JIB grading

[dean7828]

hi guys could someone help with identifying what JIB grade i would be able to get with my current qualification as everyone seems to have different opinions on the matter, i currently hold.......

17th eddition
2391
NVQ L3
2330 L2 & L3

just been layed off so need the card instead of paying for a CSCS card. any advice would be great thanks in advance.

 

[Guest112]

approved electrician i assume mate

 

[dean7828]

basically im trying to find out if i need to do the AM2 or not, i guess ill phone them tomorrow. thanks

 

[Thomas123]

if you dont need am2, how long has it been since you finished your nvq, you have to be an electrican for 2 years and have 2391 to be approved

 

[vernam616]

Well i have the exact same qualifications except the 2391

However i do have the AM2 as well and was graded as "Installation Electrician"

I could be wrong but im pretty sure you may have to complete the AM2, as its a recognised practical competancy test



If you visit the JIB website or give them a call they will be able to tell you very quickly

Their office isnt that big so dont worry about speaking to some foreigner or being stuck on hold, they were quite helpful with me when i called

 

[Guest112]

i think you need the am2 mate

 

[cjp1]

basically im trying to find out if i need to do the AM2 or not, i guess ill phone them tomorrow. thanks

Please keep us posted mate, it would be good to know how you get on, when I called them to ask the same question they would not tell me what grade I would get over the phone they said just send in copys of your certs along with the other stuff and they would look into it.

 

[dean7828]

well im hoping i will be able to get the grade "electrician" without the am2 as the grading description seems to be pointing in that direction, and then approved after 2 years. i let you know what they say tomorrow,

oh the joys of being layed off!!

 

[alarm man]

well im hoping i will be able to get the grade "electrician" without the am2 as the grading description seems to be pointing in that direction, and then approved after 2 years. i let you know what they say tomorrow,

oh the joys of being layed off!!

they keep going on about apprenticeships 2360 and am2 and nvq3,were you a jib apprentice.? i know a few lads have ended up with trainee or labourer grades

 

[fuzzydunlop]

they keep going on about apprenticeships 2360 and am2 and nvq3,were you a jib apprentice.? i know a few lads have ended up with trainee or labourer grades

You need (at the minimum) 2330 2+3, NVQ3 and 17th to get an electricians card

Or references if you've never taken the NVQ3

The ECS site is more up to date http://www.ecscard.org.uk/installation_electrician_eligibility.html

 

[cdavies33]

You will need the AM2 for certain and the JIB no longer accept CSCS as a safety qualification, You'll need something better. Take a look at their website, its all there

 

[Guest112]

bummer about getting laid off mate times are hard, im working underpaid with no money in the budget apparently for a rise so i get paid the same as a labourer and i do an approved sparks job soul destroying it is but what can i do i could be layed off tomorrow...

 

[VoltzElectrical]

Having looked at this myself, I would like to be corrected that the OP will be graded Electrician as he has the NVQ level 3. AM2 is not required (but useful). 2391 (+ 2 years) = APPROVED electrician. JIB are hung up about NVQ 3. Without it, even though finished apprenticeship with AM2, will only get provisional electrician, or senior graded trainee or something like that.

I think you also need a company to 'sponsor' you (no money, just a form of reference). Again, you will need to have recently passed ECS test, UNLESS achieved NVQ 3 recently. This exempts you from taking the test for 3 years.

 

[fuzzydunlop]

You will need the AM2 for certain and the JIB no longer accept CSCS as a safety qualification, You'll need something better. Take a look at their website, its all there

You don't need the AM2 to get a card

 

[robsparky1975]

You have the nvq3 so should be fine for electrician grade,i called them and dont have nvq3,they said id be graded as labourer,fair enough i said but is it time for me to throw my test kit away as no labourer should be allowed to do pirs or eics on commercial premises should they?jib man didnt know what to say.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

You have the nvq3 so should be fine for electrician grade,i called them and dont have nvq3,they said id be graded as labourer,fair enough i said but is it time for me to throw my test kit away as no labourer should be allowed to do pirs or eics on commercial premises should they?jib man didnt know what to say.

sucks, doesn't it? hence my point about 'hung up about nvq 3.' maybe they're taking brown envelopes from the nvq awarding bodies??

 

[VoltzElectrical]

There needs to be a reconciliation between domestic sparks and site sparks. Sparks are sparks, or not. Weird scenario this split. You'd think JIB would be at the forefront of this.

 

[Risteard]

However i do have the AM2 as well and was graded as "Installation Electrician"

Installation Electrician is not actually a grade. It is an occupation.

The grade is at the bottom and might be Electrician, or Approved Electrician or Technician.

 

[timbobelfast]

I am in a similar position as the OP
I have 2351, NVQ 3 and 17th. Applied for my JIB card 6 weeks ago, and was returned my application last week. There was a letter stating that they either wanted my AM 2 certificate or I had to sign a sort of disclaimer stating that my application would have to go to the ' Grading Panel '

So the morale is, if you dont have AM 2 but everything else then your application will go to the grading panel.

 

[dean7828]

well now you c my concern, nothing seems to be set in stone and everyone has a different idea, as i have just been layed off im reluctant to pay for the am2 which i believe its a grade to prove you're practical knowledge, ive been a commercial spark for some time now and haven't got the money or energy to throw at this, im still paying for the past papers, being a spark used to be like printing money now its all about spending money to keep in the trade, something needs to give!