NICEIC Certification Scheme NICEIC inspection soon!!

[mckayver]

Hi all, i'm new to this forum and just wanted to ask a few questions about my upcoming NICEIC regestration and first inspection. I have a limited company with myself and another spark as directors and we have 2 apprentices. As you will know you need to provide 5 jobs to be inspected for the approved contractor regestration. Could anybody please explain the procedure in full for a small commercial installation from start to finish as we have always previously sought all our work as sub-contractors for other companies so never had to provide all revelent documents etc and i've been finding it quite complicated founding out exactly what is required from first inspection to handing over. Sorry if this is too long a thread too i'm just finding my feet!!

 

[Leesparkykent]

Have you got 5 jobs lined up?

 

[mckayver]

Yes I have 5 jobs lined up including a couple of domestic jobs. I just don't to miss anything before the inspection date is arranged.

 

[trev]

Why don't you ring them and ask to speak to someone who can talk you through the assessment process?
It's quite simple really though, it only involves a few simple steps.
Fill in form
Pay some money
Gadgie comes to see you
Talk for a while
Show books, documentation, insurance certs etc
Take gadgie to see jobs
perform some tests under his direction
You're in.

 

[GMES]

If you have already applied for your assessment, they will have sent you out an information pack with a complete list of requirements, failing that just simply log on to their website where you will find a section about it all.

 

[Leesparkykent]

As long as you have all the copies of your insurances, 5 jobs all within 30mins of each other, copies of completed installation certificates you have completed for the jobs, all your relevant books including ones for emergency lighting etc, complaints procedure, plenty of tea and Coffee you should be good to go.

 

[mckayver]

It was more site procedure I was looking for. Will he need to see risk assessments, method statements etc. Is there anything else other than the electrical installation certificate? Do I need to put a new DB schedule in the DB? Do I leave copies of the installation certificate in the DB? Things like that i'm not 100% on.

 

[GMES]

It was more site procedure I was looking for. Will he need to see risk assessments, method statements etc. Is there anything else other than the electrical installation certificate? Do I need to put a new DB schedule in the DB? Do I leave copies of the installation certificate in the DB? Things like that i'm not 100% on.

Yes he will want to see risk assessments and method statements and your customers should have a copy of the certificates not the disboard.

 

[uksparks]

It was more site procedure I was looking for. Will he need to see risk assessments, method statements etc. Is there anything else other than the electrical installation certificate? Do I need to put a new DB schedule in the DB? Do I leave copies of the installation certificate in the DB? Things like that i'm not 100% on.

They are quite hot on the term "durable" so if you just pop the very in the front of the DB he will pull it out and drop it on the floor then tell you to open up page Such a such in the regs book and read to him regulation x and explain what it means. So if you do not have a durable cut out schedule label then he might not like it, and with his magic pen and paper full of tiny carefully arranged sits he will mark s big cross in the departure column....

 

[mckayver]

Ok thanks, these are the kind of tips I was hoping for, would they fail you on things like this or do they give you a chance to rectify without the need for re visits ?

 

[uksparks]

Fail = cheque bounced

 

[GMES]

Ok thanks, these are the kind of tips I was hoping for, would they fail you on things like this or do they give you a chance to rectify without the need for re visits ?

Depending on how serious it is " in their eyes" they will either request another assessment at extra cost to you or they may settle for photographic proof that you have put it right.

 

[mckayver]

Ok thanks, these are the kind of tips I was hoping for, would they fail you on things like this or do they give you a chance to rectify without the need for re visits ?

 

[mckayver]

Oops sorry didn't mean to post that again. Thanks for all the info guys.