463 state houses vacant due to P contamination.

[jellywrestler]

It is....

no it's not at all, but a lot of companies use that as their standard to cover their arses.
PCS maintenance????
i did get banished to the telephone repair section for a month for being a naughty boy on a course, there were three other staff there, in on period i repaired 201 phones, the three of them did 202....

[Voltaire]

no it's not at all, but a lot of companies use that as their standard to cover their arses.
PCS maintenance????
i did get banished to the telephone repair section for a month for being a naughty boy on a course, there were three other staff there, in on period i repaired 201 phones, the three of them did 202....

I was agreeing with you.

PCS, Public Call Station ( phone box) , they would get wrecked in Glen Inness on the weekends and we'd replace all the light fittings the following weekend.
Yes I got told to slow down during my stint fixing phones, did a days worth before morning tea.
Whole area is now high end apartments as Mr Douglas decided to privatize the lot, by then I had buggered off overseas as you could get paid a lot more in Oz.

[YellowDog]

Housing NZ expects to save $30,000,000 a year on testing and spent $51,000,000 on “decontamination” in the 2016/17 financial year. That’s $81,000,000 and that’s only the state housing sector. I’m sure glad I don’t own a herd of dairy cows right about now.


I wouldn’t be surprised if Key, Collins or Dunne’s son had an interest in a testing or “decontamination” contractor.

They could have another flag debate and still come out with change

[george formby]

You might find it is test and tag (ie, in the correct order). The lethality of appliance has nothing to do with it, they test flex cords and earthing to prevent electric shocks (which can be quite lethal regardless of how dangerous the appliance is).

That's heavy.

It also implies I am no longer obliged to check the electrical equipment I use for damage which may cause injury or death. Somehow I doubt I could hold the company, or person, doing the testing responsible should their be a failure. If I end up a frazzled, smoking heap on the floor trying to knock up a sponge cake who will swing for it? My employer, nup, little yellow tags everywhere, the testing guy or his boss, nup, they're certified. Me? Probably. Too much butter in the recipe. Don't mention ACC..

Which brings us back to the meth rort -

We are legally obliged to pay through the nose for organisations and businesses to give certification and sign off when they have zero accountability for their "services". In the case of meth, tag and test, many council building and land stipulations, WoF, extractor cleaning and probe calibration, the list is huge - it's presented with a veneer that we are being looked after, protected from ourselves, public safety.

That is a bag of arse.

Sorry, this post may be more pertinent in the conspiracy thread.

[Graystone]

That's heavy.

It also implies I am no longer obliged to check the electrical equipment I use for damage which may cause injury or death. Somehow I doubt I could hold the company, or person, doing the testing responsible should their be a failure. If I end up a frazzled, smoking heap on the floor trying to knock up a sponge cake who will swing for it? My employer, nup, little yellow tags everywhere, the testing guy or his boss, nup, they're certified. Me? Probably. Too much butter in the recipe. Don't mention ACC..

Which brings us back to the meth rort -

We are legally obliged to pay through the nose for organisations and businesses to give certification and sign off when they have zero accountability for their "services". In the case of meth, tag and test, many council building and land stipulations, WoF, extractor cleaning and probe calibration, the list is huge - it's presented with a veneer that we are being looked after, protected from ourselves, public safety.

That is a bag of arse.

Sorry, this post may be more pertinent in the conspiracy thread.

They reduce the risk for those hazards. I don't think it has every been marketed as anything more than that.

[oldrider]

That's heavy.

It also implies I am no longer obliged to check the electrical equipment I use for damage which may cause injury or death. Somehow I doubt I could hold the company, or person, doing the testing responsible should their be a failure. If I end up a frazzled, smoking heap on the floor trying to knock up a sponge cake who will swing for it? My employer, nup, little yellow tags everywhere, the testing guy or his boss, nup, they're certified. Me? Probably. Too much butter in the recipe. Don't mention ACC..

Which brings us back to the meth rort -

We are legally obliged to pay through the nose for organisations and businesses to give certification and sign off when they have zero accountability for their "services". In the case of meth, tag and test, many council building and land stipulations, WoF, extractor cleaning and probe calibration, the list is huge - it's presented with a veneer that we are being looked after, protected from ourselves, public safety.

That is a bag of arse.

Sorry, this post may be more pertinent in the conspiracy thread.

You have to pass a test, get a certificate and a tag for that - are you compliant?

[Woodman]

That's heavy.

It also implies I am no longer obliged to check the electrical equipment I use for damage which may cause injury or death. Somehow I doubt I could hold the company, or person, doing the testing responsible should their be a failure. If I end up a frazzled, smoking heap on the floor trying to knock up a sponge cake who will swing for it? My employer, nup, little yellow tags everywhere, the testing guy or his boss, nup, they're certified. Me? Probably. Too much butter in the recipe. Don't mention ACC..

Which brings us back to the meth rort -

We are legally obliged to pay through the nose for organisations and businesses to give certification and sign off when they have zero accountability for their "services". In the case of meth, tag and test, many council building and land stipulations, WoF, extractor cleaning and probe calibration, the list is huge - it's presented with a veneer that we are being looked after, protected from ourselves, public safety.

That is a bag of arse.

Sorry, this post may be more pertinent in the conspiracy thread.

The paper trail of responsibility will end at a government department so we will all end up paying for any compensation that may eventuate.

[george formby]

You have to pass a test, get a certificate and a tag for that - are you compliant?

I learned how to change a plug at school.. not sure if that's still a valid qualification.

We all have to pay? Damned right.

Two bags of arse.

[Ocean1]

The paper trail of responsibility will end at a government department so we will all end up paying for any compensation that may eventuate.

The way you get to not have govt interfering in your life is you take responsibility for it yourself rather than wail and bitch when bad shit happens.

PS: you’re too late every fuckwit and their brother have already fucked it up, welcome to 1994.

[R650R]

[QUOTE=george formby;1131100164]Tag and test, another rort.
We recently had all our kitchen equipment checked, now, our lethal kitchen aid mixers are safe.....

[QUOTE]

As per oceans post, but to add that personal responsibility has gone out the window and everyones too busy making money, trying to get home early or playing with their phones to care....
Once everyone stopped giving a damn the govt/managers had to come up with a way to make sure people were at least trying to look for dangerous stuff....

Pic from a very famous historic hotel in nth island, my ex took me there for birthday couple years ago. Doesn't show very well in pic there was plenty enough bare copper wire exposed for a fatal electric shock. Not very many plus in room so was rearranging to get right combo for phone chargers, camera battery charger, womens hairdry etc...
Removed immediately and informed hotel management about this and other issues......

Now that's something that could 100% have killed someone. Looked like been like that for long time too. Should be spotted by cleaner at some stage, management should be doing at least a monthly room inspection of things like this....
This could have been a waste of a rescue helicopter/ambo/fire and police time plus a death of person and all that goes for that because someone cant be arsed checking the shit they own. That's why we have all this H&S forced upon us.

[pete376403]

Should be spotted by cleaner at some stage....
.

Minimum wage, and 30 rooms to service. Not something they would have time to notice, even if they knew such things were hazardous. Don't blame the lowest person in the system, blame the company that puts profits before anything else.

[YellowDog]

You wouldn't want to touch that one, whilst fondling around in thhe dark because you forgot to plug your phone in

[Voltaire]

You wouldn't want to touch that one, whilst fondling around in thhe dark because you forgot to plug your phone in

Yeah, its doubtful that a place like that would have RCD's either.

[YellowDog]

Yeah, its doubtful that a place like that would have RCD's either.

When I was in the UK, I noticed that all plugs have fuses in them, rated for the appliance type. So a radio or CD player would just have a 3 amp fuse and if you stuck your finger in it, or it shorted to the frame, the fuse would blow. 3 amps seems a lot more survivable than 10 amps.

I though it was a good idea, however I didn't understand their 13 amp ring main idea

[Swoop]

At least its only a once every 5 years rip off.

Sure that's not a yearly requirement?