NICEIC Certification Scheme Niceic

Frosty69 · May 11, 2011

Hi people, I've just registered with niceic and am waiting for my initial assessment. In the booklet you get it mentions having to have certain niceic booklets as a requirement. I currently have bs7671, osg, gn1&3. All up to date is that enough or do they get moany if you don't use there books?
Thanks

pushrod · May 11, 2011

Not a member of niceic but think it very unlikely that they would do their own versions of those anyway Suspect there are several other things that they would expect you to have in addition to those. Rather than rely on the memory of those on here give them a ring and ask exactly what they they do want you to have.

Edit eg they probs want you to have GS38 or something similar- maybe there own version of that and probs one or two other policies?

kung · May 11, 2011

Should also say on their website.

mart8235 · May 11, 2011

if you do part p work, then you'll need a copy of that too.

as already said give them a call, ask for your assessors number and speak to him, he's the only one who will give you a 100% answer on which books he wants you to have!

our firm is nic, our assessor is very approachable when it comes to questions like this, in fact he encourages it.

last think you want is to pay for a revisit just for a missing book!

dim_bulb · May 11, 2011

Memorandum Of guidance on the electricity at works regulation 1989
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mart8235 · May 11, 2011

forgot to say, we don't have any Nic booklets, so don't know what the 'requirement' is for them???
unless it's the pocket guides they give you for free? we've downloaded those. also there are ESC guides to download for free which don't hurt.

SMB · May 11, 2011

a good understanding of GN 3 and passing the 2391 is all that is required in the real world i think,

Eggster71 · May 12, 2011

Also make sure you've got up to date public liability insurance...2 million i think.. if you put smoke alarms in then you'll also be told you need the relevant BS paperwork, can't tell you the number off the top of my head but i think it's "fire alarms in dwellings". As mentioned you will need the memo on the electricity at work act as well. Another thing worth doing is an ongoing record of your tester's accuracy, all I did was go to maplins and bought a few resistors, a few low resistance for continuity and a few high, k ohms and M ohms for IR. then a couple of loop tests, one on a non rcd range the other on rcd sensitive as they tend to be different, finally RCD at 15, 30 and 150.