| The Joint Industry Boards for the Plumbing Industry in England & Wales (JIB-PMES) and Scotland & Northern Ireland (SNIJIB) have established a new joint organisation, called the UK Plumbing, Heating & Mechanical Engineering Services Registration Scheme.
This new organisation brings together the two separate Registration and Grading Schemes which both Joint Industry Boards have operated since the early 1970s. The new Joint Scheme continues to be affiliated to the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS
The objects
of the new Plumbing UK Registration Scheme are to:
- Standardise the criteria for the issue of Plumbing
JIB/CSCS Registrations Cards in England, Wales, Scotland
and Northern Ireland.
- Have a common design and criteria for Registration
Cards issued by the two Plumbing JIBs with mutual
recognition.
Both Joint Industry Boards are committed to improving
the levels of competence and professionalism of plumbing
operatives and apprentices working in the plumbing,
heating and mechanical engineering services Industries.
Operatives who wish to attain a UK Plumbing, Heating
& Mechanical Engineering Services Registration Scheme
Card must also complete a CSCS approved health &
safety test which means they can undertake their duties
in a competent and safe manner.
The introduction of the new scheme has meant a rationalisation
of the grading definitions throughout the UK. As a consequence
there will be three recognised grades of plumbers:
- Plumber
- Advanced Plumber
- Technician Plumber
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