New green books

[stef]

there is no amendment. it's a complete new book. IET bods need new suits.

maybe you can hang on for the 18th. that's bound to be next year. :devil2:

Is this just a roumor? It is usually every 5 years.

 

[Bobster]

Is this just a roumor? It is usually every 5 years.

Or if someone is hurt/property damaged and it's braught to public attention.

 

[Toonlad]

and I think the custard creams were upgraded to hob-nobs.

But these come under Special Location.

 

[kingeri]

I was well miffed when I shelled out for the red books and within a year I needed to buy the green ones. The red books became worthless overnight. They are sitting on the shelf collecting dust - can't even sell 'em on Feebay. Wouldn't be so bad if they were actually affordable - or at the very least gold plated to justify the over-inflated price. It's a classic example of being had over a barrel - we have to have these books so they charge whatever they like for them. It's actually insulting if you think about it too much - which I am trying not to do!

 

[oldtimer]

Just shows you just what a state this trade is in we go head first into a recession and they decide to review everything from the regs C&G exams PIR/EICRs I could go on but then again they dont seem to care how much pressure in money terms it costs us because they know you have to get the updates why because they are the ones who asses you anywhere else this would be extorting money for financial gain or am I being cynical

 

[telectrix]

al capone would have been proud of the extortion. maybe if we got the IET to distill illicit moonshine, they'd find it more profitable and leave us alone.

 

[ackbarthestar]

al capone would have been proud of the extortion. maybe if we got the IET to distill illicit moonshine, they'd find it more profitable and leave us alone.

I heard through the grapevine that the byb was in the process of being assembled. It probably won't reach the shelves until 2015 though.

 

[ruston]

I heard through the grapevine that the byb was in the process of being assembled. It probably won't reach the shelves until 2015 though.

It makes you wonder how they can keep coming up with new stuff , I wonder what they have come up with this time to justify a new edition and all the associated publications. I'm not going to buy any more at my age , I'm just going to rely on you lot to keep me going IF I can keep going lol.

 

[oldtimer]

The thing is if you ran a job like this ie rewire a house then popping in every 6 months to change things then charge for it and the customer says why you can reply how else can I keep myself in a job and get a gold plated pension plus get some mug to pay for it
ug to pay for it

 

[ackbarthestar]

That's part of the game...

Have a priviledged background, go to the best school that money can buy, Oxbridge, get your 'gentlemans third', network with the chaps at the club, end up in the city, make pots of money, sit on a few committees and write some amendments to 'the BS 300th Amd 'shoeing horses with a stun gun' retire early..

easy.....

 

[ipf]

I heard through the grapevine that the byb was in the process of being assembled. It probably won't reach the shelves until 2015 though.

Might be useful....... to catch me dribbling tea on me shirt.

 

[oldtimer]

2015 christ I am only 55 does that mean me going back to college do you think the public realise what we mear mortals have to go through

 

[Mainman]

I was informed by our regional engineer that there is an amendment being worked on now. The 15th/16th editions went through the same process - Red, Green, Yellow, Blue Brown - New Edition. Apparantly it is driven by European harmonisation etc.. etc.. £80...etc...etc

 

[Silly Sausage]

Just shows you just what a state this trade is in we go head first into a recession and they decide to review everything from the regs C&G exams PIR/EICRs I could go on but then again they dont seem to care how much pressure in money terms it costs us because they know you have to get the updates why because they are the ones who asses you anywhere else this would be extorting money for financial gain or am I being cynical

I think you make quite a good point here.

It's fair enough updating the regs to encompass new technology and improvements in standards but, seeing as we're in perpetual recession at the moment, maybe the IET, C&G etc could drip feed these changes, via free downloads etc., to ease the financial burden a bit.

I pointed out recently that I'd read somewhere that the number of Green editions sold is a small percentage of the number of electricians in the UK. Might have been on IET site but I can't find it again.

 

[ackbarthestar]

I hate the colour Yellow. Its soo garden flowers and chintz. I prefer the brown, that colour looks more like a technical manual.

But to the point in hand. Updating your qualifications, as the chief C&G assessor once told me, was only really necessary when the edition changed. So there are a few more colours and a decade to go first.

Having said that, there is so much information from sites like this one where you can get useful information on the latest developments, its unlikely that you will get left behind as long as you keep on the ball.