Cowboy gas fitters alert.Byline: Jasbir Authi HOUSEHOLDERS are being warned to be on their guard for cowboy cowboy Horseman skilled at handling cattle in the U.S. West. From c. 1820, cowboys were employed in small numbers on Texas ranches, where they had learned the skills of the vaquero (Spanish: “cowboy”). gas fitters who are looking for victims in Birmingham. Research shows that illegal fitters are putting lives at risk by carrying out a quarter of million dangerous jobs each year. Gas Safe Register have put out a list of warning signs to protect customers. The public are advised to look out for cowboys, who are sole traders, and offer to carry out other jobs such as plumbing, bathroom and kitchen fitting, general building and electrical work. Illegal gas workers also tend not to advertise their services in directories such as Yellow Pages and Thomson Local Thomson Local is a local business telephone directory published in the United Kingdom by Thomson Directories Ltd. It is the principal rival (and for the 1980s and some of the 1990s the sole rival) to the Yellow Pages (published by Thomson as the Thomson Yellow Pages until it was where consumers can check for registration. Phill Brewster, Gas Safe Register's national investigations manager said: "Don't be intimidated in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. asking your engineer for their Gas Safe ID card. "If the engineer you're employing is legal and qualified they will not hesitate to show you their card. If they do hesitate or make an excuse don't let them work on your appliance." For more advice, visit www. GasSafeRegister.co.uk/illegals or call 0800 408 5500. |
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