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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz
If I recall he is a short time away from finishing his courses to get his license.
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Apprenticeships are 4 years, a Journeyman becomes one after serving 4 years as an apprenticeship. They then take a test and if they score high enough they become a Journeyman Plumber. So "Finishing his courses to get his license" is kinda bullshit. To get his apprentice license all that is required is that he be employed by a licensed contractor with direct supervision by a Journeyman and paying a few bucks.
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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz
His boss is retiring soon and he wanted Samuel Joe to take over the business. I think someone that does plumbing work day in and day out every day would likely be considered a "plumber". He works for a plumbing company, gets paid by a plumbing company, and makes his living doing... plumbing work. I guess that makes him Joe the Chef?
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In most counties and states sticky that is not how it works, to operate a Plumbing business one needs a Masters License which require 8 years experience, 4 as an apprentice and 4 as a Journeyman, that is I think figured on 2000 workings hours per year not just saying you have been doing it for 8 years. He could buy the company 100% and never carry a license at all in most places. He can of course hire a Licensed Master.
If you work for NASA that does not make you an Astronaut, working at a hospital does not make you a surgeon even though you could say you work in the medical field "while you emptied a bedpan". He could be Joe the book keeper or Joe the janitor or even Joe the expediter and still be doing "plumbing work" since it is all plumbing related. The fact is in most locations Joe could own the company and still not be a Plumber.
What you must know to be an Apprentice Plumber:
Shit runs downhill
Payday is Friday
DON'T chew your fingernails
Last, there is no comparing the license that an Electrician or a Plumber carries with a Doctor. The Electrician and Plumber are licensed to do the work in those fields, a Doctor on the other hand is only licensed to "Practice" medicine the same as an Attorney is licensed to "Practice" law.