CORGI News

CORGI is now adjusting the cost of additional CORGI registrations to make it easier and less costly for individual operatives to work on “private jobs” legally. As a result of this existing members can now take an additional registration at a much lower price with less hassle.

CORGI attended the All Party Parliamentary Group for Gas Safety on 24 July 2007 and gave an overview of work being undertaken to raise the awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide..

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned landlords to ensure gas appliances are safe for tenants.  The warning comes after ten people in three flats were poisoned by carbon monoxide (CO), from a faulty boiler in a flat adjacent to theirs.

Plumbing industry organisations are receiving an increasing number of complaints from people who have paid large sums of money for ‘fast track’ training to become plumbers only to discover that the training is inadequate, the advertised qualifications are not fully achieved and/or the promise of lucrative work is non-existent.

It has been discovered that a manufacturing defect may be present in Glow-worm Micron boiler models manufactured between 25 October 2006 and 12 April 2007.

Important ventilation information.

Changes to the Scottish Technical Handbooks come into force on 1^st May 2007. These Technical Handbooks provide guidance on achieving the standards set in the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and are available in two volumes, for Domestic buildings and the other for Non-domestic buildings.

CORGI’s free events for installers begin this month in Lincoln. There are 11 events alone in April for CORGI members, reflecting the level of dedication CORGI has to meeting with our members in their local areas.

CORGI hosted a stand at the National Homebuilding and Renovating Show at the Birmingham NEC from 22-25 March to speak with consumers about the importance of using a CORGI registered installer and to create awareness of gas safety issues.

We regularly have the opportunity to meet with our members and it’s great to hear your views on what matters to your business.