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  1. telectrix

    job ad. spelling

    if you thought some of the spelling on the forum was pants......... Electrician required. XXXXXX Electrical LTD - NEW BIULD SITE ELECTRICIAN'S REQUIRED FOR A SMALL BUT RAPIDLY GROWNING ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS. WE CURENTLY HAVE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS ON THE GO FOR NATIONAL HOUSE BUILDERS AT ALL...
  2. T

    Certification of a rewire of kitchen lights (Part P) Please read

    Hi all, i am fairly new to self certifying my own work and have a few quires. Basically i have been asked to put some lights in a kichen and bedroom above sounds simple enough right? Unfortunately after some investigation there was no proper lighting supply present at that end of the house, mr...
  3. T

    Competent person and EICR

    I`ve just had my annual coffee drinking exercise otherwise known as Part P assessment. Obviously we discussed the weather, the price of fish and the new regs. No worries there. One thing that my assessor did say however was that as of next year an electrician would need to prove his...
  4. D

    Do you have to be registered with a third party certification scheme

    Hi I'm Darren and I'm hoping to become a domestic electrician possibly self employed In the future I have been told by someone that In order to be a domestic installer I need to be registered with a third party certification scheme such as the NICEIC I was just wondering if this is true...
  5. A

    Within Competent Person Schemes

    Hi, I would appreciate answers from those who have worked within a CPS. From the 'Practical Solutions' thread some will have seen that I raised that it might be possible to effect change from within the schemes. However, this is from the slightly naive vantage point of little...
  6. D

    Fire alarms and certification

    Hi all I have been contacted by a hairdressers who needs a few sockets an light switchs moving due to knocking wall down. But also there is a fire alarm panel, alarm button, and a siren to move. The panel is a mag4 wired with fp200. I will need to disconnect cables as they run through a door...
  7. G

    What an incredible person

    Next time you feel cheesed off, watch this video from beginning to end. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=235928026555591
  8. S

    rcd or no rcd ?

    Does a 16 amp commando socket installed in swa in a warehouse need to be rcd protected ?
  9. D

    certification

    Hi all I normally work in domestic premise so any notifiable work is logged online with my provider under part-p. but if I as to work in a commercial premises say a hairdressers or shop I would I just use the model form in regs book. and give the person requesting the work, or dos this also need...
  10. P

    Advice on certification software please

    Hello I posted about one year ago regarding certification software and would like an updated view please. I am an NICEIC contractor so would like to use this in some way or be able to use other software where I can place the logo etc on. I do not want to use the online cert on the NICEIC site as...
  11. C

    Not a sparky but have a HNC, what do I need to be deemed competent ?

    Hi All, First a bit of background. I currently work as an electronics engineer and have done for over 20 years now. Way back when I started, I did a BTEC ONC and then HNC in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. I appreciate that this doesn't make me a competent electrician. I'd like to be...
  12. E

    Building Control BS7671 Certification

    Hi Guys , Haven't posted for a while. I carry out commercial, industrial Electrical works mainly & on occasions I have carried out Domestic Rewires, probably 1 or 2 a Year. I usually submit relevant certs etc through Building Control of at least 2 Council Authorities without a problem,pay around...
  13. J

    Real Person

    Anyone tried to reply to a thread and been diverted to a page asking to verify the above? looked 'fishy' (excuse pun) to me!
  14. H

    NICEIC Certification Scheme NICEIC Certificate problems

    Pretty new to this forum but I'm looking to find out if a NICEIC contractor produces a certificate for an electrical installation to say the installation complies with all the relevant regs and then there is a problem in the installation e.g a fatality or a fire due to a bad installation that...
  15. H

    type of certification

    If I install a new cable and tap off unit on an existing canalis busbar system, would this be considered as a new installation or minor works? I was thinking MEIWC as it is an addition to a system that I am tapping off. On the other hand it is a new circuit from the tap off unit to the...
  16. spud1

    Can anyone recommend a good certification software?

    Hi, Can anyone recommend a good certification software? I have used Amtech for Donkeys years but am getting hacked off with paying the pricey monthly tech support/update premium. Mainly because I know the software (And all its glitches) pretty well inside out so don't really need tech very...
  17. T

    Invoicing and certification apps

    Hello all, dose anybody use any invoicing apps?? I've downloaded a couple of the free ones to give them ago but don't want to pay out the money (even tho it's not a lot) to buy one without checking if there are any better ones!! I've heard of sparks using iPads on site to store everything they...
  18. J

    working in holland ?

    can anyone help with finding out the requirmnts for working in holland i do mainly commercial/ industrial installations and im looking for a start on a site out there can anyone point me in the right direction thanks if not holland maibie somewhere else
  19. S

    Career aspiration ... to be a competent person ...

    So it's official now. Whereas you used to be able to say - with not a little pride .... "I'm an electrician" the government approved terminology is now "competent person". Son, what do you want to be when you grow up? A competent person? That'll impress your friends!
  20. M

    New competent person register June 30th

    Not sure how this will help the industry. Why can't they just bring in a national license for competent electricians. Really p****s me off. Clearly having a JIB card is not enough for customers and recognition in the industry to people outside. Having been in Australia for a while now the way...

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