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mehran";p="2680869 said:even though i forget to carry my card most of the time I could tell you my gas safe of by heart.
+1
Serioulsy, your plumber sounds a bit on the dodgy side. I am loathe to emcourage punters to hassle tradesmen, as we only hear one side of a story. But this is getting bizzare.
I would calmly explain that I have concerns, and he isn't really addressing them. Explain that you are unconfortable with continuing the relationshio without sight of his credentials. You don't even need the card, just his registration number, or preerably his card ID number. (I have no idea what my ID no is and, oddly, it changes every year.
Use this link:
http://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/
Registration no goes in "check a busines", OR the ID no. in "check an engineer".
CHECK THE PICTURE
If he can't produce a vaid registration or number, don't allow him to continue. You will then have to decide on wages etc owed to date.
Good luck.
why the **** is he asking the customer where he wants to put valves pipes ect ?
Had my 'discussion' with the plumber.
The plumber won't show me his Gas Safe card. He said he'd give the builder the number later. I've told the builder I want the number.
Of course that creates a situation where G-S will be surprised that you have people working in your property when you dont even know who they really are!
Qualification and supervision
3. - (1) No person shall carry out any work in relation to a gas fitting or gas storage vessel unless he is competent to do so.
(2)The employer of any person carrying out such work for that employer, every other employer and self-employed person who has control to any extent of such work and every employer and self-employed person who has required such work to be carried out at any place of work under his control shall ensure that paragraph (1) above is complied with in relation to such work.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (1) and (2) above and subject to paragraph (4) below, no employer shall allow any of his employees to carry out any work in relation to a gas fitting or service pipework and no self-employed person shall carry out any such work, unless the employer or self-employed person, as the case may be, is a member of a class of persons approved for the time being by the Health and Safety Executive for the purposes of this paragraph.
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