Watch out for unlicensed workers: Board
The plumbers, drainlayers and gasfitters board has launched a campaign designed to raise awareness of the need to hire qualified people.
A spokeswoman said the board was prosecuting one or two unlicensed practitioners a month. “And that’s only the ones we have enough evidence to prosecute.”
She said most people were now aware of the Licensed Building Practitioner scheme for builders – but did not realise they also needed to look at the credentials of people such as plumbers.
An unauthorized plumber was last month fined $2750 for a botched job that left a client without hot water and flooded her home.
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