Careers
Head Start helps growing Victorian industries fill vacant positions while offering passionate students the opportunity to kick-start their career as well as complete their VCE or VCAL.
Careers & Training
Master Plumbers, the latest in careers and training
Public Interest
ODM Plumbing’s third-year plumbing apprentice, Will Moxey, took out the Casey Apprenticeship/ Trainee of the Year Award in October. Will was among hundreds of nominees within the Casey electorate and one of 10 finalists – all representing different trades and backgrounds.
Public Interest
A pioneer in sustainable design and research, Dr Steve Cummings has dedicated himself to developing products that minimise water consumption.
Magazine
Tropical island plumbing – Perfection to perils
The way Kendal Nash puts it, he walked out of the kitchen and into a plumbing apprenticeship. Kathryn Kernohan looks a little further into the life of this tropical island plumber.
Magazine
Swathi Saralaya Project Manager, IAPMO India & IWSH came to the World Plumbing Conference (WPC) in Melbourne to talk about the importance of women in plumbing and the issues they face.
Magazine
Magazine
Swathi Saralaya Project Manager, IAPMO India & IWSH came to the World Plumbing Conference (WPC) in Melbourne to talk about the importance of women in plumbing and the issues they face.
Profile
Hot tapping man
Keeping a business running, let alone thriving, for more than 30 years is no mean feat. For Dale Wilkinson, who established Melbourne’s All Pipes Plumbing Services 32 years ago, the achievement is even more...
Apprenticeship
A great night was had by all who attended the 2019 Awards, with a long list of nominees for each award demonstrating the skill, effort and commitment of the students within the Master Plumbers RTO and Plumbing Apprenticeships Victoria (PAV) programs.
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship
A great night was had by all who attended the 2019 Awards, with a long list of nominees for each award demonstrating the skill, effort and commitment of the students within the Master Plumbers RTO and Plumbing Apprenticeships Victoria (PAV) programs.
Profile
Plumbing in paradise
Employment pathways are unlocked in this innovative partnership between Melbourne and Kiribati. Kathryn Kernohan reports.
Profile
Sneak peek behind The Block
How did you get the opportunity to work on The Block? My cousin Maurice Del Vecchio from Del Vecchio Building was the builder for Shannon and Simon on season 9 of the show, The...
Profile
Tune up your trade
Scott Robinson of Gallant Plumbing took a risk and it paid off. Kathryn Kernohan speaks to the plumber-turned-trainer who returned to his trade refreshed
CPD
Without the desire to learn, whether via necessity or curiosity, Henry would most likely have lived out his days plowing the fields on his family farm in Michigan. And who knows… we could still be travelling around by horse and cart, and burdened by...
CPD
CPD
Without the desire to learn, whether via necessity or curiosity, Henry would most likely have lived out his days plowing the fields on his family farm in Michigan. And who knows… we could still be travelling around by horse and cart, and burdened by inefficient manufacturing processes.
Careers & Training
Demand for plumbers as educators
The high industry demand has resulted in exciting career-change opportunities for plumbers who want to down tools and enter the classroom to become trainers.
Careers & Training
Here are the top five responses The first is a bit of a no-brainer, everyone wants to work for a business that has a good name in the industry. As you’ll be aware, good news travel fast… bad news travels faster! People in the industry tend to operate in tight circles and news of someone […]
Profile
While many of Chris Malcolmson’s childhood friends were spending their school holidays playing sport or watching movies, Chris was learning the tools of the plumbing trade from his father Noel. Noel founded Melbourne’s Reliable Plumbing Services in 1976 and Chris vividly recalls learning from...
Profile
Profile
While many of Chris Malcolmson’s childhood friends were spending their school holidays playing sport or watching movies, Chris was learning the tools of the plumbing trade from his father Noel. Noel founded Melbourne’s Reliable Plumbing Services in 1976 and Chris vividly recalls learning from his father on the job as he was growing. Despite that, […]
Careers & Training
Have you ever missed out on a job and wondered why? An Australian Plumbing survey asked a group of employers to find out why
Careers & Training
In the lead up to this year’s Plumbing and Fire Industry Awards (PIFA) in Melbourne, Daniel Carroll spoke with Thomas Dunn, winner of the Frank Maskell General Plumbing Award and Andrew Letten Gold Medal at the 2018 event.
Magazine
Plumbing and penguins
For mechanical services plumber Brendan Hopkins, Antarctica is an unusual and yet awesome workplace.
Industry Updates
DANIEL PICAC, the Plumbing Industry Climate Action Centre, is predominantly a training facility and you’re the CEO of that facility. Can you tell us a little bit about PICAC and how it all came about? SHAYNE Where PICAC originated goes back to the drought; what we now call the millennium drought. Almost all of Australia […]
Advocacy
Master Plumbers CEO Peter Daly said that all gas appliances that are not regularly serviced and maintained have the potential to produce deadly carbon monoxide. “Testing of gas appliances for carbon monoxide requires a complex program of work, including a full service of the appliance and consideration of factors such as the ventilation and ongoing […]
