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  1. M

    Certification advice?

    Basically a property has two electrical supplies. (It used to be two flats, now one property). Client wants to keep both consumer units, with one as a sub main off the other. There is not a whole amount on the top floor board as the kitchen etc is downstairs. So a 40/50A submain will be more...
  2. A

    New Consumer unit without any certification

    Hi All, I am looking to sell my late fathers house and a bit concerned by the lack of certificates for recent (ish) electrical work. A new consumer unit was installed about 3-5 years ago and there is no paperwork with it. I suspect that the work wasn't registered anywhere, so i reckon not done...
  3. Frimley111R

    Certification bodies - bit of help please

    Following on from another thread on here, can you please help me with a fundamental issue regarding certification bodies. Bear in mind we are new to this sector but not new businesses. There are two owners of the business and neither are electricians (I’m one). Electricians are contracted to do...
  4. Frimley111R

    Which certification body?

    Westarted an electrical contracting company and the end of 2017 our test of the business. It went well and we used 2 electricians who are NAPIT approved. Now this year we are going for company certification via NAPIT, potentially, but this means that everyone who works for us as a contractor...
  5. D

    Competent Persons Scheme

    I'm doing some research into the current processes involved in the Competent Persons Scheme and building regulations in general. I wondered if anyone on here had any significant issues or areas of improvement that they wanted to highlight to hopefully be changed in the future. This could range...
  6. D

    On a quest to become competent!!!

    Hello people! Just a quick intro then I can go back to watching from the sidelines. I'm 34 and decided to retrain after a 2 year illness and I'm just coming to the end of my 2365 level 2. Really enjoying it and I've set myself a 5 year goal. That goal being AM2. I know I can do it quicker but...
  7. S

    competent person course..

    im looking to do a competent person course but i cant find right one here in london..any one do that or know any centre who can i attend and start course..
  8. P

    Certification Questions

    I have just replaced an old style wired fuse board with a modern consumer unit. When removing the old unit, the 32 AMP wire fuse that supplied two 2.5mm cables to the dining room and lounge sockets I assumed to be a ring main but found no continuity between any of the wires and on further...
  9. Benchaffey

    Stroma Certification Scheme Stroma Certification

    Evening guys! Anybody a member of this ? Never really came across them before but have noticed a few local electricians are members, apart from it being fairly cheap , has anybody got any other pros and cons for them? I have been mulling over Napit/NICEIC and came across this and wondered if...
  10. K

    Compliance document for competent person scheme

    Hi guys, just had my stroma audit on Friday and everything was fine and I got membership approved, but the assessor is asking me to send a compliance policy document, I'm only a sole trader that's started up not long ago so this is still new to me, any ideas what I need to include in it and what...
  11. Anthony1674

    Initial Verificatio & Certification

    Hello all, Can you please advise, I have my C&G 236 prt 1 & 2 and AM1 can you please let me know if I need to complete the C&G 2394 for Initial Verification & Certification of an installation as from what I can remember this was covereded the C&G 236 prt2 course? Thank you, oh and thanks for...
  12. W

    EICR or EIC Certification

    Hi, If you were to change a distribution board within an commercial environment, and you couldn't get access to circuits for R1R2/ Max Zs, previous test results saying unknown on circuits. Surely you cannot issue an EIC Cert as you cannot verify circuits are compliant as it is virtually...
  13. S

    southern ireland certification

    We are a NICEIC + ECA registered uk company we have some commercial contracts in southern ireland, i am just wondering what the implications are as in testing and obviously installation, i know we have to work to the NATIONAL RULES for ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS EDITION FOUR. Do our test sheets...
  14. Sparky Ninja

    I'm collecting stats for a govt report - Competent person schemes

    Hi all. I am collecting evidence for a report on the current 'strategy' and trust given to the competent person schemes by the Communities and Local Government Committee (CLGC). I am not sure if you are aware, but the committee reviewed it a couple of years ago, and the conclusion from the...
  15. holeydub

    Toughening up on incompetent Electricians

    let's hope they actually do something :) Megger UK on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MeggerUK/status/885084223140499457
  16. Pete999

    Pete's Videos Quite a competent Sparky I think

  17. R

    I Need Work Test and inspection and certification experience needed manchester

    Hi All I am a time served approved electrical contractor with 20 years experience first 15 years as a rewire spark with my own team rewiring five properties a week on council schemes ( to a very good standard as well ). And the last 5 years working on commercial / industrial sites such as...
  18. Midwest

    Scheme Membership & Certification Dissemination

    Having just paid another 10,000 shillings (a nod to telectrix) to my scam provider, I was thinking about a more concerted way of passing this on to my customers (sorry customers, but I'm doing this for a living). And there's the cost of certification, talking MEIWC & EIC, i.e. time taken to...
  19. Upton Sparks

    Electrical certification Software

    Gents I'm Got my NAPIT Desktop 5 software for electronic certification up for its renewal next month and I'm not overly happy with it. I was wondering if anyone had some advice on alternative software products out there they have used and would recommend? Which are good to use, user friendly...
  20. M

    Certification. Minor works and EIC or one or the other

    I was talking to a fellow spark today and he said I have gone about this wrong. But I disagree so I would like your opinions. Been out to a property with and old rewirable fuse board. (I don't know what that's defined as). They had a spur out the back feeding a disconnected 2.5mm T&E feed in...

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