Unfortunately that is how you do business in the City of Philadelphia. Each fitter has to be licensed as a journeyman or apprentice. We were fortunate enough to have an apprentice program approved by the state so the city has to recognize it as an approved program. At the end of the program, our fitters still have to take a test from the city, and seeing some of the questions in it, I cannot believe the union is teaching things about the IBC & IFC in their program. The licenses all renew on August 1 of every even year at a cost of $150 for journeyman and $75 for apprentices. The electrical union is pushing similar legislation about fire alarms. In that case they want only journeymen and apprentices working on fire alarm systems. How many electricians do you know that know anything about low voltage systems and NFPA 72? We have been fortunate to be ahead of the curve but I would think it is hard to break into the city now if you are non-union.
Joseph C. Stough SET, CFPS Tilley Fire Equipment Co. Tel. 215-345-8066 X22 Fax: 215-345-9357 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Carole Holmes Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Bill AB2288 All, An interesting read, whether or not you work in CA I recommend checking it out. http://www.fpcmag.com/fpcnew.html Carole C. Holmes B.L. Harroun & Son, Inc. Kalamazoo, MI 49007 ( P: 269-345-8657 Ê F: 269-345-8684 ÈC: 269-377-6973 š email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] :8 internet: <http://www.blharroun.com/> www.blharroun.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
