Plumbers in Texas will no longer be subject to state regulations after lawmakers this week flushed the state plumbing code and the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, a state agency that employed dozens and generated $5.2 million in revenue in 2017.
Soon, anyone can call themselves a plumber without completing the agency-required education and tests, said Roger Wakefield, master plumber and owner of Texas Green Plumbing in Richardson. Wakefield, who has been a plumber for 40 years, said the industry is now "completely unregulated," and will lead to more unqualified workers entering the workforce.
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Wakefield said he and other plumbers are calling Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and asking him to order lawmakers back to Austin for a special legislative session to remedy the situation. Abbott's press office did not respond to requests for comment, but the governor indicated on Twitter on Monday that he has no plans to reconvene legislators before the next regular session in 2021.
"Safety is at risk": Future of Texas plumbers' licensing and regulation uncertain after legislative impasse
I know a breh that spent a few yrs on his apprenticeship and just became an official plumber. shyt sucks to see after all those years of hard work
What's worse is I see it as a warning to our brehs in trade positions. This COULD be a slippery slope to removing testing and licensing required to enter their trade, but time will tell. Any plumbers on here? Thoughts?
Soon, anyone can call themselves a plumber without completing the agency-required education and tests, said Roger Wakefield, master plumber and owner of Texas Green Plumbing in Richardson. Wakefield, who has been a plumber for 40 years, said the industry is now "completely unregulated," and will lead to more unqualified workers entering the workforce.
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Wakefield said he and other plumbers are calling Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and asking him to order lawmakers back to Austin for a special legislative session to remedy the situation. Abbott's press office did not respond to requests for comment, but the governor indicated on Twitter on Monday that he has no plans to reconvene legislators before the next regular session in 2021.
"Safety is at risk": Future of Texas plumbers' licensing and regulation uncertain after legislative impasse
I know a breh that spent a few yrs on his apprenticeship and just became an official plumber. shyt sucks to see after all those years of hard work
What's worse is I see it as a warning to our brehs in trade positions. This COULD be a slippery slope to removing testing and licensing required to enter their trade, but time will tell. Any plumbers on here? Thoughts?
Good, people should learn the trade without some fukking middle man trying to get paid up front.
maybe I'm not understanding. But why
I can
