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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agent_zed" data-source="post: 1714764" data-attributes="member: 40482">I watch a lot of the American renovation shows and it seems you need a 'ticket' to do literally anything over there. I may be wrong as I don't live there but certainly the shows seem to show this to be the case.I agree with the sentiment on leaving Gas well alone, but I am loathe to it becoming a situation where if you want to put a flowerpot on your window sill you need BC.It is hard to know where to draw the line. Some people can easily wire a house whilst others wouldn't know where to start even changing a lightswitch. If you go for the lowest common denominator then you would have to say you can't do anything without an official accreditation. Not even changing a fuse in a plug as you might put the wrong one in. Probably more dangerous to put a 13amp fuse in a 3amp appliance, than to 'hide' a junction box in a stud wall. To my mind that is why they use the word competent rather than qualified in most of the regulations as it allows for some less risky things to be done.</blockquote>