Updates & news
50 years of the Joint Industry Board for PMES
2022/23 has seen the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Joint Industry Board for Plumbing Mechanical Engineering Services (England and Wales). As part of activities to mark this, the Board Chairman, John Allott has been visiting long-standing JIB-PMES...
JIB-PMES 50th Anniversary
As part of activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the JIB-PMES, the Board Chairman, John Allott, visited NA Guppy Limited in Devon. The company was founded by Norman Guppy in 1963 and was one of the first companies to join the JIB-PMES Welfare and Benefits...
JIB-PMES wages and allowances agreement for 2024 and 2025
.The JIB-PMES is pleased to report that the Industrial Parties on the JIB-PMES Board have reached agreement on a new wage deal for 2024 and 2025. This means that: from 01 January 2024, wages and allowances for operatives employed under the National Working Rule...
JIB-PMES announces the introduction of Online Health, Safety & Environment test
The JIB-PMES is pleased to announce that from February 2023 it will be offering its own online Health, Safety and Environment test aimed specifically at operatives working in the Plumbing, Renewables and Mechanical Engineering Services sector. As the test will be...
New guidance on plumbing and heating training
New and comprehensive advice on the correct routes to becoming a qualified plumbing and heating engineer has been made available by the Plumbing & Heating Skills Partnership (PHSP). Aimed at both school leavers and those looking at changing careers, the guidance...
Introduction of JIB-PMES Experienced Worker CSCS card – January 2022
The JIB-PMES is pleased to announce that it will be offering an Experienced Worker CSCS registration card from 17/01/2022. The card will be valid for a period of 3 years and will be non-renewable. To be eligible for the card, applicants must be able to provide...
Free access to Level 3 Plumbing NVQ Diploma qualifications in England
The JIB-PMES strongly recommends any operatives who are working in the Plumbing and Heating industry without a Level 3 qualification to take advantage of the current funding available for industry-recognised qualifications while it remains available. Under the...
JIB-PMES Employer Update
Following the announcement of the second National Covid-19 Lockdown which came into force on 05/11/2020, the Government has changed its plans for supporting businesses. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has now been extended until 31st March 2021. The main points...
JIB-PMES Employer Update
The government has recently announced its plans for supporting businesses beyond the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – which comes to an end on 31st October 2020. In its place, the government is introducing the ‘Job Support Scheme’ which is designed to provide...
Supporting the ‘Plan for Jobs’
The government’s Plan for Jobs scheme is designed to help to stimulate the nation’s economic recovery following the fallout from Covid-19. Under Plan for Jobs, in recognition of the value that apprentices can bring to the economy, an incentive payment will be made to...
