Job titles ?

[Dannypipe]

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

www.prestigeplumbers.co.uk


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[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


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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]

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Doubt one in 100 knows what entropy is

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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


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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?