English: More recently, Nia Griffith, the MP for Llanelli, called in an adjournment debate for compulsory state registration, but that was rejected by the UK Government Ministers, who said registration would cost the industry £75 million. In November 2013, the matter was debated in the Senedd. Keith Davies, the former Member for Llanelli, brought it for one of these short debates. It was noted in the debate that the Welsh Government powers in this area are limited. The Hair Council continues its campaign in the Senedd to continue to raise awareness. I would urge everybody to support the council in lobbying the UK Government to introduce regulation in the area and limit the traumatic injuries suffered by some consumers. Almost half of all house fires are caused by electrical accidents, and emergencies are taking the lives of around one person per week. Using unsafe and unqualified electricians for electrical repair dramatically increases a person's likelihood of becoming one of these victims. Research from Electrical Safety First revealed that nearly one quarter of people have arranged and paid for work with electricians without checking the electrician's credentials first. Furthermore, one third of people simply used a friend's recommendation when booking an electrician, while another quarter said that they would knowingly hire an unqualified electrician if they were in a hurry. People who need electrical repairs performed could quite easily shoot themselves in the foot by using an unqualified electrician. Electrical Safety First discovered that almost 1.3 million people in the UK needed to pay a professional to fix an unqualified electrician's botched work, illustrating that using unqualified electricians can easily lead to protracted delays rather than speeding up the process. They, of course, are the lucky ones when nothing actually serious happened. But it's not just consumers who are dissatisfied with the poor work among unqualified electricians. Professionals also complain about the shoddy and dangerous work they have had to deal with. A third of registered electricians polled by Electrical Safety First said that they have noticed the amount of dangerous and substandard electrical work rise since 2012. Returning to carpentry and general building, the most common reason for an attached and self-supported deck to collapse is the contractor only providing nails between the deck ledger and the structure of the house, resulting in the deck pulling away. Fans of Fawlty Towers will remember the episode of the unqualified builder who Basil Fawlty employed. Over his wife's objections, Basil hires his usual firm of incompetents, O'Reilly's, to do some carpentry work in the hotel room. The hotel is left in a worse condition than when they started and potentially unsafe and there were worries it may fall down. It couldn't fall down because they had to make another episode. This was comedy, but in real life, unfortunately, the same thing happens too regularly. As fans of the excellent BBC programme X-Ray will remember, we've seen regular reports of shoddy and often dangerous work carried out. The work got carried out by a builder - I say 'builder' in inverted commas. This is because, often, unfortunately, a builder is not always really a builder. It seems that anyone who puts an advert in the local paper or wears overalls nowadays happily calls themselves a builder, and there's nothing that can be done about it. This is the trap for the unwary property owner who takes full responsibility for work undertaken on their property and who's usually left holding the can for very expensive rectification work, assuming the structure is allowed to remain and not be demolished when the builder has flown, denying responsibility or it's simply too hard to take to task through the courts. There are no legal requirements as such for anyone who wishes to set themselves up as a beauty therapist. The UK beauty industry is unregulated. This means that anyone can open a salon or work as a therapist without any training, qualifications or insurance. The repercussions of this can be extremely precarious. If you were to receive treatment from an unqualified or uninsured therapist and something went wrong or you had a reaction, you may find yourself in a vulnerable position. Thousands of women are potentially putting themselves at risk by inviting rogue beauty therapists into their homes. Some agencies allow anyone to register and advertise for work with no checks. Lauren Shalson, co-founder and director of the reputable company Spa By Car, says: 'Many online beauty agencies offer work or let therapists register based simply on a phone call. How can you safely send someone into a client's home without at least meeting them in person?' There are people without qualifications who believe they are unnecessary. They self-define as electricians, hairdressers, beauticians, carpenters, bricklayers and believe they're competent as they've been working at it for some time, they've done work on their own house or done work on their own family. I think there's a big difference between making minor alterations in your house and actually going out there and doing substantial work on somebody else's. I really think this is just generally dangerous. I believe that everybody should, when advertising a service, also have to show their qualifications. Qualifications that people have studied hard for should not be ignored. If you want to employ someone unqualified and take the resulting risk, you should do so knowingly rather than unknowingly. Why does it matter? Beauty therapists and hairdressers can do permanent damage to your face and head. Unqualified construction workers can leave houses dangerous. Removing a load-bearing wall can lead to a house falling down; bad electrical wiring can lead to fires and electrical shocks causing death; and, finally, badly constructed roofs can lead to roofs collapsing and the problems that can exist for anybody who's in the house at the time. I believe that qualifications are important and we need to protect the qualified from the unqualified taking their work and the unqualified putting people in danger. Apprenticeships allow you to combine work and study by mixing on-the-job training with classroom learning. You're employed to do a real job whilst studying for a formal qualification, usually for one day a week at a college or a training centre. By the end of your apprenticeship, you should have gained the skills and knowledge needed to either succeed in your chosen career or progress onto the next apprenticeship level. Apprentices in every role follow an approved study programme, which means they gain a nationally recognised qualification at the end of their apprenticeship. They're taught by people who are skilled and know how to work safely. They can identify potential hazards. How many unqualified electricians understand inductance and how to prevent it? We need to ensure that work is done is to a good standard, which is what they've learnt in their two years, four years - however long it's taken them to go through the apprenticeship. The qualifications, often by City and Guilds, are to a national standard or an international standard that is comparable to standards anywhere in the world. People have worked hard to gain qualifications while doing apprenticeships. They need to be rewarded for those skills and those unqualified individuals should not be allowed to undermine them. Why, if someone claims to be a barrister or solicitor without qualification, the full force of the law comes down on them, but they can claim to be a builder, carpenter, beautician or hairdresser with no law stopping them? The people I feel for are those people who have spent time, energy and - as everyone knows who has taken exams - worry to train and pass the exams to become fully qualified, only to have someone down the street who's got no qualification, who's just claimed, 'Give me the job. I can do it.' Giving them the job, they can't do it. Thank you.
Welsh: Yn fwy diweddar, galwodd Nia Griffith, yr Aelod Seneddol dros Lanelli, mewn dadl ohirio am gofrestru gwladol gorfodol, ond gwrthodwyd hynny gan Weinidogion Llywodraeth y DU, a ddywedodd y byddai cofrestru'n costio £75 miliwn i'r diwydiant. Ym mis Tachwedd 2013, cafodd y mater ei drafod yn y Senedd. Cyflwynwyd y mater gan Keith Davies, y cyn-Aelod dros Lanelli, mewn un o'r dadleuon byr hyn. Nodwyd yn y ddadl fod pwerau Llywodraeth Cymru yn y maes hwn yn gyfyngedig. Mae'r Cyngor Gwallt yn parhau ei ymgyrch yn y Senedd i barhau i godi ymwybyddiaeth. Buaswn yn annog pawb i gynorthwyo'r cyngor i lobïo Llywodraeth y DU i gyflwyno rheoleiddio yn y maes ac i gyfyngu ar anafiadau trawmatig a ddioddefir gan rai defnyddwyr. Mae bron i hanner yr holl danau mewn tai wedi eu hachosi gan ddamweiniau trydanol, ac mae argyfyngau yn mynd â bywydau tua un person yr wythnos. Mae'r arfer o ddefnyddio trydanwyr anniogel a heb gymwysterau ar gyfer gwneud gwaith atgyweirio trydanol yn cynyddu'n ddramatig y tebygolrwydd y bydd unigolyn yn un o'r dioddefwyr hyn. Dangosodd ymchwil gan Electrical Safety First fod bron i chwarter y bobl wedi trefnu a thalu am waith gan drydanwyr heb wirio manylion y trydanwr yn gyntaf. At hynny, roedd traean y bobl wedi trefnu i drydanwr wneud gwaith ar eu cyfer ar sail argymhelliad gan ffrind yn unig, a dywedodd chwarter arall y byddent yn fwriadol yn llogi trydanwr heb gymwysterau pe baent ar frys. Gallai pobl sydd angen atgyweiriadau trydanol wneud cam gwag â hwy eu hunain yn eithaf hawdd drwy ddefnyddio trydanwr heb gymwysterau. Darganfu Electrical Safety First fod bron i 1.3 miliwn o bobl yn y DU angen talu i weithiwr proffesiynol drwsio gwaith carbwl gan drydanwr heb gymwysterau, sy'n dangos y gall defnyddio trydanwyr heb gymwysterau arwain yn hawdd at oedi hir yn hytrach na chyflymu'r broses. Wrth gwrs, hwy yw'r rhai ffodus pan na fydd unrhyw beth gwirionedd ddifrifol wedi digwydd. Ond nid defnyddwyr yn unig sy'n anfodlon ynglŷn â gwaith gwael gan drydanwyr heb gymwysterau. Mae gweithwyr proffesiynol hefyd yn cwyno am y gwaith gwael a pheryglus y bu'n rhaid iddynt fynd i'r afael ag ef. Dywedodd traean o'r trydanwyr cofrestredig a holwyd gan Electrical Safety First eu bod wedi sylwi ar gynnydd yn y gwaith trydanol peryglus ac ansafonol ers 2012. Gan droi'n ôl at waith coed ac adeiladu cyffredinol, y rheswm mwyaf cyffredin pam y bydd deciau sydd wedi'u cysylltu wrth eiddo, neu rai sy'n cynnal eu hunain, yn chwalu yw bod y contractwr ond yn gosod hoelion rhwng canllaw'r dec a strwythur y tŷ, gan arwain at beri i'r dec dynnu'n rhydd. Bydd cefnogwyr Fawlty Towers yn cofio digwyddiad yr adeiladwr heb gymwysterau a gyflogodd Basil Fawlty. Er gwaethaf gwrthwynebiad ei wraig, mae Basil yn llogi ei gwmni arferol o bobl anghymwys, O'Reilly's, i wneud gwaith coed yn yr ystafell yn y gwesty. Gadewir y gwesty mewn cyflwr gwaeth na phan ddechreuwyd ar y gwaith, ac o bosibl yn beryglus ac roedd pryderon y gallai ddisgyn. Ni allai ddisgyn oherwydd bod rhaid iddynt wneud pennod arall. Comedi oedd hyn, ond mewn bywyd go iawn, yn anffodus, mae'r un peth yn digwydd yn rhy aml. Fel y cofia dilynwyr y rhaglen ardderchog ar y BBC, X-Ray, gwelsom adroddiadau rheolaidd ar y gwaith gwael, a pheryglus yn aml, a gâi ei wneud. Byddai adeiladwr yn gwneud y gwaith - rwy'n dweud 'adeiladwr' mewn dyfynodau, a hynny oherwydd yn aml, gwaetha'r modd, nid yw adeiladwr yn adeiladwr go iawn. Mae'n ymddangos bod unrhyw un sy'n rhoi hysbyseb yn y papur lleol neu sy'n gwisgo oferôls y dyddiau hyn yn hapus i alw eu hunain yn adeiladwyr, ac nid oes unrhyw beth y gellir ei wneud am y peth. Dyma'r trap i berchennog eiddo nad yw'n ymwybodol o beth sy'n digwydd, sy'n cymryd cyfrifoldeb llawn am y gwaith a wneir ar eu heiddo, ac sydd fel arfer yn gorfod talu'r pris am waith unioni sy'n ddrud iawn, gan gymryd bod yr adeilad yn cael ei ganiatáu i sefyll ac nid cael ei ddymchwel pan fydd yr adeiladwr wedi diflannu, gan wadu cyfrifoldeb neu'n rhy anodd i'w erlyn drwy'r llysoedd. Nid oes unrhyw ofynion cyfreithiol fel y cyfryw ar gyfer unrhyw un sy'n dymuno sefydlu fel therapydd harddwch. Mae'r diwydiant harddwch yn y DU heb ei reoleiddio. Golyga hyn y gall unrhyw un agor salon neu weithio fel therapydd heb unrhyw hyfforddiant, cymwysterau nac yswiriant. Gall ôl-effeithiau hyn fod yn hynod o ansicr. Pe baech yn cael triniaeth gan therapydd heb gymwysterau nac yswiriant a bod rhywbeth yn mynd o'i le neu fod eich corff yn adweithio i'r driniaeth, gallech fod mewn sefyllfa agored i niwed. Mae miloedd o fenywod yn peryglu eu hunain drwy wahodd therapyddion harddwch twyllodrus i mewn i'w cartrefi. Mae rhai asiantaethau yn caniatáu i unrhyw un gofrestru a hysbysebu am waith heb unrhyw archwiliadau. Dywedodd Lauren Shalson, cyd-sylfaenydd a chyfarwyddwr y cwmni dibynadwy, Spa By Car, Mae llawer o asiantaethau harddwch ar-lein yn cynnig gwaith neu'n gadael i therapyddion gofrestru'n seiliedig ar alwad ffôn yn unig. Sut y gallwch anfon rhywun yn ddiogel i mewn i gartref cleient heb o leiaf gyfarfod â hwy wyneb yn wyneb? Ceir rhai pobl heb gymwysterau sy'n credu eu bod yn ddiangen. Maent yn diffinio'u hunain fel trydanwyr, pobl trin gwallt, therapyddion harddwch, seiri coed, gosodwyr brics ac yn credu eu bod yn gymwys gan eu bod wedi bod wrthi ers peth amser, maent wedi gwneud gwaith ar eu tŷ eu hunain neu wedi gwneud gwaith i'w teuluoedd eu hunain. Credaf fod gwahaniaeth mawr rhwng gwneud mân newidiadau yn eich tŷ a mynd allan i wneud gwaith sylweddol ar gartref rhywun arall. Rwy'n credu o ddifrif fod hyn yn beryglus yn gyffredinol. Wrth hysbysebu gwasanaeth, credaf y dylai fod rhaid i bawb ddangos eu cymwysterau. Ni ddylid anwybyddu cymwysterau y mae pobl wedi bod yn astudio'n galed amdanynt. Os ydych am gyflogi rhywun heb gymwysterau a wynebu'r risg sy'n deillio o hynny, dylech wneud hynny gan wybod hynny yn hytrach na heb wybod. Pam y mae'n bwysig? Gall therapyddion harddwch a phobl trin gwallt wneud niwed parhaol i'ch wyneb a'ch pen. Gall gweithwyr adeiladu heb gymwysterau wneud tai'n beryglus. Gall tynnu wal sy'n cynnal pwysau arwain at beri i dŷ ddisgyn; gall weirio trydanol gwael arwain at danau a siociau trydanol sy'n achosi marwolaeth; ac yn olaf, gall toeau sydd wedi'u hadeiladu'n wael arwain at doeau'n disgyn a'r problemau a all ddigwydd i unrhyw un sydd yn y tŷ ar y pryd. Credaf fod cymwysterau'n bwysig ac mae angen inni amddiffyn pobl gymwysedig rhag pobl heb gymwysterau sy'n dwyn eu gwaith a phobl heb gynmwysterau sy'n rhoi pobl mewn perygl. Mae prentisiaethau yn eich galluogi i gyfuno gwaith ac astudio drwy gyfuno hyfforddiant yn y gweithle gyda dysgu yn y dosbarth. Rydych yn cael eich cyflogi i wneud swydd go iawn wrth astudio ar gyfer cymhwyster ffurfiol, fel arfer am un diwrnod yr wythnos mewn coleg neu ganolfan hyfforddi. Erbyn diwedd eich prentisiaeth, dylech fod wedi ennill y sgiliau a'r wybodaeth sydd eu hangen naill ai i lwyddo yn eich gyrfa ddewisol neu i symud ymlaen at lefel nesaf y brentisiaeth. Mae prentisiaid ym mhob rôl yn dilyn rhaglen astudio gymeradwy, sy'n golygu eu bod yn ennill cymhwyster a gydnabyddir yn genedlaethol ar ddiwedd eu prentisiaeth. Cânt eu haddysgu gan bobl fedrus sy'n gwybod sut i weithio'n ddiogel. Gallant nodi peryglon posibl. Faint o drydanwyr heb gymwysterau sy'n deall anwythiant a sut i'w atal? Mae angen inni sicrhau y gwneir gwaith i safon uchel, sef yr hyn y maent wedi'i ddysgu yn eu dwy flynedd, pedair blynedd - ni waeth faint o amser y mae'n cymryd iddynt gwblhau'r brentisiaeth. Mae'r cymwysterau, yn aml gan City and Guilds, yn cydymffurfio â safon genedlaethol neu safon ryngwladol sy'n debyg i safonau yn unrhyw le yn y byd. Mae pobl wedi gweithio'n galed i ennill cymwysterau tra'n gwneud prentisiaethau. Mae angen iddynt gael eu gwobrwyo am y sgiliau hynny ac ni ddylai unigolion heb gymwysterau gael eu caniatáu i'w tanseilio. Os yw rhywun yn honni ei fod yn fargyfreithiwr neu'n gyfreithiwr heb gymhwyster, daw holl rym y gyfraith i'w cosbi, ond gallant honni eu bod yn adeiladwr, yn saer coed, yn therapydd harddwch neu berson trin gwallt heb i unrhyw gyfraith eu hatal? Rwy'n teimlo dros y bobl sydd wedi rhoi amser ac egni a - fel y gŵyr pawb sydd wedi sefyll arholiadau - phrofi gofid er mwyn hyfforddi a phasio'r arholiadau i gymhwyso'n llawn, dim ond i gael rhywun i lawr y stryd heb unrhyw gymhwyster, yn honni, 'Rhowch y gwaith i mi. Rwy'n gallu ei wneud.' Rydych yn rhoi'r gwaith iddynt, ac ni allant ei wneud. Diolch.