Becoming an approved electrician

[brightspark26]

Hi all I've been an electrician for about 8 years and I've been getting paid approved rates for a few years but now I actually want it on my card. How would I go about getting it on? Would I need to go and sit a course or if my work wrote a letter saying I've been doing testing etc for years could I get it put on.
Thanks in advance

 

[Marnik]

what qualifications do you have?

 

[Brightspark2]

You mean with the JIB? Do you meet the JIB approved electrician criteria? if so ring them and tell them.


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[brightspark26]

Hi thanks I only picked 26 cause it's my lucky number

 

[Guest55]

you'll need the 2391 or 2395 to get the jib up-grading to approved.

 

[brightspark26]

On my ecs card it says installation electrician sjib grade electrician
svq level 3
Recognised apprenticeship
Select 17th edition IEE wiring regs bs7671 2011
sjib recognised 16th edition inspection and testing bs7671 2005
approved health and safety assessment

 

[jimbo81]

hi mate, you phone the sjib and ask for the statement of experience. your required to record 4 jobs you've done, fill it in ,get employer to sign it and send away. sjib check you've done college stuff(night) and two years as spark. all ok they send you and employer letters and employer applys for your test, am doin mine at the mo. hope this helps

 

[brightspark26]

I never done the college stuff at night. So I think I'll need to go and sit it.
How are you prepairing for the test ?

 

[jimbo81]

reading comments on these forums is a great help, brushing up on testing, av not done testing in a while. you also need to look at osg for max trip times max ze reading.

 

[sparky16]

How you doin mate I am currently doin the relevant things for approved just now, I have my acca test booked for middle of next month. To do the acca u must fill in 4 statement of experience but can only do that if u done the night school. If not u will have to do new project which involves a heck of a lot of work, basically involve wiring a car garage with 20 ramps. I also had to go to perth college for the day.

 

[ThrownRazor25]

I done my aca 2 yrs ago in cambuslang it was a piece of **** basically same as your FICA with a little bit more involving testing.i found the hardest part the written exam just because ofnthentime you get.

 

[brightspark26]

ive spoke to perth college so there sending out the info to complete the course online then i can go for my approved test.
although i do a fair bit of testing i am still nervous to go and do another fica style test i supose its like going back to sit your driving test again.
is there anything worth looking up so im prepaired ?

 

[ThrownRazor25]

Just make sure you are up to scratch on your testing,there's a fault finding section as well,when doing your Ze you have to use insulation sheets clamped over all metallic enclosures its a fail if u don't.there is no wiring to do its mostly testing.the paper exam is basically finding the answers out regs and electricity at work memorandum but its very time consuming.

 

[brightspark26]

Never heard of the insulation sheets. Cheers for the info

 

[SYKRAPS]

Do you need your NVQ level 3 aswell?

 

[Guest55]

Do you need your NVQ level 3 aswell?

to get JIB approved , yes.

 

[kenny james]

and if you havent got your nvq level 3 you have until 31st december to register with a training company to do it or you will not be able to get it after this date.

 

[SYKRAPS]

Thought so Biff & KJ

 

[sparky16]

Got my aca in 2 weeks time and im bricking myself. Can anyone tell me if the inspecting and testing is all done in the domestic booth, as i have never done testing on industrial stuff. Also the fault finding before we start do we need to do safe isolation procedure and stuff

 

[jimbo81]

Sparky16 av got mine in under 3 weeks and am the same. In ir test doing board as a whole, do you take out flying leads in rcbo and test through it or turn off breaker and test it own its own from secondary side, this is troubling me. Keep me posted on how ur getin on, things i should look out for, cheers.