Been looking around at current jobs being advertised and have noticed that the majority of places are asking for Electricians to have there JIB/ECS card but the companies are not JIB and nowhere near paying the JIB rate or offering the associated so called perks, so why are they asking for the...
I have been trying to contact the JIB for ages now and failing. I have now been on hold for over 6 hours (over 4 days). This morning I've been on hold for an hour an a half. Sometimes it does ring but then they cut me off straight away. Other times it says that they are not accepting calls. I've...
Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone can help before I call the ECS help line. I'm trying to apply for an ECS card but at the H&S assessment section I read that I can be exempted (or so I believe). I've uploaded the 2357 C&G level 3 qualification which I thought makes me exempt since it was...
Hi all,
so I've tried to apply for an ECS card but at the end it asked for the 2394 qualification, however when I looked at my certificates there's no mention about it. I called my college and they said that I haven't done the 607, but after speaking to my old lecturer he told me that my year...
Just wondering if anyone knows of any companies that offer the ECS health and safety certificate at short notice in Hampshire as my ECS card has expired but I need at least the health and safety certificate to get on a job I have been offered. I suppose I could go into London to use the premium...
Good afternoon dear forum members,
I wanted to find out if I am eligible to apply for a ECS card in order to increase my chance of finding an opportunity to work as an apprentice, electricians mate or improver. I am thinking of getting my own liability insurance as I heard it helps when looking...
whys it such a nightmare getting cards took me 4 days for jib to pick the phone up.
after speaking they said due to me not having a nvq i should get a experianced worker card...
got my level 2 3 2365
17th edition
inspection and testing 2394/5.
nightmare.. now its saying i dont have a core...
Hi all,
I have recently applied for my ecs card and have been told that i dont have the certs i'm meant to have. Namely four components of the 236, I only have two, the 'assignments' and 'installation, commissioning, fault diagnosis'. I have my AM2, 2391, NVQ 2 & 3 and I know I never failed an...
Hi, im currently looking at getting an ECS card so I can get some electricians mate experience through some agencys. I cant get the trainee card because im not signed onto a course and am not sponsored by a company, so that leaves me with the labourer card option.
From reading the ECS site it...
With my NICEIC welcome letter there's a form in there for an ECS Part P application - doesn't have much information so wondering if anyone here can tell me what it means etc and whether they applied for it?
Hi
I'm a newbie here so beg your pardon if I post the thread where doesn't belongs. I hope I didn't violated so bad the rulles..
So , I'm gonna start with this: yesterday I was in Swanley and passed the ECS exam at JIB. Today I was applying on the ECS website for a Gold Card but I'm...
hello fellow gods of electrical control -
I am back in the uk after a spell abroad and need to renew my ECS , I have C&G 236 part 1&2 ( 15th ed ) C&G SMSTS , 17th ed , PASMA ,IPAF , AASC , FIRST AID , etc.
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What are the requirements to become an approved electrician ?
There is no info on the...
Is it necessary to complete Section 9 of the ECS application form? It asks for employer or sponsorship endorsement details. I currently do not have an employer because I don't have an ECS card. I can't get an ECS card because I don't have an employer.
I'm trying to get a trainee card.
Hello
I've recently completed my Level 2 2365 and I want to search for work experience as an electrician's mate over summer. I've noticed that all of the job postings ask for a valid CSCS card. I've spoken to CSCS who tell me there is separate Health & Safety test for the electrical industry...
Hi
I've hit a bit of a dead end and would like some advice.
How can you applying for a ECS trainee card without being employed?
and how can you get employed to finish your NVQ without and ECS card?
Providing I've completed C&G level 2/3, 17th Edition, Pat, Testing and Inspection and Testing...
Right forever getting lost and then forgetting where i got lost
ECS card you need the NVQ 3 to get the Full GOLD CARD
<Myself i have>
<C&G 2330 Level 2 and 3> (Electrical Instal Level 2&3)
<LCL 2394 and EAL 2395> (using C&G Numbers to make it easier)
<C&G 2377-22 and 2382-12> (Basic Pat & 17th...
Just wondered if anyone knows whether its worth applying for a change of ecs card after passing 2394/5 exams.
Do they just add it to the back of the gold card or does the front state something different & also cost & waiting time
Tried ringing them, but their phone lines are as much use as an...
Aright,
my gold sjib electrical card expired in 2013, been in Australia for the last two years , away to come
home, just wondering how easy it is to renew the card. I passed my FICA in 2010, so it's a good 6 years since I've passed.
i have my 17th edition regs, when I passed in 2010. Im
only...
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