Why Become a Plumber?
If your idea of a plumber is a poorly educated, crudely spoken, portly man, then please think again!
Pop culture may have labelled us with this poor reputation, however, here at Solutions Plumbing & Heating we strive to change these misled opinions. After all, without us, the nights would be cold, bathroom drains would lead to nowhere, and we’d all be cooking on a camping stove!
Beyond our industry’s necessity, plumbing makes a great career, even for those who have never left the office.
Becoming a plumber offers you amazing earnings potential. It also offers you the potential to carve your own career path, with great opportunities for advancement for hard working individuals. From the starting position of a field technician you can climb the plumbing career ladder to gain more responsibility, begin to manage jobs and individuals, and ultimately make more money. Plumbers can advance from service technicians to installers, operation managers and distribution managers based on their hard work and commitment to their field.
Is plumbing more than just fixing leaky washers and unblocking toilets?
At Solutions Plumbing & Heating we train our men to be diagnosticians. Plumbing problems rarely present themselves easily. We have to be able to use critical thinking to determine the root cause of a problem and rectify it.
For instance, no hot water from the boiler could be a symptom of greater problems. There may be low pressure within the system, which could mean a leak on the central heating, there could be a problem with the boiler specifically, there could even be external problems such as garden foliage covering flue exhaust terminals. The point is, there is always the possibility that there is a systemic problem greater than just that one problem that presents itself.
Once we have diagnosed the problem, we’ve got to be able to convey, in simple terms, for the homeowner, exactly what is wrong, and how were are going to fix it.
That’s not all, we then have to be able to justify our costs. Plumbing is expensive, plumbing materials are expensive, and you can always find it cheaper on the internet. Unfortunately for the homeowner, cheaper more often than not, fails to represent for the better. It takes a strong communicator to ensure the customer understands exactly what they are paying for.
What is the average workday for a plumber?
We have to be prepared to travel near and far as plumbers. This week alone we have been in Hackney installing a new combination boiler. We’ve been in Kensington plumbing in a renovated property, in Wimbledon creating a new bathroom and Notting Hill re-wiring a heating and hot water system.
Generally work needs to start at 8am sharp and finishes at 5pm. Some days your done early, some days your done late, some days turn into nights! It is our responsibility to make sure the customer, the homeowner, the tenant… whoever is relying on us is left with their plumbing and heating facilities in correct working operation.
It takes a lot of discipline to ensure you give the same level of service you give the first customer of the day to the last customer of the day. It is the responsibility of a plumber to exceed the expectations the person whom you are working for.
The trade off to ensuring the upkeep of this discipline is you can make good money. Plumbing can provide a secure working base, from now until retirement and there after.
Personal pride will come from knowing you have had an impact on ensuring the day to day comfort of the customer. Gaining recognition from your hard work fills you with enthusiasm. Taking on an old bathroom and turning into a sanctuary away from the world is a good feeling.
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If only Albert had!!!
“If I would be a young man again, and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.” – Albert Einstein, 1954
