SJIB (Scottish) Certification Scheme Can i be self employed as a 17th edition SJIB electrician

baillie · Feb 6, 2012

But not being approved or holding a city and guilds inspection and testing certificate?

and if so what are the limitations of work i can do legally?

thanks.

lofty84 · Feb 6, 2012

keeps an eye out

Dave 85 · Feb 7, 2012

You can't really do any serious domestic work without being Part P registered but the qualifications required for registration are minimal, usually level 2 2330 and 17th ed is enough. You can of course do industrial commercial work or sub for another firm if they take responsibility for your work (I think).

D80 · Feb 7, 2012

I've no real idea on what the Scottish Law says tbh. Can you get a SJIB card? For sure, your grading will depend on your quals. Can go self employed also. It's likely than for other than agency work the SJIB Card is useless.

You certainly don't need a Part P scheme, unless you plan to do work for yourself in domestic premises in England.

You will probably find its similar to Northern Ireland - if you want to do domestic/small commercial work just be insured.
If you want to do Council/Goverment and a lot of Insurance work NICEIC/ECA registered.
Larger Commercial Work/Industrial again NICEIC/ECA registered. You'll probably have to look mainly at the NICEIC route, iirc ECA required a minimum turnover and NICEIC is also a lot more well known. The NICEIC Domestic Installer option is only for Part P as well, so you'd have to be going down the AC route.

There could be little differences in Scotland, I've never worked there but that's it as far as I can tell. The JIB had a chance to regulate the industry but I think they blew it!