New take on the Electrical Trainee

[richy3333]

Go to see a new customer. Was a suit and decided to do a 5W course around 2006/7(ish) with a view to leaving his office job and being an 'electrician' After a week on the tools he finds it too hard and quits. 2009/10 has a new house built and to save money wires the house and a chalet himself with a 'friends' help. No test equipment (has long since sold his MFT), no test results, doesn't know if it's safe - but it 'works', kids and wife also in house. SWA lying on surface on drive.

Has been living in the house for a couple of years and wants BC to sign the building off. They won't because there is not EIC. Of course unbeknown to him apart from no EIC and after his 5W course the 17th has come and gone! Now wants me to I&T for an EICR.

You just can't make these scenarios up.

 

[TaffyDuck]

Sounds familiar. I had something similar a while ago. A bloke "practicing" on his sisters new house. What a god awful mess. This one had completed a year of a 3 year apprenticeship 5 years ago though. It was diabolical. The lesson is experience is everything.

 

[markc123]

Haha - dear oh dear.

Well when you do the EICR, if you decide too - make everything sound 50x worse than possible, put the fear of god into him.

Although you wont probably have much to make up - can't imagine it been of a high standard in the first place lol.

 

[growler]

Go to see a new customer. Was a suit and decided to do a 5W course around 2006/7(ish) with a view to leaving his office job and being an 'electrician' After a week on the tools he finds it too hard and quits. 2009/10 has a new house built and to save money wires the house and a chalet himself with a 'friends' help. No test equipment (has long since sold his MFT), no test results, doesn't know if it's safe - but it 'works', kids and wife also in house. SWA lying on surface on drive.
Has been living in the house for a couple of years and wants BC to sign the building off. They won't because there is not EIC. Of course unbeknown to him apart from no EIC and after his 5W course the 17th has come and gone! Now wants me to I&T for an EICR.

You just can't make these scenarios up.

im impressed that it 'worked' after 5 weeks of 'training' !

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Haha - dear oh dear.

Well when you do the EICR, if you decide too - make everything sound 50x worse than possible, put the fear of god into him.

Although you wont probably have much to make up - can't imagine it been of a high standard in the first place lol.

no...you cant do that...you have a duty of care to the customer....regardless of what a turnip he`s been.....
it either is...or isn`t....
thats the way it is....

 

[stuartcourt]

totally agree Glennspark just done a EICR at a chinese take away being turned into Indian (my customer), Ali said to me why did I pass certain things, sorry says I scruffy does not mean dangerous got to be fair.

 

[markc123]

no...you cant do that...you have a duty of care to the customer....regardless of what a turnip he`s been.....
it either is...or isn`t....
thats the way it is....

Fine, finger him instead then.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

totally agree Glennspark just done a EICR at a chinese take away being turned into Indian (my customer), Ali said to me why did I pass certain things, sorry says I scruffy does not mean dangerous got to be fair.

exactly....more and more we see stuff being awarded a fail....just on the basis it wasn`t clipped properly....or it looked untidy....or the C/U wasn`t the best work internally....
at worst its a 3 for stuff like this......

 

[Thefailsafe2012]

Fine, finger him instead then.

oi oi!