"Ed Sirett" wrote
| Of course, said Polish gasfitter might be registered with whatever
| the Polish equivalent of CORGI is[1] and so should, under mutual
| recognition of qualifications and free movement of labour within
| the EU, be allowed to practice in this country.
| I was asked to do some gas work when I was on hols in Germany so I looked
| into this. I was not able to find out anything from CORGI or elsewhere.
| I was confident I new what I was doing and my german is just good enough
| to be able to read the instructions and know what they mean - with a
| little help from 'her'. There is no way I would tackle this in Poland.

That's because you speak a little German and less Polish :-) It's no reason
for a Polish person not to work in Britain, if they speak good enough
English.

If it's a decent combi boiler the instructions will probably be in German
anyway.

Owain