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Journeyman Licensing & Quality

Young Plumber is Unlicensed and Proud of It

This letter makes some very good points regarding licensing and this is a hard discussion. I agree on one level that some sort of licensing sets a level but also agree that licensing is absolutely not a predictor of competency.

This is the same as the union vs. non-union argument. There are very good technicians and companies on both sides of the fence - there are also horrible technicians and companies on both sides.

The bottom line is that licensing does not guarantee quality and lack of licensing does not guarantee lack of quality.

If you want to hire a good contractor interview them, look at other work they have done, talk to other customers - follow the same procedure for hiring good technicians. Do not ever rely on a watered-down test created by a committee to determine quality.

Posted by David on July 30, 2006 11:02 AM|Permalink

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