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Allen Inlow. 
The technical knowledge among Indian plumbers is high. However, as the economy grows and construction works increase, there is a need to spread this knowledge and train more people. Allen Inlow, Senior Director of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials in India, who was in Coimbatore recently for a programme organised by the Indian Plumbing Association on Plumbing Education to Employment Programme, tells M. Soundariya Preetha the importance of such programmes. “We are at a time when competition is at national level for manufacture of several products. In a span of two to three years, this will move to international-level. In that case, service providers in the trade should also be internationally competitive in their efficiency.” New products are regularly entering the market. Even manufacturing units need water supply and plumbers need to know how to install these. “The construction industry is absolutely crying for such people,” he says. In the U.S, at any point of time there are 50,000 to 60,000 plumbing apprentices. “We think plumbing is very important”. Several communities have their schools for plumbing services. The IAPMO, which is in the field for nearly 80 years, has just started a training programme in Vietnam. In Canada and Dubai, plumbers are trained and exported too. If similar training facilities are available in India, may be a new industry will emerge for the country in this segment. The IAPMO and the Indian Plumbing Association jointly plan to have three types of training: one for engineers, another for plumbing supervisors and on site managers, and one for aspiring plumbers. The associations are also preparing a four-year curriculum and will look at institutions that are interested in offering these courses. It will take a longer time to build respect for this trade, but it will come rapidly, he says. The objective is to have the training programmes in regular universities and the formal educational system. People should start asking for certified plumbers. “We are trying to put together a programme for owners and companies so that they take only certified plumbers.” Once the demand starts trickling in from the residential level then the Government will also come out with a system. In many cases in the U.S., the States require certified plumbers. As the green movement drives awareness on the need for water conservation, the demand for good practices also goes up. Thus, there is a need for people who are trained in such practices, says Mr. Inlow, who is into plumbing for several decades and calls it a “labour of love.”
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