Are NAPIT and Certsure totally independent then?
As one, at least in 2016 when they updated a new section on their website, states it's charity-led.
And I don't think that's the case surely.
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Okay, perhaps just me getting confused here and if so, I'll correct my threads.
I can see on their website a sentence "This award was achieved in 2019 by
Certsure LLP's three operating arms (NICEIC,
ELECSA and NICEIC Certification)."
So Certsure, NICEIC, Elecsa (and NICEIC Certification, which seems to be it's own thing for some reason) are the same for sure.
Then NAPIT took over Stroma.
But Certsure and NAPIT are independent. Other than they work together:-
"
Certsure and NAPIT are once again working together on proposals to take the industry forward and improve standards within the electrical sector.
The two Competent Person Scheme (CPS) operators previously collaborated on Registered Competent Person Electrical (RCPE) - a single mark and register, which brought together more than 40,000 registered electrical contracting firms across England and Wales.
The driving forces behind RCPE now want to expand on that work and further strengthen the assessment process of both organisations.
Over the years, the strengths of the two organisations have been Certsure’s focus on the management and supervision of competence and NAPIT’s focus on individual competence."
(Source:
Moving Forward: Continous Improvement from Leading Cert - https://www.napit.org.uk/news/article/Continous-Improvement-from-Leading-Certification-Bodies.aspx)
“Certsure and NAPIT understand that we can only improve the safety of electrical installation work by working together in a coordinated approach.
“We can only do this by assessing the competence of organisations and individuals first hand; monitoring their abilities to ensure they are working to the latest standards and industry requirements.”
So they're independent but "work together" and not as competitors?