Plumbing and Heating Installer

You run first fix and second fix: marking the routes from the drawing, drilling and chasing, laying multilayer and copper pipe, press fittings on the cold water, soldering where the drawing asks for it, and PVC waste with the correct fall. Underfloor heating loops you lay and pin yourself, then pressure test at 6 bar and leave the gauge on overnight with a written record. Second fix is taps, cisterns, shower trays and radiators, plus the handover with the site owner. Work is 07:00-15:30, mostly within 60 km of Varazdin.

Finished trade school as a plumber or heating installer

At least two years of first and second fix on housing sites

Press fittings, copper soldering and PVC waste with a correct fall

Reading an installation drawing and setting out from it alone

Pressure testing and writing the test record for the handover

Category B driving licence, so you can take the van to site

Basic English for fitting catalogues and boiler manuals

Net salary from 1156 up to 1270 EUR per month

Permanent contract, signed after three months of trial

Monthly meal allowance paid with the salary

Company van with tools, kept at home, and a fuel card

Sites within 60 km, so you sleep at home every night

Employer pays the gas installer and heat pump certificates

Work clothing, knee pads, glasses, gloves and safety shoes

A plumber who takes the gas and heat pump certificates leads his own two man crew and prices small jobs with the office. The firm pays both courses and adds the crew supplement from the first month.

Closed shell houses with power and a site toilet, so the wet work happens under a roof, and a heated workshop for prefabrication in January. Knee pads, glasses, gloves, ear protection and safety shoes are supplied.