Job titles ?

[Worcester]

<Rant> / <Rant Over> Well that livened up the discussion 🙂

I have plenty of respect for those that know their trade, else I couldn't do my job 🙂 I employ and rely on their expertise to do their job right first time.

And I know that 99% of you could solder a pipe a million times better than me.

What gets my goat is that far far too many times we have to go and fix badly designed and badly installed systems where the original installer just doesn't want to know after they've been paid...

Every one of you can do something better than me, and I can learn something from each of you.

 

[lame plumber]

<Rant> / <Rant Over> Well that livened up the discussion 🙂

I have plenty of respect for those that know their trade, else I couldn't do my job 🙂 I employ and rely on their expertise to do their job right first time.

And I know that 99% of you could solder a pipe a million times better than me.

What gets my goat is that far far too many times we have to go and fix badly designed and badly installed systems where the original installer just doesn't want to know after they've been paid...

Every one of you can do something better than me, and I can learn something from each of you.

you learned what entropy is 🙂

 

[Arnoldheatnpipe]

I deliberately call myself plumber, even though I work mainly in commercial heating and pipefitting, because by giving ourselves other crazy titles we take away from what a plumber is, I'm an nvq level 3 plumber and I was trained in heating and got my gas acs so why should we confuse the public with "heating engineer" plumber should cover it. The public should know that a plumber means the person who takes care of any mechanical services in your property gas, heating, domestic water or drainage that's what we're trained to do not just bathroom fitter or gas fitter. Dumbs the job down

 

[lame plumber]

I blame yellow pages for all the different names 🙂

 

[Dannypipe]

I'm an "Artist - using non ferrous metals".

Or Professor pipe.

Or Doctor Dan - The plumbing Man.

Take your pick.

 

[Dannypipe]

Kent based plumber and heating engineer. Gas Safe and OFTEC registered

www.prestigeplumbers.co.uk


Whoops!

 

[Whyme]

Plumber..Even though i know customers have got a mental image of me and a drain rod over my shoulder like Dick Van dyke when i say that.

 

[Rickster123]

Kent based plumber and heating engineer. Gas Safe and OFTEC registered

www.prestigeplumbers.co.uk


Whoops!

Ohh nice plug!:devilish:

 

[GQuigley67]

Plumber or gas man.

It still bugs me though when I'm on a job say doing a bathroom and the customer asks if I know any heating engineers or vice versa. If I went to uni and got a degree in engineering then I would feel more comfortable calling myself an engineer!

 

[Nostrum]

<Rant>

Doubt one in 100 knows what entropy is

<Rant Over>

I had one of those in hospital, couldn't believe how far they stuck it up there!




I call myself a heating engineer because that's what the industry has known the job I do as. I agree that technician would suit the role far better, but calling myself a technician just sounds like I'm trying be different!

I'm not a plumber because I'm not qualified to call myself that. My city and guilds is in gas installation and maintenance or something like that. I think it may actually have engineering in the title somewhere! I'll have a look tonight

I couldn't really care to be honest providing my customer can understand what I do (or don't do)

I can understand why qualified engineers get annoyed by it, but then they're all willy waivers who live in the world of theory as opposed to real life activity! :lol:



I actually looked into doing OU degrees in my spare time until I realised most of the course probably wouldn't be used in a real world situation.

 

[JWLPlumbing]

Plumbing & Heating Engineer for me

 

[kirkgas]

Plumber, anything else is dumbing down

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Kent based plumber and heating engineer. Gas Safe and OFTEC registered

www.prestigeplumbers.co.uk


Whoops!

Smooth Danny, smooth 😉

 

[Deleted member 64964]

Heating Engineer because that's what I specialise in.
Gas Engineer
Plumber but I keep away from plumbing out of choice because I like playing with boilers and heating systems.

 

[SJB]

I've got a cerfiticate that says I'm a mechanical services engineer...

Plumbing and heating engineer is fine by me

 

[nicro3]

Cannot eat a job title. Show me the money.

 

[BN9Pete]

If you want to call yourself just a 'plumber' while a lot of monkeys out there with little or no experience, OR those capable but who just want to do bad work, but call themselves 'Engineers', then I think you are underselling yourself. First impressions of you from a potential customer is your job title. 'Plumber' says to me less skilled, plus possibly someone who can't do heating work.

My City & Guilds certificates say-
Plumbing Craft.
Plumbing Advanced Craft.
If you have the same qualifications you will know what was covered in the four years of this course.

i call myself a Plumber, and I'm proud of that job title.

Plumber says to you less skilled, very odd ???

 

[deandive]

I call myself a plumber even though ive not done the NVQ, ssshhhhh ;-)

 

[Joe_The_Plumber]

I'm a maintenance plumber at a well known London uni. Not done my NVQ but got my C&G Lvl 2. I'm actually wondering if most employers actually know the difference between a certificate and an NVQ but oh well I get the work done 😀

Might do a few small private jobs to get my NVQ signed, how would I go about starting this?