Plumber definition

Plumber means a person who has passed a qualifying Trade Test in Plumbing or has been issued with a certificate of proficiency in terms of the Manpower Training Act, 1981 (Act No 56 of 1981) or such other qualification as may be required under national legislation;
Plumber means an employee employed or usually employed in executing any general plumbing, ship plumbing, gas fitting, pipe fitting, lead burning, sanitary, heating and domestic engineering, industrial, commercial, medical, scientific and chemical plumbing.
Plumber means an employee over the age of 21 or who has completed a full term of apprenticeship under the Vocational Education, Training and Employment Act 2000 competent in gas fitting, gas service work, all branches of lead work, including sanitary work, hot and cold water appliances and services or who works or fixes galvanised iron or zinc or other metal used for similar purposes, in connection with buildings, who makes baths, tanks, and all other articles made of galvanised iron or zinc or other metal used for similar purposes in or in connection with a plumber's shop, or usually fixed in a building in the course of erection, alteration, or repair, who is engaged in the installation and/or repair of soda and cordial fountains and accessories thereto, and/or the fixing of cement and/or fibro cement guttering and/or down pipes and/or articles made of any other material which supersedes the material usually fixed by plumbers in connection with buildings and not covered by any other Award, or who is engaged in any of the aforementioned classes of work.

Examples of Plumber in a sentence

  • Plumber: Installs and maintains water distribution systems, sewage distribution systems, natural gas, compressed air systems, and steam distribution systems.


More Definitions of Plumber

Plumber s apprentice" means a person other than a
Plumber means a person who carries out plumbing work as defined in section 59I;
Plumber means a person appointed as such and without limiting the ordinary meaning of "plumbing", who is engaged on work including lead burning, chemical plumbing, oxy-welding, electric welding and brazing applicable to plumbing work, gas fitting, maintenance, installations and repair of hot and cold water services and hot water and/or steam heating services, air conditioning plants, the making up, fitting and installation of sewage and sewerage systems in sheet lead, galvanised iron, cast iron or any other material which supersedes the materials usually used by plumbers, the fixing of roofing, curtain walling, spouting, downpipes, gutters, valleys, ridging and flashings in any metal or any material, and the fixing, maintenance and repair of metal drain pipes and vent pipes to any building.
Plumber means any person who, in the trade of plumbing, has, in terms of the Manpower Training Act 1981(Act 56 of 1981), passed a qualifying trade test or has been issued with a certificate of proficiency;
Plumber means an individual certified pursuant to the Safety Codes Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. S-1 to install, repair, and maintain piping, fittings, and fixtures involved in the distribution and use of water in a building.