ReallyReal
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I would like to know whens the earliest an apprentice can run calls on his own?
Thats crazy if you stop and consider what they’re allowing.In California an apprentice can run calls on the first day if he's working for someone with a contractor's license. Obviously it's not a good idea but I believe it's legal.
That’s exactly how I understand it,and it’s always worked out.I know many who practice this here in Cal. As long as the newbie understands his limitations, and has direct contact with the licensed plumber, I don't have a problem with it.
Direct supervision here means a journeyman has to be on the job with the apprentice. An apprentice isn’t apprenticing if he’s alone, he’s journeymaning"Direct Supervision" is pretty vague, purposely!
If I call a plumber and pay plumber rates then I want a plumber at my house.I know a few kids that start at a plumbing company, who have never held a pipe wrench. They can still do a quick fill valve replacement or set a toilet.
I get my peaches down in Georgia ……...but who really asks? You call in a professional, you assume they themselves have a license.
My buddy just had his main sewer line replaced. This "kid" picked up 6 laborers from Home Depot, trenched the line, kid connected both ends, and were done. Bill was $8k, and i guarantee there wasn't a plumber within 5 miles of the site.
Your neighbor didn’t get three estimates ? Of course he didn’t.This same plumber gave my neighbor a quote for a leaking 1" main water line last month. He wanted $5k to dig 20 feet, 18" down. My neighbor hired an unlicensed guy who dug up and replaced his water main, and ripped all the grass from his front yard, then re-landscaping, and laying new sod, for the same price. Plumbers have overcharged my city a bit too much, and we've been forced to use "Southern Labor."
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