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Thread: Can you believe this????
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25th October 2007, 07:42 PM #61
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O.k Chumley, point taken, and building surveyor, i have already submited the application for the certificate of concent but stupidely i was honest and stated i had intensions to rent out the property. A large no. of mates who are still in the game have told me i that i should have filled out the paperwork as an ownerbuilder-occupier. Apparently the building control commision doesn't have the resources to do the follow-ups. As for me , i've been caught by the short and curlies!--- Back to the books.
Jason.
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25th October 2007, 08:22 PM #62
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Who'd really want to live in the nitwit states with stupid regulations like that.
They mean that you can't even paint your own house unless you have a contractors license.
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25th October 2007, 08:59 PM #63
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Here is the stupid part of all this is that any Tom, Dick or Harry can go out and do $1000 worth of work and if you get the customer to pay direct for any materials that is a $1000 worth of labour you can do on any ones house without a licence or any qualifications what so ever and this is in NSW anyway, with the blessing of the Dept of Fair Trading.
I said to the officer at DFT you publish the fact householders should not have anything done by an unlicensed contractor and he said to me get them to ring us and we will tell that it is OK.
The point is that anyone can do this and make a crap job and not be held to ransom for it
except for the owner taking civil action.
I know I could install a rollerdoor for less than $1000 worth of labour but if I wanted to do this as part of a Minor Tradework Qualification Licence I have to supply evidence of training by the relevant manufacturer, industry or supplier. Yet any idiot can go out and do this without knowing what he is doing which could cause someone a serious injury.
As I posted regards to this in another thread it costs $1500 at the Tafe to get these qualifications and that is only for Minor Trade work. If you want to add Minor Maintenance and Cleaning to that qualification that is another $1500.
See the other thread. https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...ng+regulations
In fact there are seven modules in this.
You can't tell me that it isn't a grab for cash by the State Government.
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