Overview of the Plumbing Industry Commission’s Audit Process

Matthew WilsonCompliance &

Technical Services

Plumbing Supply Forum 2012

Industry Regulation – The Regulator’s view

Shayne La Combre Director Plumbing, PIC Victoria

Chair, National Plumbing Regulators Forum29 May 2012

World Plumbing Day

- Celebrates plumbing & plumbers on 11 March

- Clean water, sanitation the key to global health

- ‘The most important medicalmilestone since 1849’ – British Medical Journal poll

Plumbing’s vital role

1.1 billion people have no access to clean water supplies

2.6 billion people have no effective sanitation systems

3.1 million children die from avoidable diseases

Waterborne disease

Effective and Well Monitored

Standards & Regulation

Flexibility vsCertainty

PCA & the NCC

NPRF and ABCB working closely together

Reducing state variations – already cut by 50%

NOLS(National Occupational Licensing System)

Responding to mobility of workforce, creation of NCC

Plumbing among first sectors – scheduled 2013- Reduced regulatory burden and red tape- Harmonisation of jurisdictional regulation- Easier consumer access to licensee information- Greater labour mobility

Protecting Our Community

Clean, sustainable water supplies & sanitation require a robust, effective regulatory system

Thank You

Shayne La Combre Director Plumbing, PIC Victoria

Chair, National Plumbing Regulators Forum