NIC approved contractor assessment

[Guest55]

Amazing how many sparks think getting approved contractor is just a case of money LMAO, you try and get it?

lol !!!! who do i make the cheque out to ?

i'll pass you over to my acountant............





:-D

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Contracts My friend, it only seems easy because your a proper spark, I can assure you more than half the sparks here would fail an approved contractor assessment, your business should sky rocket now if you push it, Congrats again Glenn.

Thanks Mike...

yep, he wanted to see a range of stuff i had been doing...domestic & commercial....
so took him to several board changes with main bonding install/upgrades...you know..the usual stuff we come across nearly every day..+ ECR sites at the market in town (4 of em)

there was the divine intervention church as well where i put in a load of 600x600 florrys in a suspended ceiling....10A BS3036s across 3 phases...

he seemed happy with the range of stuff i had to show him...

 

[MDJ]

Have they given you the online Best practise yet? issue 2 has a section regarding changing a consumer unit in domestic premises where lighting circuits have no protective conductor. A good read and worth printing off and keeping on the van for customers Mate.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Have they given you the online Best practise yet? issue 2 has a section regarding changing a consumer unit in domestic premises where lighting circuits have no protective conductor. A good read and worth printing off and keeping on the van for customers Mate.

well....
if theres no CPC on the lighting circuit then i would give the customer the choice...of either having the circuit/s rewired, a seperate 4mm G/Y pulled in to each point served....
or note it...make sure class 2s throughout....

what they choose to do after i have gone is their problem....

 

[Engineer54]

Amazing how many sparks think getting approved contractor is just a case of money LMAO, you try and get it?

Well it is, if you're a fully qualified electrician and have all the other bit's in place like insurances etc what else do you need apart from the Cheque!!

Approved Contractor status once actually meant something, ...many years ago, but admittance criteria requirements have steadily been dropped over the years, in the pursuit of numbers and profits.

Going by some of the photos and tales we have seen on this and other electrical forums, admittance to this club, will in no way shape or form, be any guarantee that a customer is going to get a top notch job or even an electrically sound job....

 

[ipf]

Well it is, if you're a fully qualified electrician and have all the other bit's in place like insurances etc what else do you need apart from the Cheque!!

Approved Contractor status once actually meant something, ...many years ago, but admittance criteria requirements have steadily been dropped over the years, in the pursuit of numbers and profits.

Going by some of the photos and tales we have seen on this and other electrical forums, admittance to this club, will in no way shape or form, be any guarantee that a customer is going to get a top notch job or even an electrically sound job....

I'm with you there, generally. But it still means something, especially when we're talking about doing it from scratch with a small set up, as in Glenn's case. Similar to myself, I suppose.
We initially joined 20 odd years ago, where it was essential for the work undertaken.. a must have and it was like being 'of the chosen few'......how things have changed since then :sad:.
With the number of contractors involved these days, you could be forgiven for thinking that standards have gone through the roof, but we all know the true situation.
It really used to take some preparation before the annual and used to be a great relief to get it out of the way and be able to get back into the general routine. Must say, it's water off a duck's back these days, in comparison.
Congrats to Glenn. Standards, these days, are to a great extent, self determined. I know he's not one to take it lightly and will come up to the mark.

Really do wish there were a lot more of a similar ilk.

 

[Knobhead]

Well done Glenn.


Where's my data stick?

 

[sparkstu]

Congratulations on getting your approved status

 

[MDJ]

Well it is, if you're a fully qualified electrician and have all the other bit's in place like insurances etc what else do you need apart from the Cheque!!

Approved Contractor status once actually meant something, ...many years ago, but admittance criteria requirements have steadily been dropped over the years, in the pursuit of numbers and profits.

Going by some of the photos and tales we have seen on this and other electrical forums, admittance to this club, will in no way shape or form, be any guarantee that a customer is going to get a top notch job or even an electrically sound job....

nah don't agree

 

[richy3333]

Well it is, if you're a fully qualified electrician and have all the other bit's in place like insurances etc what else do you need apart from the Cheque!!

Approved Contractor status once actually meant something, ...many years ago, but admittance criteria requirements have steadily been dropped over the years, in the pursuit of numbers and profits.

Going by some of the photos and tales we have seen on this and other electrical forums, admittance to this club, will in no way shape or form, be any guarantee that a customer is going to get a top notch job or even an electrically sound job....

Know what you mean. Part of the updated assessment involves checking 'your glass is half full'