The lack of plumbing infrastructure and a trained, certified workforce has long plagued the citizens of India, for whom 7.5% of deaths each year can be attributed directly to water and sanitation issues, reports the World Plumbing Council (WPC).
In response, WPC member organisations IAPMO and the Indian Plumbing Association (IPA) and its training arm, the Indian Institute of Plumbing (IIP), are working together to help the nation make big strides forward in both areas of need.
Having already jointly developed the Uniform Plumbing Code – India, an extensive code of plumbing practice that will serve the people of India for years to come, the organisations subsequently turned their focus to education and training.
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Its a news for me! Quite a welcome news. Worker safety should also be an essential part of these type of training course
The ambitious Plumbing Education to Employment Programme (PEEP) will offer structured courses of study to develop plumbing design engineers, plumbing construction managers/supervisors and plumbing installers/repairers.
No architecture or engineering course of study in India currently offers a diploma or degree in plumbing. An overwhelming percentage of the nation’s plumbers are ‘casual labourers’ who have learned the trade through personal experience or working with experienced plumbers, according to Sudhakaran Nair, IPA president and executive board member of the WPC.
PEEP will be implemented in partnership with existing colleges, polytechnics and industrial training institutes in India. The programme was scheduled to launch in May. In the lead up, expert trainers from IAPMO conducted ‘Train the Trainer’ programmes to educate faculty members at the institutions participating in PEEP.
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Vineet Aggarwal, ME, P.Eng(Canada) (Jul 26, 2010) New Delhi India
Plumber Training
Its a news for me! Quite a welcome news. Worker safety should also be an essential part of these type of training courses.
dhiraj (May 5, 2010) pune India
want to learn more about industrial plumbing
want to learn more about industrial plumbing as i have work in my hand.
njuba brian (Mar 23, 2010) kampala Uganda
plumbing
i would like to study plumbing from my home country uganda
Sachin (Jun 10, 2009) Dubai United Arab Emirates
All the best
Step in the right direction. All the best to IPA. We need to involve the authorities as well. Authorities should enforce the standards on the builders.
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Its a news for me! Quite a welcome news. Worker safety should also be an essential part of these type of training course