Help please

[Ryan102]

Hi, i work for a company as an electrician and have done since i finished my apprenticeship, I worked for a previous firm contracting doing domestic/commercial/industrial work.

Im currently in a situation where im looking to earn extra money and i am thinking to start doing work for myself on days off.

I have recently started my 2394 and passed and starting my 2395.

I have full NVQ and 17th edition, and am confident in what i do and wouldnt take on any work i would not think i am capable of finishing to a high standard.

I have been doing odd jobs for friends and family changing lights/extra sockets ect, but really want to expand and change boards ect and start doing jobs for more people.

I have noticed Stroma are cheap and provide self certification scheme and cheap certs.

If i wanted to start changing CU in domestic households if i joined Stroma and gained insurance would i be able to sign off the work even though i dont hold my 2395 yet. I know Stroma allow people to sign off certs as long as i have my 17th and NVQ as competant person.

Basically what would you recommend?

Trying to start off, i have pretty much every tool i need, and my own tester ect. Just dont have a van!

 

[telectrix]

you have all you need. be cagey with stroma though. a few reports suggest all is not well and the indians are restless. as for a van, buy a cheap but tidy expert/scudo/hiace for under 2K.

 

[Megavolt]

What have you heard about stroma ?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

You don't need 2394 or 2395 to issue an EIC or MWEIC, you just need to be competent.
In order to self certify for part P, you need to be a member of a Competent Person's Scheme, such as Stroma.
For conducting inspections and issuing EICRs, again you do not need 2394 or 2395, or to be a member of a Scheme.
However many organisations such as Insurance companies and some Local Authorities may insist that an EICR be issued by someone registered with a Scheme.

 

[Ryan102]

What have you heard about stroma ?

not sure if the question is to me, but ive basically read there website and it seems like a good deal for the price, they do an installer bundle which includes pretty much everything

 

[Ryan102]

You don't need 2394 or 2395 to issue an EIC or MWEIC, you just need to be competent.
In order to self certify for part P, you need to be a member of a Competent Person's Scheme, such as Stroma.
For conducting inspections and issuing EICRs, again you do not need 2394 or 2395, or to be a member of a Scheme.
However many organisations such as Insurance companies and some Local Authorities may insist that an EICR be issued by someone registered with a Scheme.

So basically if i sign up for Stroma i would be okay to do the board changes, EICR ect?

Im not looking at doing hundreds of boards but its a hell of a lot easier and cheaper than building control fees.
Maybe 20 EICR a year and one board of a month?

I work 5 days a week so would in my spare time

 

[telectrix]

signing up with stroma or any other scam is all you need to satisfy building control. there have been a couple of comments on forum about stroma, unable to communicate etc. in a couple of cases.

 

[Megavolt]

not sure if the question is to me, but ive basically read there website and it seems like a good deal for the price, they do an installer bundle which includes pretty much everything

Hi

Was ment for tell sorry. I'm with stroma can't fault them.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Once, I conducted a private EICR for a Landlord wanting to lease her property to a Local Authority.
The LA required the EICR to be conducted by someone in the NICEIC, though they allowed over the phone that it could be done by someone registered with any of the part P schemes. A bit pointless, as part P does not cover inspection and testing.
They rejected my 9 page EICR, but we're happy with a Visual report provided by someone registered with the NICEIC.
Not been required to be registered for any of the other inspections I have conducted, including the ones I did at the Olympic site.

Sometimes insurance companies for commercial installation work will want NICEIC, but so far just a quick call to the insurer's to list my qualifications and verify that I will be issuing a certificate for the work has been sufficient.

 

[telectrix]

Once, I conducted a private EICR for a Landlord wanting to lease her property to a Local Authority.
The LA required the EICR to be conducted by someone in the NICEIC, though they allowed over the phone that it could be done by someone registered with any of the part P schemes. A bit pointless, as part P does not cover inspection and testing.
They rejected my 9 page EICR, but we're happy with a Visual report provided by someone registered with the NICEIC.
Not been required to be registered for any of the other inspections I have conducted, including the ones I did at the Olympic site.

Sometimes insurance companies for commercial installation work will want NICEIC, but so far just a quick call to the insurer's to list my qualifications and verify that I will be issuing a certificate for the work has been sufficient.

and that's how it should be.no competent spark should be made to be a member of a "pay to work" scam.

 

[UNG]

Sometimes insurance companies for commercial installation work will want NICEIC, but so far just a quick call to the insurer's to list my qualifications and verify that I will be issuing a certificate for the work has been sufficient.

That's what I have found and never had one knock me back yet when I've had a chat with them