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Chew on that, eh?You cant make the 18th a closed book exam, nobody can digest the whole book lol
Too thick for me, too.
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Chew on that, eh?You cant make the 18th a closed book exam, nobody can digest the whole book lol
So what is the script in Scotland if you want to do domestic work? No notifying?"Part P" registered (?) (so glad it's not a thing in Scotland)
I'm one of those cowboysThey just don't operate under the scheme anymore. All the cowboys who were allowed on before 2021 have lifetime access.
Even though you sound quite annoying you've got an interesting point ;-)Again for some reason we're equating not telling someone you've done work with potential danger. Why? Why would 'danger and problems result' from not notifying?
If every spark said 'No, this is stupid and i'm not doing it. Let's see you police it, LOL.' they would HAVE to put sensible rules in place.
You're missing the most important thing, proven experience. A journeyman type system would be far better. Originally the JIB gradings achieved something of this nature but that has somewhat fallen by the wayside.IMO the qualifications should be 18th, NVQ, AM2, and full testing and inspection.
Once you have those you should be able to touch any install you like without having to pay because passing them proves you know how to do electrics safely.
The only thing i would change about this is i would make the 18th test an actual test of your knowledge on the regs and not just a 'can you find it in the book' exercise.
Yeah see other posts in this thread regarding your point.What would be the point of that?
An exam which assesses your ability to memorise nearly 600 A4 pages of text has no bearing on a persons ability as an electrician. You'd almost certainly drive out a lot of good electricians and end up with an industry full of people with great memories and lacking practical skills.
Are you purposefully pedantic just to be a contrarian?Those qualifications are not enough to touch any install you like or to prove that you know how to do it safely.
Those qualifications would probably cover you for domestic and light/medium (non-specialist) commercial installations.
Well no but you could instead for example have it as a part of the AM2 where you are given a made up customer spec and made to install it to regs, proving you know practical application of 7671.
'Customer wants upstairs and downstairs sockets and lighting, outside lighting, power to an outbuilding powering X circuits, a cooker, a shower, and a hive system for heating/hot water.'
There is indeed now such a thing as AM2D. For domestic only.So you'd reduce the AM2 down to a simple exam in domestic work without even a basic 3 phase circuit?
Nope it was a simple example for the sake of discussion. Keep trying to pick holes to find arguments though.So you'd reduce the AM2 down to a simple exam in domestic work without even a basic 3 phase circuit?
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