LIED TO US BECAUSE THEY DONT SPEAK TO THE STUPID...
Forum: Plumbers
Mar 24th 2010, 5:12 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 76,296
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: New Zealand plumbers wife saying Hi.

hi bevs
i will tell you that i wouldnt waste any of my hard earned cash on that crappy plumbers board as they dont respect the plumbing trade and will never understand gas safety as they are run by...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 28th 2010, 5:58 am
Replies: 8
Views: 7,720
Posted By jd24hrs

NZ dont want plumbers/gas engineers

dont waste your time as nz dont recognise qualifications and experience they will expect you to retrain and start all over again and earn min wage
Forum: Plumbers
Feb 27th 2010, 5:07 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 76,296
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: New Zealand plumbers wife saying Hi.

hi plumbernick
sorry to here about all your problems i agree with you this country is great. but when craftsman plumbers who cant plumb and are just as dumb as the plumbers board here see us,...
Forum: Plumbers
Feb 23rd 2010, 1:17 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 76,296
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: New Zealand plumbers wife saying Hi.

i should think you will have no problem getting a job as some of the plumbing companys in taupo employ machine setters or any body, and charge them out as plumbers because a craftsman can sign off...
Forum: Plumbers
Feb 22nd 2010, 10:09 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 76,296
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: New Zealand plumbers wife saying Hi.

hello i am toad, most plumbing businesses will jump over backwards to have you because if you are a fully trained uk plumber and gas engineer they will realise that you are better trained and...
Forum: Plumbers
Jul 21st 2009, 4:33 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 76,296
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: New Zealand plumbers wife saying Hi.

HI again
theres a new consultation at the moment and you should receive one through the post but i very much doubt it as most plumbers i know havent received one, the reason that routhan managed...
Forum: Plumbers
Jul 19th 2009, 9:18 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 76,296
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: New Zealand plumbers wife saying Hi.

HI bevs
im not angry with you im just upset that we are treated this way,Ive just finished working for mecbeths of taupo and he was under contract to pay my licence fees but as his lapsed he didnt...
Forum: Plumbers
Jul 19th 2009, 6:38 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 76,296
Posted By jd24hrs

Wink Re: New Zealand plumbers wife saying Hi.

hi bevs
by the way i ran a business in the uk for 18 yrs and apprentice trained passed city&guilds 2/3 ,acops trained also did NVQ level 2/3 also gas training 1 thrugh to 15 also was bosch boiler...
Forum: Plumbers
Jul 2nd 2009, 5:54 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 76,296
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: New Zealand plumbers wife saying Hi.

Hi jayson and bevs
AS for the bully boy tactics of the plumbers board in NZ this is down to mr phil routham he doesnt like the english for some reason I think this is due to, he lacks the...
Forum: Plumbers
Jun 7th 2009, 7:37 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 76,296
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: New Zealand plumbers wife saying Hi.

Hi jayson
What ever we wanted to do they would tell us we were not qualified, and they were better,anyway i just left my job due to stress and i got a call today that they dont know how to repair...
Forum: Plumbers
Jun 4th 2009, 1:28 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 76,296
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: New Zealand plumbers wife saying Hi.

Hi living in N Z is great, weekends are great, then the bad news you have to go back to work on monday. Ive been here for two years now and i have to say plumbing in beleive land is poor but they...
Forum: Plumbers
Jul 18th 2008, 9:29 am
Replies: 20
Views: 3,905
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: URGENT! Anyone taken a skills test in QLD?

hi Peter it is the same in nz they encourage us to to come, tell us we can work just the same as in the uk then when we get here they dump us on a poorly run pgdb which is run by self important...
Forum: Plumbers
Jul 18th 2008, 9:11 am
Replies: 20
Views: 3,905
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: URGENT! Anyone taken a skills test in QLD?

hi if you do contact a current affairs program I will be in it actually lets ask for others if they want to be apart of trying to put together a list of plumbers /gasengineers and there experiences...
Forum: Plumbers
Jul 18th 2008, 9:01 am
Replies: 20
Views: 3,905
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: URGENT! Anyone taken a skills test in QLD?

I presume you are in aus we are in nz and it is the same the pgdb is incompetent and doesnt know what it is doing they said to me that corgi wasnt any good and uk training is poor/ but training nz is...
Forum: Plumbers
Jul 18th 2008, 8:53 am
Replies: 20
Views: 3,905
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: URGENT! Anyone taken a skills test in QLD?

If your a plumber /gas engineer with 15 + yrs exp it doesnt count for anything in newzealand /aus we are classed as apprentices and that being the case the board pgdb say you have to be supervised...
Forum: Plumbers
Apr 14th 2008, 10:04 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 3,905
Posted By jd24hrs

Re: URGENT! Anyone taken a skills test in QLD?

complaian to the minister of construction as this system very exspensive and unfair ive been here 7mths now iam resident call me if you want 073774141:curse: talk sometime john 16 yrs running my own...
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