NICEIC Certification Scheme NICEIC Domestic Installers incompetent to do EICRs?

[Deleted member 9648]

do you need the 2391 / 2395 qual to carry out periodics as a NIC Approved Contractor ?

I believe you do.....certainly we had to do the 2391 before we were accepted as approved contractors 20+ years ago.

 

[Des 56]

You may have had to have the 2391 twenty years ago,but the Niceic long ago ditched that requirement
To satisfy the entry criteria,a QS has to demonstrate skill in test and inspection only



They will accept the 2391 or the new 2392, if you hold neither,this is their requirement

For those Qualified Supervisors who are able to demonstrate their ability to inspect, test, verify, certify and report on the electrical
installations to the standard required, the requirement to have obtained the City & Guilds 2391 may be waived

 

[Engineer54]

I didnt say it was proof of anything....but the fact remains that the requirements to be an approved contractor are higher than to be a DI....many of whom have little experience and inadequate training.
Fact is there's more to an EICR than 'filling in a form'....there are plenty of DI's who can fill in either form perfectly well but cant do the actual test and inspection to an acceptable standard.
I'll repeat...our inspector is extremely thorough with my EICR's....any approved contractor who is not up to scratch on EICR's will get found out.

And then what??

 

[Deleted member 9648]

And then what??

Well based on this I'm not so sure now.....http://www.electriciansforums.net/e...rical-forum/71308-unbelivable.html#post701054.....Our guy is very particular on EICR's and I know we would be taken to the cleaners with work of that standard.

 

[sparks55]

Napit still insists on 2391 or the new exam within 12 months of joining scheme and don't have seperate domestic installers registration

 

[Octopus]

The schemes need to take seriously feedback on installs from customers and other members then ACT ON THE INFORMATION. i.e go and look themselves .

 

[Clink]

ELECSA are the same, if you want to appear on their contractor search listing when EICR/PIR is selected you have to pay another additional exorbitant fee to get an EICR tick each year. Otherwise you just don't appear in the listing.