Plumbing Africa September 2018 | Page 52

50 BUSINESS AND TRAINING Clout through knowledge The one factor that elevates you as a plumber above your opposition in terms of quality of work, is your desire to empower yourself with knowledge. By Deon Smit Gone are the days that you do what you have done for the past 20-odd years because that is the way you were taught and therefore you continue to train your employees to do the same. About the author Deon Smit is no stranger to the industry: he has been involved in training for many years and recently established his own consulting business. If it was brought to your attention that what you do does not comply with the law, you cannot resort to the excuse, “I d