Certification for commercial??

[daveb]

hi folks,

Have recently started out as a self employed electrician in Scotland here and at the moment am not with Select or NICEIC (hoping to join next year).

Question is, do I need certain qualifications to work on commercial properties? From my understanding I realise that I cannot do EICRs for commercial properties as I'm not with one of the above groups, but does this stop me from doing other work? For example, replacing lights in a commercial property? Another job I have is for a company that has two temporary labs they have wired up and would like me to hook up/ test.

As far as I'm led to believe, as long as I'm an electrician (17th ed) and comply with the regs then all should be OK??

Thanks

 

[bigspark17]

You dont need to be registered for eicr commercially or domestically, unless its diferent in scotland.

 

[daveb]

Maybe is just in Scotland - if you look at this attached article as from 1st Dec 2015.

Electrical safety laws for private rental properties in Scotland - http://www.----------------------------/guides-and-advice/scottish-landlords/

What are your thoughts on my other question?

 

[westward10]

Nothing to do with commercial properties is it?

 

[The Ghost]

Well you do need public liability insurance. You can do commercial work if you are suitably qualified you dont need to be a member of a scheme. If you do domestic you do need to be a member. If doing EICR you need personal indemnity insurance for £250,000

 

[daveb]

Nothing to do with commercial properties is it?

No, nothing like that. One of the businesses is oil and gas related and the other is a shop

 

[daveb]

Well you do need public liability insurance. You can do commercial work if you are suitably qualified you dont need to be a member of a scheme. If you do domestic you do need to be a member. If doing EICR you need personal indemnity insurance for £250,000

Yeah, I've had my public liability insurance since I've started. Maybe England is different but in Scotland you don't need to be a member of a scheme to do work in domestic properties (unless it's a new build or extension).