S-lon signs MoU with PUCSL to enhance local plumbing industry standards

From left: Mohomed Shiras – Manager Product Development & Plumbers Club of S-lon Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, S. C. Weerasekera – Group Director / Chief Operating Officer (GD/COO) of Capital Maharaja Group, Janaka Rathnayake – Chairman of PUCSL and Damitha Kumarasinghe – Director General (DG) of PUCSL

With the aim of supporting plumbers in their career advancement and enhancing the overall quality of Sri Lanka’s plumbing industry, S-lon Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Public Utility Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL).

In October 2001, the S-lon Plumbers’ Club was formed to establish and enhance the standardsof the modern plumbing industry and uplift the professionalism of the plumbing occupation. Plumbers have benefited from the practical and informative programs that are conducted across the country by S-lon Lanka (Pvt) Ltd which has a strong network of over 8,000 plumbers. 

The main objectives of these programmes are to improve the knowledge and technology know-how of plumbers of proper handling and installation of pipes and fittings. Improper handling will pollute clean water and clean air, thus affecting healthy living. Furthermore, proper knowledge of installation would enhance the product’s life span whilst functioning at its best. 

A testimony to its commitment to the cause, S-lon partnered with PUCSL together with the National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) that offers plumbing technicians the opportunity to be accredited as ‘Licensed Technicians’ by obtaining National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) level 3.

PUCSL Chairman Janaka Ratnayake and the Group Director/Chief Operating Officer of the Capital Maharaja Group S.C. Weerasekera were the signatories for the MoU that was signed in Nuwara Eliya.

Sharing his thoughts at the MoU signing ceremony, Group Director/Chief Operating Officer of the Capital Maharaja Group. S.C. Weerasekera said, “I’m honoured and pleased to pay tribute to the plumbing community that helped us from our very beginnings to make S-lon a success story. This partnership with the main body for public utilities in Sri Lanka will undoubtedly enhance the standards of plumbing technicians, thus elevating the standard of the overall industry itself.”