should government make it law to be qualified plumber to do plumbing work for money?

[plumbster3456]

would this sort out some of the very bad plumbing I have had to fix over the years?
what do people think i appreciate there are a lot of guys out there working as plumbers who dont have quals and are probably better than some with quals but generally what do people have to say on this.

 

[Plamber]

Re: should government make it law to be qualified plumber to do plumbing work for mon

good idea, but policing it would be the hard part.

 

[ecowarm]

Re: should government make it law to be qualified plumber to do plumbing work for mon

lots of countries you have to be licenced to work on plumbing....... I believe US, Canada and Australia

 

[plumbster3456]

Re: should government make it law to be qualified plumber to do plumbing work for mon

lots of countries you have to be licenced to work on plumbing....... I believe US, Canada and Australia

yes I know that is true and also even if qualified in new zealand you have to apply to there plumbing board every year to be a registered plumber.
I bet the standard of work in these countries will be miles ahead of over here (not counting our own guys who do the job correct)
I am not joking here I recently got sent to a job that the cowboy plumber done an outside tap off of the hot pipe and when customer complained he told her to turn her combi boiler off if using the outside tap and the water would be cold
This is the type of example I am talking about lol

 

[fuzzy]

Re: should government make it law to be qualified plumber to do plumbing work for mon

would this sort out some of the very bad plumbing I have had to fix over the years?
what do people think i appreciate there are a lot of guys out there working as plumbers who dont have quals and are probably better than some with quals but generally what do people have to say on this.

if they didnt hand out quals to full timers there would be no need

 

[ecowarm]

Re: should government make it law to be qualified plumber to do plumbing work for mon

The standard of work and the rate of pay!

 

[plumbster3456]

Re: should government make it law to be qualified plumber to do plumbing work for mon

and also in these countries especially us plumbers are regarded as highly professional job unlike over here were the rogue traders/ cowboys have tarnished the industry were nearly every one is wary of trades men

 

[fuzzy]

Re: should government make it law to be qualified plumber to do plumbing work for mon

and also in these countries especially us plumbers are regarded as highly professional job unlike over here were the rogue traders/ cowboys have tarnished the industry were nearly every one is wary of trades men

shame that, how do we overcome it?

 

[mikegas]

Re: should government make it law to be qualified plumber to do plumbing work for mon

You have to be qualified to do gas work but we still see the pics posted on here an in the mags, the poor work will still be carried out, qualified or not

 

[fuzzy]

Re: should government make it law to be qualified plumber to do plumbing work for mon

You have to be qualified to do gas work but we still see the pics posted on here an in the mags, the poor work will still be carried out, qualified or not

whats the answe then?