PERSONALITY PROFILE
43
Quality standards mean everything
By Dineo Phoshoko
When Wynand Deysel was 15 years old, he did plumbing work for a neighbour
during the school holidays in exchange for hands-on experience. From this
early age, Deysel was learning how to do plumbing on houses from the ground
up and he has never stopped since.
“Plumbing was something that interested me from
a very young age; I was always curious about pipes
and valves and how everything works together. Only
at a later stage in my life did the fluid dynamics
pique my interest,” he says. The 29-year-old from
Centurion values hard work and ethics, and has
been in the plumbing industry for nine years.
Deysel acknowledges how challenging the plumbing
industry can be, especially for someone who has just
completed his or her schooling. “Right after I finished
school, I worked for a plumbing company with no
morals or ethics. The only thing that mattered to them
was money. All the apprentices who worked for the
company learned the hard way that time is money; we
were all overworked and underpaid.” He also mentions
the lack of support he experienced in terms of training
and mentorship. Seeing no prospects where he worked,
Deysel decided to leave the plumbing company to go
and start his own. Today, Deysel proudly owns Alldays
Plumbing and Maintenance Solutions.
Plumbing was always high on Deysel’s list for a career
choice, despite the many stereotypes around the
profession. “One of the major misconceptions is that
being a plumber is easy and everyone who does it
is too lazy to get a job. Being a plumber today is not
an easy job; it’s physically and mentally demanding
and yes, it is a real job,” he says. He also adds that
the state of plumbing could be improved, especially
concerning the training of plumbers, to enable them to
do their work properly. He also feels strongly about the
fact that unqualified plumbers should not be allowed to
do any plumbing.
“The most difficult thing about being a plumber is to keep
your client happy and complying with all the regulations
that we must adhere to.” Although it is hard, Deysel
and his company seem to be on the right track after he
received a call to do a job at a big company. Later Deysel
found out that he got the job after a referral from the
CEO of the company, for whom he had unknowingly done
plumbing work. “He was more than happy with the level
of service he received,” he says.
Wynand Deysel,
owner and plumber at
Alldays Plumbing and
Maintenance Solutions.
Looking ahead, Deysel explains that he hopes to grow
his company and employ ‘decent hard-working people
who want success in their lives’. He emphasises the
importance of hard work, explaining that it always pays
off in the end. “Always do your work to the highest
standard possible. If you can walk away from a job and
say to yourself that no one could have done the job
better, then you know the job was done right.” PA
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July 2017 Volume 23 I Number 5