Hi Guys! my name is David Greene, and I'm a Master Plumber. I've been working for the past 26 years as a Plumber In-the-Field.

The trade was passed to me by my Dad and started with digging trenches for water service pipes and drain pipes when I was still in School. From there, I've built new homes, apartment buildings, hospitals, high-rise buildings, Churches, Installed sewer pipes, water and septic systems. 

I achieved a Master Plumber license by age 24 for the State of Georgia after attending the Georgia Plumbing Institute. I am a member of the Georgia Plumbers Association and helped build the online Continuing Education Website for the Georgia Plumbers Association in 2000. I am honored to teach the Plumbing Merit Badge again this year. 

Why am I qualified to Teach the Plumbing Merit Badge?

In addition to working hands-on as a Plumber over the past 26 years, I've also managed large plumbing companies and trained Plumber Apprentices to help them achieve their Plumbers license.

In order to become a master of the trade, an Apprentice should be taught fully that the most important aspects of the job are to protect health and property while providing a product that makes our lives easier.

The Apprentice will undergo years of verbal and physical training on the codes which govern how plumbing systems and fixtures are to be installed or manufactured as well as the techniques needed to insure proper installation; and why those codes are created to protect health.

In society, we regularly go to our Doctor for check-ups, work out at the gym and watch what we eat because we hope to live healthy lives for as long as possible. We also take for granted, the sanitary systems which help prevent disease in our every day lives at home, while providing the luxury of modern in-door plumbing.

It is vitally important that we understand when a plumbing repair should be fixed by way of handy-man and when a repair should be handled by a trained professional of the trade. With knowledge of this, more repairs can be made at home by the do-it-yourselfer, and we will insure a healthier life within our home through proper repair to vital health related systems.



Prerequisites



Please Check back for a list of Prerequisites you will need in order to achieve the Plumbing Merit Badge

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