NICEIC Certification Scheme Niceic

[varilite]

Does anyone know if the niceic are moving the goalposts on April 6th?

 

[Octopus]

The NICEIC are always moving the goal posts, especially if they think they can make more money!

 

[varilite]

But in this instance they wont as new joiners will go to ELECSA who are leaving things as is for the time being

 

[Octopus]

The shambles of Part P continues and yes there are rumours that the "intended" changes for new admissions to schemes does appear to have been shelved.

Another failure they can all "chalk up"

 

[Guitarist]

Imagine the reduction in scheme applications if you actually had to have NVQ3 or equivalent...

 

[varilite]

What is the equivalent to nvq 3?

 

[oldtimer]

What is the equivalent to nvq 3?

£800 a year to NICEIC lol

 

[Guitarist]

What is the equivalent to nvq 3?

Used to be a BTEC ONC and/or a recognised apprenticeship back in industry when the whole NVQ thing came out. Not sure what the domestic equiv is.

 

[telectrix]

no doubt the schemers will come up with a new 5week course for a dumbed down nvq. costing £6000. wire up a socket on a workshop board. survive and pass or die and fail.

 

[Guitarist]

no doubt the schemers will come up with a new 5week course for a dumbed down nvq. costing £6000. wire up a socket on a workshop board. survive and pass or die and fail.

People are far too busy now to wait a whole 5 weeks tel. The new courses really ought to be shorter.

 

[bigbaddave]

Hopefully yes. Bout time these scams upped the requiremnts to join..

 

[Des 56]

But in this instance they wont as new joiners will go to ELECSA who are leaving things as is for the time being

Are there that many wood butchers in the Niceic

 

[telectrix]

no, but there's plenty of cable cobblers, light lunatics, socket squashers and fuse fanatics.

 

[Engineer54]

Only if it suits their business criteria of making even more money out of the Electrical Trainee and the like!! They will always find some way or other, to negate any immediate form of improvement to the joke it is at the moment!!

 

[Guitarist]

It all revolves around the word "competent", which is more open to interpretation than anything else in any other trade. We need to get rid of that word completely and change it for "fully qualified", or nothing will ever change in our profession.

 

[oldtimer]

It all revolves around the word "competent", which is more open to interpretation than anything else in any other trade. We need to get rid of that word completely and change it for "fully qualified", or nothing will ever change in our profession.

Its a trade not a profession lol

 

[Guitarist]

Its a trade not a profession lol

Not that old chestnut again....

One definition I think sums it up nicely...
Occupation, practice, or vocation requiring mastery of a complex set of knowledge and skills through formal education and/or practical experience