Forged quals, dangerous work!!! Long story but worth the read!

[Dave 85]

Please give the names of ANY politician past or present, from any party, that isn't a crook and/or blatant liar??

I have no party political affiliations whatsoever, and you tend to get to see the bigger/greater picture when your overseas. What i can say from my observations over a good number or years is, that there have been far bigger crooks than Blair. The vast majority and biggest of them all coming from the Conservative Party... lol!!

I am not particularly interested how much of a crook the prime minister is to be honest, but the fact is, labour p***ed the UK economy up the wall, for us and our children, just to keep the overpayed civil servants and proffesional unemployed voting for them so they could continue to line their pockets with the expenses scandal.

I can't say much about Thatchers government, I was just a nipper then, but anyone who thinks that, in this day and age, we'd be better off with a labour government than a tory one....well.......

But then you and I rarely agree on anything....

 

[Guest55]

I can remember Thatchers Goverment and whether you like or hate her , her determination and tough decisions brought about
one of the most prosperous periods in modern times for the UK , not to mention giving the Argies a thrashing in the Falklands war.
Nothing causes more arguements than religion and politics lol.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Blair was a slippery C...
My Old Man (RHS) life long, active Labour Party member, when asked 'What do think of TB? Not a lot!
Thatcher, at least you knew were you stood with her, good or bad.
If I was an Economical genius I'd stand for Parliament and try and sort the sh!t we're in now.
Unfortunately I'll have to continue in my poverty stricken misery.
And you think Part P is bad...

 

[Engineer54]

I am not particularly interested how much of a crook the prime minister is to be honest, but the fact is, labour p***ed the UK economy up the wall, for us and our children, just to keep the overpayed civil servants and proffesional unemployed voting for them so they could continue to line their pockets with the expenses scandal.

I can't say much about Thatchers government, I was just a nipper then, but anyone who thinks that, in this day and age, we'd be better off with a labour government than a tory one....well.......

But then you and I rarely agree on anything....

We won't on this topic either then!! lol!!

Seems that there is some short memories around when it comes to Maggie T!! Who under her management sold off almost all of the UK's public wealth, one area and industry after the other. That era, was the start of the ''Greed'' culture that your all now feeling the consequences of!!

Now, ...i wonder where all those under priced shares ended up?? In the share portfolio's of the man on the street who isn't interested in stocks and shares, (but saw them as a quick sell profit)?? Or maybe into the portfolio's of Maggie's already wealthy friends?? Yep, they bought the vast majority of all the shares across all the previously public owned resources the first day each of the share options hit the market!!

There is no real difference between any of the UK parties, ...It'll always be a case of Heads I Win and Tails you loose!! They all work for themselves and not the country, unless it suits their purpose!!

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[Engineer54]

I can remember Thatchers Goverment and whether you like or hate her , her determination and tough decisions brought about
one of the most prosperous periods in modern times for the UK , not to mention giving the Argies a thrashing in the Falklands war.
Nothing causes more arguements than religion and politics lol.

Now you ARE talking TOSH!! lol!!

 

[Silly Sausage]

I vaguely remember those days, think that's why I hate BT, the massive profiteering that was made from it, was it the 1st sell off, was Gas next? Something like, but you already own it anyway!

When's the Chinese bubble going to burst? If they haven't destroyed the planet with their pollution in the meantime.

 

[alarm man]

I can't say much about Thatchers government.

i'll remind you then..that bitch destroyed the manufacturing in this country,sold off all the national industries,destroyed the working man and his communities,the mines/yards/steelworks replaced with call centres,created towns full of kids with no hope and no future to satisfy the greed of her capatilist cronies which exsists as much in todays tory party as it ever did.and she did it out of spite...

 

[Guest55]

We won't on this topic either then!! lol!!

Seems that there is some short memories around when it comes to Maggie T!! Who under her management sold off almost all of the UK's public wealth, one area and industry after the other.

Er , no , completely incorrect.
Gordon Brown & Labour sold the UK's gold reserve and stripped all the private pensions , undermining our countrys' finacial independance.
Maggies privatising of various sectors created wealth that would have become stagnant under state ownership.

I can see the mods shutting down this thread in the very near future lol.

 

[thekingiam]

all i can say is i used to enjoy the free milk until thatcher stole it from me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! like taking sweets off a child!!

 

[Guest55]

Now you ARE talking TOSH!! lol!!

Well at least provide some sound economic reasoning to go with your wild opinion.

 

[alarm man]

Maggies privatising of various sectors created wealth that would have become stagnant under state ownership.

for who? the small few,nationalized industries were not there to make a profit,they were there to provide services for the people at a cost we could afford,they also created jobs,lots of them too,ever moan about the cost of untility bills,blame thatcher who gave these private co's a licence to print money

 

[Swicade]

I heard a rumour there's a secret society that do course's on being a politician.....once you get accepted 5 weeks later you get your Qualifications and once a year you get invited to a 'Renewal Teaparty' where you only have to hand over a substantial sum of money to stay part of the gang.

You can be a member of said gang for life.....as long as your not a day late paying your subs.

 

[telectrix]

Really dont want to read stuff like this!!

Iv done things the right way, well in my eyes anyway. Gone to college for XXXXXXX years, worked unsociable hours to get experience, gone without holidays or going out enjoying myself for three years to pay for my courses and save for setup costs. Studied and studied and studied to the point where my misses was close to dumping me. Got distinctions or very high pass marks in every exam iv taken from ECS,PAT,2330,2382,2392,2391.

Now iv paid £576 to join Napit, £187 for insurance, having to setup a mini office and everything tht goes with tht to look professional.

Plus im going to have to take on a few notifiable jobs at almost a loss once iv paid LABC £166 just so i can use them for my napit assessment.

Then i read this thread and others simular like this and im wondering tbh why should i bother!!

you should be able to do the assessment jobs, then notify through napit once accepted.

 

[trev]

There's a book called The Enemy Within. I'd recommend any politically minded member to read it, it details MTs rise to power and her agenda from cabinet meeting minutes where her ideas and intentions were discussed in detail.
I shall say no more but read the book then comment on whether you think she was so great for this country

 

[Silly Sausage]

Put the darling Mrs T aside!

One of the reasons manufacturing has gone from this country is because the so called 3rd world countries are catching up with 'The West'
They now have technology and knowledge what we used to do at a much cheaper cost (p ss poor wages etc, separate discussion)
We now have to keep that one step ahead with our genius British innovation.
Unfortunately our hi tech export doesn't match the garbage we import.

Quality British engineers working abroad doesn't really help matters...

 

[Dave 85]

Its all very well you lefties banging on about thatchers government but that was over 20 years ago. Do you guys really think the UK would be better off if labour had stayed in power, with their astronomical defecit, growing year on year leaving the taxpayer with interest payments that would eventually probably be greater than public spending?

Like I said, I can't speak for thatchers government but what Cameron is doing is mostly good, and for the good of the british economy and was the only obvious way forward. What Blair and Brown did, especially Brown towards the end, was purely done to win votes from the people who are, for a large part, deadweight, excess baggage in this country at the expense of the taxpayer.

Now one of you please tell me we would be better off still under Brown without mentioning MT....anyone....no...though not.

 

[trev]

You think it's better under Cameron?
What's needed is a sensible plan to reduce the defecit not just slash and burn plans like we have now. Do you think it's a good idea to slash everything incuding police, fire brigade and education budgets, or are the they all a bunch of deadweights too?

 

[alarm man]

Its all very well you lefties banging on about thatchers government but that was over 20 years ago. Do you guys really think the UK would be better off if labour had stayed in power, with their astronomical defecit, growing year on year leaving the taxpayer with interest payments that would eventually probably be greater than public spending?

Like I said, I can't speak for thatchers government but what Cameron is doing is mostly good, and for the good of the british economy and was the only obvious way forward. What Blair and Brown did, especially Brown towards the end, was purely done to win votes from the people who are, for a large part, deadweight, excess baggage in this country at the expense of the taxpayer.

Now one of you please tell me we would be better off still under Brown without mentioning MT....anyone....no...though not.

your a typical right wing rag beliver,its those scum taking all the benefits thats ruined the country,its me and you paying them to watch tele while we graft and pay our taxes..in short,as i coluld be typing for 20yr to get the point across,we have 2 types of people,those who cant,those who wont,the first could be those who cant because of a disability,or the fact there isnt any jobs,the second,they fall into the tory bracket to me as they share the same values,maximum profit from doing as little as possible on the backs of those who do,the later would have no place in a communist society anyway,everyone must contribute to society,those who take take be it the greedy bosses and the greedy individual who wont work and take what they are not entitled too are one and the same,thats a capatilist mentality not a communist/socialist one..you could try reading the works of marx or lenin to get a broader veiw instead of reading the sun..

 

[Guitarist]

Anyone who thinks that the MT empire was a good one obviously doesn't understand the term "asset stripping". It's very easy to make a Country rich and prosperous when you sell everything it owns. Not so good for the next generation 20 years down the line who finds that everything belongs to another Country who can charge you whatever they like in the name of profit.
I was a teenager during the 80's and we were told that you should become successful, whatever the cost.... Obviously, I took no notice

 

[Dave 85]

You think it's better under Cameron? Yes
What's needed is a sensible plan to reduce the defecit not just slash and burn plans like we have now. Do you think it's a good idea to slash everything incuding police, fire brigade and education budgets, Yes
or are the they all a bunch of deadweights too? No

There is no money for excessive public spending! We have no choice!

 

[Geordie Spark]

So about two months ago now, I got a call from a customer asking if I could do a few bits, "of course" I said. She asked for a rough price to change one pendant for two and install a new socket. I said roughly £100 depending on RCD, Bonding, blah blah blah... and we arranged a date (about a week later) for me to go and price for the work. A day before I'm due to go round the customer phones to say someone has been round and quoted and she doesn't need me any more. Fair enuff.

About a month after her first call, I get another call from the same customer asking if I could pop round and give her a quote to do a few bits. Bit strange I thought but I arranged a date and this time wasn't binned off the job the day before so I got to go round and meet her this time. I arrive to find two pendants in place of one and a new socket added. She explains that the plasterer that had been round to make good the terribly shoddy work of the previous spark had refused to plaster over the gaping hole in the ceiling with only a bare connector block where the old pendant lived feeding the two new pendants. The guy hadn't even bothered to wrap it in tape! Wow I thought, hats off to the plasterer for actually knowing and refusing to go over it.

Anyway, I said for £45 I'd stick in a maintenance free JB and bob's your uncle. We arranged a suitable time for me to go back round to do it and only then did she present me with what I could only call shocking work! She showed me the extra socket run in trunking and spurred from another, only the trunking came from the existing, stopped at a cupboard and came back out the other side to the new socket. Upon looking in the cupboard, The 2.5mm cable had been stretched across it like a banjo string!! Tight as anything, unsupported and just in the middle of the cupboard!

I said to her that there was no way on earth that the guy who has done this work is a qualified electrician! To which she replied "But he showed me his qualifications?!" as she showed me two pictures that he'd emailed to her of his quals, 2382 and 2391. Upon closer inspection however it was blatantly clear that they were forged! Just scanned in certs that he'd then used MS Paint to put on his details!!! The guy also claimed he was registered with Elecsa which upon further investigation turns out he's not registered with any of the scam schemes. I said to the customer that this guy should be reported not only for fraud by misrepresentation but also for carrying out notifiable works in a kitchen and not being registered and not a cert in sight! The customer was quite happy to do this and pretty much gave me free reign to do what I liked with regards to reporting this bloke.

The next day, I'm on the phone to LABC who have passed me on to trading standards. Apparently it has to go through TS before LABC deal with it? I phone TS and they appear to be very helpful and arranging a time for an officer to meet me at the premesis to assess the work and forged documents.

So a week or so later, I'm back at the house and am met by the customer and the TS bloke who has looked at the work and the dodgy quals, taken some photos and seems very eager to catch this guy! He made it very clear though that he would only be going after him for the fraud, and not the dodgy work as that was down to LABC. I fixed the dodgy work for the £45 as agreed, and as a good will gesture sorted out the banjo string cable in the cupboard as well. It turns out that the original bloke had charged her £45 to do the original work and was there for about 5 hours!!! I did make a point of saying to the customer that when you're only prepared to pay peanuts, you'll only get monkeys, to which she agreed.

The next day I'm back on the phone to LABC, tell them what's happening and am basicly met by the reply, "Although we are responsible for enforcement where dangerous work has taken place and/or work doesn't comply with the building regs, we don't actually carry out enforcement"!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I asked why and they just said "Because we just don't"!?!?!?!

Anyway, to bring this story to a close, the customer had contacted the original guy for a refund and been quite rudely refused. This I then sorted out for her by contacting the scamster directly telling him exactly what's what, reg for reg, law for law, word for word. The customer told me the next day by text that she woke up to £45 on her hallway floor! Problem 1 solved! However, what really riles and frustrates me about this whole episode isn't the scamster electrician, isn't the dangerous work, nor the forged quals. The thing that really makes me proper mad is the fact that LABC were about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike!!! No enforcement my a**!!!!

Why on earth are we paying such extortionate amounts of money to these scam schemes! These so called official and government approved bodies, when LABC won't bother with enforcement when people aren't even registered as required by the building act!!!!!! I gotta hand it to Trading Standards though as he was keen as mustard to catch this bloke and has promised to update me when he does

My main point though is that I'm so livid about this whole thing. Makes me seriously, and I mean 'seriously' consider giving up paying my scam scheme coz what's the point???? Nothings gonna happen to me if I'm not registered!!! Why bother?!?!?

So you've finally woken up & smelled the coffee?

Better late than never !!!

 

[Top Cat]

I think for every argument over labour or conservatives there will always be a counter argument that is quite valid.

If you wish to dish Margret thatcher you should be of an age that went through that era.

With regards to nationalised industries, how many of you worked in one? I did and it was the most unproductive place i have ever worked in.

Does anyone remember in the 70's when the unions were bringing the country to its knees? Red Robbo at British Leyland, the 3 day week, if you didn't have the right union card you couldn't pick up a broom?

100 years ago the bosses were to strong then the unions got to strong, we need something in between.

Sweetness and light to everyone!

 

[Geordie Spark]

just goes to show that part p,never has,never will work..

So why are we bothering with it ??

 

[Geordie Spark]

I whinged about it to my last scam inspector - why they don't police it, and he said it's not their job to, it's the LABC's but everybody knows that they don't have the time money or expertise to do it. And he even went so far as to say that in his opinion, the majority of 'old school' sparks that whinge about part p do so because actually they're not very good sparks!!!! Bloody cheek of it, but I kept quiet and got on with the half day.

You're a better man than me ......... I would have ................ remonstrated with him (Make a forcefully reproachful protest)

 

[Top Cat]

You're a better man than me ......... I would have ................ remonstrated with him (Make a forcefully reproachful protest)

Tel it Geordie like, no one will know!

 

[Geordie Spark]

Tel it Geordie like, no one will know!

OK then .... Aah wuda ****ted him !!!!

 

[brav]

you should be able to do the assessment jobs, then notify through napit once accepted.

So dont i have to notify 48hrs before the jobs, the assessment could be weeks later? Iv been stressing bout this for ages, to get a job i have to be competetively priced, but if i add £166 on top of a quote for labc iv no chance of getting any job. Also doesnt the assessor for napit/elecsa etc check tht the assessed jobs have been correctly notified, which means i still have to pay the money from somewhere?
Sorry i know this is off topic but any help on this guys would be appreciated thks

 

[Top Cat]

You have to notify the job within 28 days of completion. If the assessment is say 35 days after completion some people would say they only finished the job 2 weeks ago (paperwork would have to match). This is wrong (i have to say that!) but...............................

 

[thekingiam]

i rang labc to notify they told me to do it through elecsa or one of the others. they said no one has contacted them since part p was introduced they all go through the scamers

 

[Risteard]

you should be able to do the assessment jobs, then notify through napit once accepted.

I've always wondered how that works (given that I don't live in either England or Wales). But how can they allow this, as surely it is at least technically possible that you don't pass the assessment?

 

[trev]

There is no money for excessive public spending! We have no choice!

However, there is money in the pot to give aid to India (A country which can afford nuclear weapons and a space programme) Pakistan (see india minus the space programme) China (probably the fastest growing economy in the world) Argentina (still not offered any reparations for invading the Falklands)
Need I go on?

 

[HandySparks]

I've always wondered how that works (given that I don't live in either England or Wales). But how can they allow this, as surely it is at least technically possible that you don't pass the assessment?

You're right. It's a fudge, but that's exactly what I did when I registered with ELECSA. If you do the work on your own house, who's going to tell! To avoid paying £300 (in my case) to the LA, it's worth the (small) risk.

 

[Guitarist]

However, there is money in the pot to give aid to India (A country which can afford nuclear weapons and a space programme) Pakistan (see india minus the space programme) China (probably the fastest growing economy in the world) Argentina (still not offered any reparations for invading the Falklands)
Need I go on?

And India don't even want our aid any longer, yet still we send it....

I think giving 100 billion to the banks would be a better idea, so that they can lend to business....

 

[Guitarist]

I've always wondered how that works (given that I don't live in either England or Wales). But how can they allow this, as surely it is at least technically possible that you don't pass the assessment?

I actually spoke to my LBC and got permission to do my own CU change myself for assessment (that's how conscientious I am), without officially notifying. I then notified when I was accepted on to the scheme.
I don't think LBC even consider that anyone will fail, and tbh, why would you apply unless you were pretty confident you weren't gonna lose nearly 500 notes......

 

[Dave 85]

However, there is money in the pot to give aid to India (A country which can afford nuclear weapons and a space programme) Pakistan (see india minus the space programme) China (probably the fastest growing economy in the world) Argentina (still not offered any reparations for invading the Falklands)
Need I go on?

I dont particularly agree with the amount of foreign aid given away, but it certainly, pound for pound, is the most economic way of saving peoples lives available. A million pounds spent on nonsensical H&S enforcement in this country may save 1 life, the same money donated to the poorest families in india may save a thousand.
Aid given to india goes to its millions upon millions of inhabitants who are on the verge of starvation, not to its space program.
The uk spends £47.6 billion a year on debt interest repayments. Those were, for a large part, debts accumulated, unrestricted, by labour, who never made any effort to halt the rate at which they increase. The tories have gone to great lengths to limit the uk's borrowing. Labour treated credit in the same manner that a large part of the population now treat it......free money that will allow us to have a great time now and we'll worry about repaying later (or let the tories worry about it).....

A few more years under Brown and the country would be fast heading the same way as Greece.

 

[trev]

My point was that these countrys can afford very expensive things like rockets and nuclear weapons so should not be in receipt of any aid. Our government contantly pleads poverty and how deeply in the crap we are but somehow finds money to give to these countrys at the same time as saying to the armed forces "Welcome home from the (illegal) occupation. Oh and by the way here's a redundancy notice"
What happened to Cameron's bonfire of the quangos that we were promised would save us shedloads of money? It's gone exactly the same way as a lot of politicians promises.
We're all in this together as the PM likes to remind us. My backside.

 

[imago]

With regard to the part P issue and jumping through the hoops, I'm not happy with it, but I will continue to do it. My work is completed to the standard required by the regs, or my standard where I feel the regs are inadequate. I have all the required insurances, qualifications, and tools to carry out the work that I do. If something comes up as part of a job which I don't tick all the boxes for, I get someone in who does. I have the required membership of a self cert body (ELECSA).

Why do this when I know I could quite easily trade without them and increase my profit? Because that way I have a peaceful nights sleep. No one can point a finger at me for anything to do with my work. People get the certs that they should, and work to the required standard or better.

As for the political debate, the 'this party, that party' arguements always make me smile. Talk about missing the important issue/player in all this. Ever hear of an organisation called the 'Civil Service'? The one that's been in power for over a century in it's current form. The one that cannot be influenced, voted for, controlled or held to account by the electorate. The one which provides policies and schemes for the puppets of the day to publicise. The one which controls and allocates budgets. The one that organised the building regs and got it's cronies in to draw them up. The one that provides the management strategies and staff for LABCs across the country. The one which is consulted on privatisation. The one whos retired employees go on to work for the contractors which take over where public organisations once ruled.

 

[Engineer54]

Er , no , completely incorrect.
Gordon Brown & Labour sold the UK's gold reserve and stripped all the private pensions , undermining our countrys' finacial independance.
Maggies privatising of various sectors created wealth that would have become stagnant under state ownership.

I can see the mods shutting down this thread in the very near future lol.

All i can say is, that you must be living in a different parallel dimension to everyone else, either that, or you were on cloud cuckoo land!! lol!! The only wealth these sell-offs gained, had nothing to do with anything benefiting the country...lol!!


The UK had very little gold reserve left, after Maggie and her successor!! lol!! That got somewhat diminished propping up the economy, after the TWO ''Boom & Bust'' periods during there term of tenure. Both those bust's cost the country S**t loads of money, whereas the Booms made the wealthy, a dammed sight wealthier!!

Believe me i'm no lefty, by any stretch of the imagination, i can say roughly the same, but in other areas for the Labour Party. But it's the so-called working class (even though they have nothing to conserve lol!!) die hard true blues that blindly follow, flying their all blue flags, while there getting well and truely shafted, that i enjoy telling a few truths too.

You'll have to enlighten me as to what industries, apart from maybe coal mining and car making would have become ''Stagnant'' under state ownership?? Are you maybe talking about the substantial oil and gas fields, or maybe British Gas, and the Regional Electrical Boards, ...Surely not BT?? lol!!!

 

[Guitarist]

With regard to the part P issue and jumping through the hoops, I'm not happy with it, but I will continue to do it. My work is completed to the standard required by the regs, or my standard where I feel the regs are inadequate. I have all the required insurances, qualifications, and tools to carry out the work that I do. If something comes up as part of a job which I don't tick all the boxes for, I get someone in who does. I have the required membership of a self cert body (ELECSA).

Why do this when I know I could quite easily trade without them and increase my profit? Because that way I have a peaceful nights sleep. No one can point a finger at me for anything to do with my work. People get the certs that they should, and work to the required standard or better.

As for the political debate, the 'this party, that party' arguements always make me smile. Talk about missing the important issue/player in all this. Ever hear of an organisation called the 'Civil Service'? The one that's been in power for over a century in it's current form. The one that cannot be influenced, voted for, controlled or held to account by the electorate. The one which provides policies and schemes for the puppets of the day to publicise. The one which controls and allocates budgets. The one that organised the building regs and got it's cronies in to draw them up. The one that provides the management strategies and staff for LABCs across the country. The one which is consulted on privatisation. The one whos retired employees go on to work for the contractors which take over where public organisations once ruled.

Well said

 

[Tonkatoy27]

You'd have to be bloody useless to outright fail an assesment. If you fail any points you get 2 weeks or so to put them right and send in evidence. Another farce as all the other jobs said failee have done will continue to be substandard. It's not in the scammers interest to fail anyone as they won't get the company on their books for an annual assessment and the £400 that comes with it. You do not have to notify the job you are assessed on with LABC, it'll get notified when you eventually pass. It doesn't even matter if you don't notify within 28 days, I've been really busy on occasions and haven't got arround to it for 8 or 10 weeks, no problems and nothing said by ELECSA.