If folks would demand to see the actual license and ask questions as to what requirements are required to get a license then folks could expect more for their hard earned money.

Do not take it for granted that if a person says they are a P&H contractor that they are really qualified to work in your home where your life can depend on their knowledge or skills.

Call your local building department and ask "what does it take to get a plumbing, heating or drain cleaning license?". The results may surprise you.

Any boiler air handler or even a simple hot water heater installation should be inspected by a qualified LMP/Licensed Stationary Engineer or certified boiler inspector, not just taken for granted that the installer knows what they are doing.

The Master Plumbing license is for the consumers protection NOT the plumbers. So for your protection ASK what formal apprentice training did this Master Plumber receive (10,000 hours is the normal) anything less is a joke.

I remember once the Manager of plant maintenance of United States Postal Service in NY hired me to give them questions that a maintenance plumber should know the answers to. I gave him a mixture of codes and theory and basic math and simple drawing with some plumbing mistakes. In total I gave him slightly over 1,500 questions and said a helper should be able to pass over half of these questions.

Imagine how pathetic it was to find that folks applying for the position of "plumber" could not even guess 10 correct answers and zero applicants found errors on the plan sheet. Yet this same test was almost aced by a 5th year apprentice of the United Association of plumbers and Steam fitters.

Now here these folks applying for this job said they already worked in the field for several years in heating and plumbing in peoples homes and even had documentation to prove their work records.

Now honestly how safe does this make you feel?