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Just had assessment:
passed.
Just had assessment:
passed.
If you dont mind me asking, what is involved in the assessment?
Just had assessment:
passed.
yes...If you dont mind me asking, what is involved in the assessment?
Any testing etc?
Thank you Paul.Well done Glenn. As if anyone would think that you would have failed?
minimum of 5 jobs for approved contractor....Firstly they check your insurance and do an office audit. They then move onto your test equipment and check calibration records. The engineer then will make sure your publications are up to current amendments. He will then ask to review your certs and eicr reports and pick out a couple of jobs to visit. Once there he will have a brief look and ask you to perform certain tests on your install and then compare readings to what you have recorded on your cert. That is about it. Most area engineers don't go to mad they just want a straightforward in and out and move onto the next contractor. It only becomes an issue if you dont keep your stuff in order and basically offer up a dogs dinner of a job or something that ultimately is not safe. But surely you wouldn't even offer up a cert if you thought what you had done was questionable!!
5...how many slaps did it take ?
i reckon 3 lol.
5...
one for each assessment site
minimum of 5 jobs for approved contractor....
demonstrating the spectrum of all work carried out
Contgrats My friend, it only seems easy because your a proper spark, I can assure you more than half the sparks here would fail an approved contractor assessment, your business should sky rocket now if you push it, Congrats again Glenn.Just had assessment:
passed.
Yes we know that, the 5 jobs are for initial membership. once your in it is a matter of continuing to comply.The 5 jobs is for initial registration. Annual assessment usually is 2. I've had a yearly assessment under the approved scope and never been asked for more than 2 jobs on any one visit and that was on a half day inspection.
Thanks Mike...Contracts My friend, it only seems easy because your a proper spark, I can assure you more than half the sparks here would fail an approved contractor assessment, your business should sky rocket now if you push it, Congrats again Glenn.
well....Have they given you the online Best practise yet? issue 2 has a section regarding changing a consumer unit in domestic premises where lighting circuits have no protective conductor. A good read and worth printing off and keeping on the van for customers Mate.
Amazing how many sparks think getting approved contractor is just a case of money LMAO, you try and get it?
Well it is, if you're a fully qualified electrician and have all the other bit's in place like insurances etc what else do you need apart from the Cheque!!
Approved Contractor status once actually meant something, ...many years ago, but admittance criteria requirements have steadily been dropped over the years, in the pursuit of numbers and profits.
Going by some of the photos and tales we have seen on this and other electrical forums, admittance to this club, will in no way shape or form, be any guarantee that a customer is going to get a top notch job or even an electrically sound job....
nah don't agreeWell it is, if you're a fully qualified electrician and have all the other bit's in place like insurances etc what else do you need apart from the Cheque!!
Approved Contractor status once actually meant something, ...many years ago, but admittance criteria requirements have steadily been dropped over the years, in the pursuit of numbers and profits.
Going by some of the photos and tales we have seen on this and other electrical forums, admittance to this club, will in no way shape or form, be any guarantee that a customer is going to get a top notch job or even an electrically sound job....
Well it is, if you're a fully qualified electrician and have all the other bit's in place like insurances etc what else do you need apart from the Cheque!!
Approved Contractor status once actually meant something, ...many years ago, but admittance criteria requirements have steadily been dropped over the years, in the pursuit of numbers and profits.
Going by some of the photos and tales we have seen on this and other electrical forums, admittance to this club, will in no way shape or form, be any guarantee that a customer is going to get a top notch job or even an electrically sound job....
nah don't agree
How do you know that Fella? you have been out of the country for years haven't you? look there's no doubt they have made it easier to become approved than years ago, but insurance and being a spark with a cheque book won't get you straight into it, anyhow that's my view from experience being a QS with them for close to 20 years now I suppose.Unfortunately it's the truth, whether you agree or disagree!!
How do you know that Fella? you have been out of the country for years haven't you? look there's no doubt they have made it easier to become approved than years ago, but insurance and being a spark with a cheque book won't get you straight into it, anyhow that's my view from experience being a QS with them for close to 20 years now I suppose.
I would not be allowed to sign off another companies works fella, if I did that I would be removed from the roll, some of what you say may indeed have merit, but not everything you say is correct IMO, it is exactly the same now regarding inspections and adhering to the rules of the roll as it was 20 years ago, however they have dropped the time from 2 years to one year unless you are registered as a DI with them then it is 6 months, obviously they have to compete with other schemes but they still have much higher standards than others and my engineer who visits me every year is no soft touch regarding quality of works and ensuring all is done right, but as always I respect your views and know we will get nowhere continuing this debate, you have your views I have 20 years experience dealing with them, we won't ever agree for sure.
2 years eng mate...Fair enough MDJ, but i wasn't talking about signing off another company's work, far from it. I was talking about a company's designated QS signing off numerous company electricians work.
So now it can be down to trading for 6 months, that just about wraps it all up then ...lol!!
Perhaps all the photo's and tales we see about NIC AC's are fabricated, i really don't know, but it certainly opens eyes and makes you wonder what's going on if they aren't!!
I'm surprised they actually carried out an assessment. The usual trick is tell you they notified you of an appt by post which never got entered onto their system...they then pretend to turn up without you being aware of any such date and then proceed with a surcharge of around £200 for the missed appt.
well...i`m not being funny guys...but i wont be `got` like that...That happened to us twice last year!!...
Just turned up and then tried to Bill us...
Once received a letter on the same day that the appointment was meant to be, picked the post up and not long after he arrived...unbelievable...
....no one tries pulling my pants down like that...
2 years eng mate...
however they have dropped the time from 2 years to one year unless you are registered as a DI with them then it is 6 months,
Only going by MDJ's post comments Glenn...
Things have changed dramatically from the inception of the AC schemes, they bare little resemblance to what's being bandied about now. Random Inspections was once part and parcel that any AC company could be subjected too, ...bet they don't do that anymore either....
well....for a start i wont backtrack on previous comments i have slung about where the NIC is concerned.....There are positives and negatives for both sides. As in my previous post, I can only speak from being involved with NIC for 25 years or so. It doesn't matter what people put forward in the pros and cons, the fact is, that the NIC is still the most recognised and respected of the organisations involved and, as such, becoming an AC/QS or whatever, still counts for a great deal.
Not as much as it used to do, that's my point.
well....I will apologise Glen if I am wrong, I was sure it was changed to a year m8
Shucks, I thought that everything on the interweb and this forum was true?!Fair enough MDJ, but i wasn't talking about signing off another company's work, far from it. I was talking about a company's designated QS signing off numerous company electricians work.
So now it can be down to trading for 6 months, that just about wraps it all up then ...lol!!
Perhaps all the photo's and tales we see about NIC AC's are fabricated, i really don't know, but it certainly opens eyes and makes you wonder what's going on if they aren't!!
Shucks, I thought that everything on the interweb and this forum was true?!
well...I bet you taught that inspector a think or two eh Glenn?
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