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Engineer54
What should the public look out for or ask when they are looking for a person to do some work on their house? I dont fully know...
Exactly my point!!
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What should the public look out for or ask when they are looking for a person to do some work on their house? I dont fully know...
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I mean, come on, the whole thing is becoming a total farce!!!
Thanks for the reply Eng54 but it was a genuine question.
So people. What do you think the general public should look out for and ask when wanting an electrician?
There is not much point in us saying that the public dont know what to do if we are not going to teach them.
I know, and so was my reply.
Other than asking the electrician straight out and hoping for an honest answer, not much else, as far as i can see. You could i suppose ask to see his qualifications and note the numbers and the dates, but i'm not sure how many electricians would wear that!! lol!!
As i say the public have been sold a pup, as much as the qualified electrician has by the scheme providers, and their laughing all the way to the bank!!
I guarantee you, 100%, that if a job is outside my comfortable ability to understand, action and test, I won't take it on.If you don't have an issue, you dam well should!! And if for nothing else for the very reasons you give in your post!!
Limited scope is what the plumbers and kitchen fitters have, NOT the 17 day/Electrical Trainee fast track guys. They can undertake any domestic work they choose!! ...And that only relates to Domestic, so these wannabees can undertake any commercial and or industrial work they want to, as they don't have any restrictions in these areas, except for the word ''Competent''!! Far too many actually think they are fully qualified, and as such competent too. You get these guy's coming on here stating that they will only take on work within their limitations, ...personally i don't believe a word of it!!
The public have no idea who they are employing, as these scheme providers tar all it's registered members with the same make believe title of ''Domestic Installer''. I believe the public has been taken for as much of a ride, as the trained electricians have, with this Part Pee crap and the rise of the training centres that basically serve to boost the revenue of the scheme providers....
No we have to put an end to these fast track training centres, and as soon as feasibly possible too!!
I guarantee you, 100%, that if a job is outside my comfortable ability to understand, action and test, I won't take it on.
I applaud you if you stick to that resolution.
I’d be happier if you were legally bound to it.
There are far too many that think they can tackle the world, they need legally restraining!
I applaud you if you stick to that resolution.
I’d be happier if you were legally bound to it.
There are far too many that think they can tackle the world, they need legally restraining!
I was really trying to get to the reason why many seem to moan about schemes when if a more rigorous system were to be imposed, many would no longer be electricians.
So you think there should be no schemes, no Eca, etc?
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