When I worked for my previous electrical company back in 2015 in which they were not certified to any scheme and they didn’t have any real college qualifications as in 16th or 17th edition, they did not have any electrical qualifications at all. However, they were the most recommended electricians in the area. My boss had some sort of electrical Obsessive-compulsive disorder, he could find out the latest regulations and building laws. He had friends who were scheme certified, phoning him asking him for advice. Sometimes he had to go to the job to show them the best practical way to get the job done, and he charged for his time.
We were on a job in Birmingham and it was an insurance job due to a fire at a restaurant. The owner called us to carry out the works as my boss was recommended. There was a building contractor there who was also employed. I do not know why the owner called us and not left that responsibility to the Main contractor in charge, as there were other contractors from other trades working for him or recommended by him.
As we were working, this main contractor approached us, stopped at a comfortable distant, started throwing his finger and said not too aggressively but quite assertive. ‘’Are you certified, are you NIC certified. So, me your certified’’. He was applying that of being NICEIC registered. My manager was not up to date about schemes, so he ignored him as though he did not exist, but I knew he was nervous. We carried on working anyway. He told my boss about the recent events over the phone when he sneaked off to the van, the next day our boss came with us to the job and not only the Main contractor was there but also a building control person appointed by Birmingham council, they seemed to know each other. They started on my boss, he replied that he was working under another electrician which of course was Registered to a scheme. They accused him of being fraudulent. They never tried to stop us working but demanded they meet this electrician my boss claimed he was working for. This registered Spark who is employed by my boss time to time to carry out certs, went out of his way to come to our job to talk to the building control person who was also accompanied with the building contractor. They sat him down, interrogated him for a while and lectured him, this lasted for over half an hour. In the end, we carried on working, we was not stopped and my boss got payed.
My Question is, after reading threads on this forum, it seems to me my manger could have told these big shots to get lost on the first day because being registered is not law. Is this right? Unless the insurance company demanded the work be carried out by a scheme member.
We were on a job in Birmingham and it was an insurance job due to a fire at a restaurant. The owner called us to carry out the works as my boss was recommended. There was a building contractor there who was also employed. I do not know why the owner called us and not left that responsibility to the Main contractor in charge, as there were other contractors from other trades working for him or recommended by him.
As we were working, this main contractor approached us, stopped at a comfortable distant, started throwing his finger and said not too aggressively but quite assertive. ‘’Are you certified, are you NIC certified. So, me your certified’’. He was applying that of being NICEIC registered. My manager was not up to date about schemes, so he ignored him as though he did not exist, but I knew he was nervous. We carried on working anyway. He told my boss about the recent events over the phone when he sneaked off to the van, the next day our boss came with us to the job and not only the Main contractor was there but also a building control person appointed by Birmingham council, they seemed to know each other. They started on my boss, he replied that he was working under another electrician which of course was Registered to a scheme. They accused him of being fraudulent. They never tried to stop us working but demanded they meet this electrician my boss claimed he was working for. This registered Spark who is employed by my boss time to time to carry out certs, went out of his way to come to our job to talk to the building control person who was also accompanied with the building contractor. They sat him down, interrogated him for a while and lectured him, this lasted for over half an hour. In the end, we carried on working, we was not stopped and my boss got payed.
My Question is, after reading threads on this forum, it seems to me my manger could have told these big shots to get lost on the first day because being registered is not law. Is this right? Unless the insurance company demanded the work be carried out by a scheme member.
