i've just been offered a new job on the books , the boss was very keen to get me doing inspecting and testing for the company as they needed someone quickly to fill a gap.
the company are with NICEIC already. will i need to be assessed before i can sign stuff off. and are the company likely to...
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I hope you all had a nice Christmas.
I had a quick question, I am still waiting for my MCS visit but I have already installed the panels to my house. I have done all the tests I had to do on my course (irradiance, Voc, Isc) we had a little form that we filled out on the...
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I did a 1st fix on a insurance job after flood damage.
Left new circuits marked up and isolated the old fuse board etc etc due to water damage and stated 2 week drying out needed.
The problem I now have is Im told by the builder the roof is still not fixed but the owner of the house...
Hi guys, i'm to replace a couple of cupboard luminaires, an extractor fan and a few SO fronts. They're all on the same circuit, RFC, the luminares and extractor are each on a 3A FCU. Being off the same circuit, can i put all these separate jobs/items on the one MWC?
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I need to do a PIR for a family member as their letting agency have asked for a "landlord's certificate". It's a dead simple small property so I'm happy to do this as my first PIR. My question is am I ok to use the new form ahead of next January? If this is ok it makes sense for me to use this...
Hi allsome advice please.i am to add a new low voltage fan to an existing light circuit. On inspection there isnt a bs number on the 6 amp Eaton breaker. this being the case how do i fill in the test cert correctly. Am i allowed to put unknown or is there a way of finding out.also the rcd is a...
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I went to a job yesterday , problem with lights in a conservatory and the owner produced two certs for the original work carried out, one full install cert and the other a minor works . The certs were well filled in and the readings all looked fine but they were plain forms produced...
A heat detector supplied by a lighting circuit with no link to another, would this normally require a fire alarm cert?
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Hi all, I have been on my own since 1st Sept '11 after working for other people for years. I am NIC Domestic and have been for years but I have now picked up a couple of builders who are keen to use me more often and most of their work is domestic but they occasionally do commercial. How easy is...
Hi guys, as some of you might know I`m new to the NIC DI scheme and new to filling out these purple certs.
Q1. On the EIC purple certs, under the "SUPPLY CHARACTERISTICS" section, it asks for the external earth fault loop impedance by enquiry. Does anyone actually enquire or what reading should...
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Just after some pointers for the future really,ive been sole trader 6 months and with elecsa.Finding work been slow,but seem to be getting more enquiries now,quite new to the business side of things, having worked for niceic approved contractors doing all works/pirs etc on the...
When getting my napit visit the inspector mentioned NAPIT Desktop as a way to produce certs. Anyone know if it's any good any good? Do you have to pay the money every year? Is it compatible with the new system?
Just wired a kitchen extension from an existing dual rcd 17th edition consumer unit. There are 3 new circuits to the CU, ring main, lights and cooker.
With my old company I would inspect and test the whole consumer unit, ie all the old circuits and the 3 new ones. The Schedule of test...
i have a problem with my powersuite program, when i print off my test results to niceic software forms, the stoopid program also prints not only typed in readings etc, but description too.
powersuite warranty is out of date, and im not renewing at 230 a year f**k that!
any solutions ta
I'm currently working for my self, mostly house bashing. been offered the chance of a job but when i said i ain't got my jib card, they gave me a disappointed look told me I'm not a real spark and said we cant offer you anything, I've got 17th ed, 2330lvl3. 2391, nvq3. i had a look through the...
In the past month I've had two NICEIC green EIC certificates presented to me by innocent customers asking why I'm recommending essential works to get the installation safe when they think there's original paperwork saying it's all ok. Today, in one property rewired in 2008, it was water and gas...
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My name is Gary, I am an approved J.I.B. electrician based in Milton Keynes, I also develop iPhone, iPad Windows Phone 7 and Andriod electrical based Apps for electricans in my spare time.
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Hi there,I have my nic assessment coming up soon and have question regarding certain certificates. I normally use the iet certs that you can print off the net but was wondering if you need to use the nic domestic eic + schedules (green ones)? I was going to buy some but for all the certs I need...
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