contractor

  1. R

    Nic approved contractor

    Had my first nic eic approved contractor assessment as QS at my new job today. Never been a QS before. It wasn't as bad as I was led to believe, although there was no stone unturned and constant questions on regulations and the like. Had two minor non compliances.... Very trivial he said...
  2. M

    NICEIC Certification Scheme niceic approved contractor

    My niceic inspection is due very shortly & I'm trying to decide whether to step up to an approved contractor as 70% of our work is commercial & industrial. Most of our work is word of mouth, so our advertising costs are very low. Do you get much more work being an approved contractor?
  3. R

    What is the difference between Domestic Installer and Approved Contractor

    Hi can someone tell me what the difference between a domestic installer and an approved contractor please? I have a feeling an approved contractoris someone with nvq level 3 and 2391 test and inspect but im not sure and cant find this info out anywhere. Thank you.
  4. D Skelton

    Yet another spark robbing customers!

    Just got back from a customer who has asked me to quote for rectifying some issues brought to light during a recent inspection. The customer came to me because the previous spark had let him down and failed to turn up when supposed to on four different occasions. Turns out this NIC 'approved'...
  5. J

    Electrical Engineer v/s Electrical Contractor

    Which one is the better career option for an electrical engineering student? Working in any electrical company as an engineer or Starting your own company as a contractor?
  6. H

    Help required on behalf of Michelle, Problems with work done by a contractor.

    Over to you Michelle
  7. T

    DI Schemes And How To Go About Getting On To One.

    Don't know about the rest of you guys but I'm a bit fed up with having the same old questions repeated week after week after week on how to register with a DI scheme so I'm posting up a few links which hopefully will enable a prospective DI to go straight to. NICEIC...
  8. S

    Todays job

    Went to install a few extra sockets into dado trunking in an office, nice easy one for a saturday morning. Checked ring continuity at first socket to tap into ring, no continuity, went on to discover spurs off spurs big style, 6 sockets spurred off ring on one side of office, 7 spurred off ring...
  9. H

    Electrical contractor bypassed my meter ?

    Looking for some advice before deciding how to proceed. A number of years ago I had an extension built with all the electrics supplied by a second CU fitted in the garage. I recently had cause to look closely at the wiring (after a particularly lengthy MeterPlus reading) and have determined...
  10. W

    Bloody Builders...

    Quote 285 for a 12 way dual rcd consumer unit change and 275 to swop a 4 pole rcd for a time delay version and the barstards stick £200 on top of my quote... Bye Bye goes that job!
  11. J

    Safe Contractor

    Has anyone joined and are they Ok been asked by a client to join them for futre projects, are they another money making group, Any thought would be great.
  12. J

    Another sad reason Part P just doesnt work

    An old customer asked me if I could sign off another contractors work that was carried out in their property, so that they could achieve Building Regs sign off. (They used a main contractor for the whole build hence why we weren't involved). I let her know how part P works with self...
  13. E

    Timer and contractor

    Can I have feed from load side of a timer powering a contractor which when energised allows a different feed from a different distribution board to liven up a load. What I have there is a normal light point with s/l and permanent feed. Customer wants it to work off timer. Only thing is no...
  14. Goody

    NICEIC Certification Scheme Sample NICEIC Certificates (New)

    Hi, Where could I possibly download samples of New Amended NICEIC Certificates, the download page ( NICEIC | Contractor | Downloads) used have them but not anymore. Cheers.
  15. M

    NICEIC Certification Scheme Niceic

    Just wondered if anybody can tell me the minimum requried experience (time served) to apply for NICEIC approved contractor status and how lkong you need to trade for as a buisness before applying?? Cheers Mark.
  16. D

    Certs for overseas company working in the UK

    Hi, I work for an overseas company who are building a process plant in the UK. We are employing a mixture of UK and overseas contractors. For the installation, commissioning and overseeing of the electrics and control systems we are doing the work ourselves as this is our area of expertise...
  17. I

    Earthing, Ze, the DNO and the end result.

    So, a bit of background. I had to run a new ring (looped radial for those that don't like rings) and cooker point into a kitchen refurb. Nice young couple with a toddler, house previously owned by a disabled elderly gent. The elderly gent had had a wet room built as an extension to the back of...
  18. timbobelfast

    Contractor won't pay up....

    What can one do if a contractor they subbed into won't pay? He has been fobbing me off since mid January. Speaking to other sparks, this seems to be his trade mark tactic. How this guy hasn't had his big loaf cracked open yet I will never know! I sent original invoice recorded signed for so...
  19. R

    Testing for sub contractor

    Hi all, This may be long winded so stay with me, also I think it's in the right bit but move it needed. Been asked to do an eicr on an industrial factory, quite a large building and it's in a bit of a mess, anyway there is bound to be lots of remedial involved. The guy that owns the factory...
  20. A

    Approved Contractor certificates- which to use?

    Hi there, have only checked a couple BSENs on here before so hopefully this is in the right section. Checking back through my companies previous certificates, we seem to have a real mismatch of codes, my main interest is the difference between a DCN5 (Domestic electrical installation) and a...

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