Many and increasingly more Metropolitans, Local authorities and Insurance Company's require that any person working on plumbing works within their jurisdiction or being part of their panel plumbers must be registeredwith the Plumbing Industry Registration Board. It is illegal for any person who works on plumbing installation if he/she is not a qualified plumber or not working under the adequate supervision of a qualified plumber.
PIRB Registered plumbers have demonstrated their qualifications and in some case their experience, and required to have an appropriate level of insurance cover.
The various categories under which plumbing practitioners are registered with the PIRB:
Qualified Plumber:
Persons that applied for this category of registration has passed the relevant plumber trade test as specified in the Manpower training act section 28 or 13 and/or have obtained a plumber qualification in terms of the Skills Development Act. Persons applied for this category of registration is required to have the relevant insurance in place.
Qualified Plumber
