Originally Posted by J Bentley (Post 11149574)

Thanks,

I owned my own bathroom remodeling company in England for 8 years,
We moved here due to my dad being here for 14 years and love it here.

What I'm struggling to find is a company (like mine was)
That did the complete bath remodeling.

So I looked into plumbing servicemen jobs because there is a few jobs here,
I had 3 interviews with different companies, and choose one for a day trial,
First question they asked me is do I have experience in sales???
Over here the plumbers work on commission and try to sell other problems in the house to get better commission.

I walked away after the day trial, I felt like we were searching for little problems to rip the customer off.

The plumbing is a lot different in az to the uk,
Bath tubs, toilets, drainage fitted different to England.

Different kind of Pipes.

I can't find any online to read up on general plumbing in az.

I'd love to find a british plumber who has set up over here.

Thanks

Originally Posted by J Bentley (Post 11149574)

The plumbing is a lot different in az to the uk,
Bath tubs, toilets, drainage fitted different to England.

Different kind of Pipes.

I can't find any online to read up on general plumbing in az.

I'd love to find a british plumber who has set up over here.

Thanks

Originally Posted by jibsymalone (Post 11149393)

Of course all of this is based off my experience in the electrical field here in Florida. Where (believe it or not) a license is not required at all by the state to be an electrician or plumber (but you need one to be a hairdresser:blink:)! ?

Originally Posted by Flabound oneday (Post 11150645)

I think I have to disagree, just going through the residential contractor licensing thing myself and I would 99.9% say that the 3 trades that do need state licensing are electrician, plumber and ac.....painters,handymen etc need county licenses but the big 3 need state certification


http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr...lectrical.html

Originally Posted by Flabound oneday (Post 11150774)

ah gotcha, yes you are 'hiding' under their license so they are the responsible ones.................

Originally Posted by S Folinsky (Post 11151430)

I can speak only for California. Plumbers are not licensed as plumbers. However, plumbing CONTRACTORS are licensed.

Sometimes, construction unions might be involved for some jobs: http://www.ualocal469.org/

Originally Posted by stevie223 (Post 11154884)

Yeah im in the same boat as you. I was a plumber in Northern Ireland and some things are the same but the vast majority is different or the way they do things are different. Im currently working for a plumbing company but ive been told i have to get a plumber in training card. I dont think our British qualifications are accepted over here

Originally Posted by stevie223 (Post 11154884)

Yeah im in the same boat as you. I was a plumber in Northern Ireland and some things are the same but the vast majority is different or the way they do things are different. Im currently working for a plumbing company but ive been told i have to get a plumber in training card. I dont think our British qualifications are accepted over here

Originally Posted by mamasue (Post 11158071)

I think the only qualification you need here in GA is to be overweight and have a lot of bum-crack showing when you bend!!!:eek: