NEWS
PIRB board update
The new board of the Plumbing Industry Registration Board
(PIRB) is all set to build on the current objectives of the
regulatory body for plumbers and industry stakeholders.
In August 2017, the new board of the PIRB was
voted in after a nomination committee, headed up by
Rory Macnamara of Interact Media Defined, engaged
in a process to assist with the nomination of the
best candidates for the relevant board positions.
The current chairperson, Lea Smith, who has been
a member of the board since its inception and has
occupied the position for the past four years, says
the next meeting is scheduled for March this year,
when the process of electing a new chairperson will
be carried out.
Smith explains that the board meets four times a year
and has only met once after election, towards the end of
2017, and still needs to get up to speed with the inner
workings and processes of the PIRB. Particularly high on
the agenda is building on the current objectives of the
PIRB, including emphasis on the Certificate of Compliance
and promotion of the PIRB to industry at large. The board
predominantly comprises plumbing employers/employees
along with other plumbing industry stakeholders.
Board member training and the transfer of skills is
another of the board’s priorities, Smith continues, and
once everyone has applied their minds in an open forum
free of any political or commercial agendas, the collective
can decide the direction of the body.
Lea Smith, Steve Brown, and Martin Coetzee are the
board directors. The other executive committee members
include Henry Bonthuys, Lorraine Mooi, Richard Bailie,
Sello Mokawane, Adriaan Myburgh, Daniel Pentasaib,
Gary Chandler, Malcolm Harris, and Susan Walls. PA
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