The reason the electrical trade is in a mess is because everyone now wants the shortest, cheapest and easiest way to do electrical work and aren’t interested in proper training
I'm a time served E&I tech with an HNC / degree in electrical/instrument engineering. I've got 15 years experience designing/compromising/repairing complex industrial systems in all sorts of industries.
I've worked alongside 1000's of guys of all sorts of disciplines and have got good at spotting guys who can pick stuff up.
I've also trained dozens if not hundreds of guys over the years on how to fault find/repair systems of all sorts of levels of complexity.
I fully intend to invest as much time as required to ensure the guys I employ are competent and safe to undertake the limited scope of electrical work but would like some form of formal stamp to show this.
I completely agree many plumbers shouldn't even be allowed to own a terminal driver hence I'm not wanting to take on experienced plumbers if I can avoid it.