tip from a gas engineer on frozen condensate pipes

Alex1983

Only by jealous sparkies, we all know who the king of the trades are, thats why you get upset about people calling us gas engineers

Risteard

Alex1983 wrote: »

Only by jealous sparkies, we all know who the king of the trades are, thats why you get upset about people calling us gas engineers

Electricians have always been the king of the trades and remain so. Gas men are just plumbers with even bigger heads than ordinary water plumbers.

EachPenny

Risteard wrote: »

Unless you prosecute them for misuse of a legally protected title.

But you can't (in the UK) because 'engineer' has never been a protected title and never will be. 'Chartered Engineer' on the other hand is protected.

Risteard

EachPenny wrote: »

But you can't (in the UK) because 'engineer' has never been a protected title and never will be. 'Chartered Engineer' on the other hand is protected.

He said "if the government legislates" then you couldn't stop people using the term, so you clearly haven't read this in context. You could prosecute depending on the wording of the legislation.

Alex1983

Lol :rotfl:;):beer:

Risteard

Alex1983 wrote: »

Lol :rotfl:;):beer:

Not sure why you're laughing. You're a plumber. The lowest of the low.

Alex1983

Ok lofty sparkie, you stick to wiring plugs and I will stick to keeping people warm

ashe

Risteard wrote: »

It should be legally protected though.

And you should pipe down, but obviously everyone isn't getting what they want.

EachPenny

Risteard wrote: »

He said "if the government legislates" then you couldn't stop people using the term, so you clearly haven't read this in context. You could prosecute depending on the wording of the legislation.

Who did?

You ignore the point I made that such legislation will never be passed because there are already protected titles e.g. "Chartered Engineer" and the word 'engineer' is in such common use for other things that legislation is likely to be ineffective unless it introduces a new specific term such as 'licensed engineer'. (e.g. this term already exists and is protected for aircraft 'mechanics')

Mr.Generous

I knew an electrician once who had an equipotential bonding rod stuck up his ar... Some would have said earth rod, not him. When he got to hospital and the houseman offered to remove it he demanded at least a consultant. Some people are obsessed by titles.

Once in my career I went from a job title that sounded quite grand to a lesser title in a more demanding role for more money. Some preferred to stay where they were because of the title. Some had envy towards those with the grander title. I cried all the way to the bank.