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  1. T

    A good sparky works with one hand in his pocket

    Hi fellas, I'm Tom and I'm new to the site, be great if we all could get along and share work experiences, work advice etc. The above quote is an old one I believe my old man told me it. Thanks for adding me to the site there is lots of useful information. Tom PS anyone noticed how...
    • Tommy T
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    • behind electrical work hand spark sparky welcome works
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  2. D

    Installation cert went missing

    My electrician had been filling in an installation certificate in a house and finished it. It was for a complete installation . He left it in the house which was still a bit of a building site. When we returned, the certificate had been lost by the customer. Does anyone have any suggestions...
    • Diode
    • Thread
    • cert certificate electrician house installation missing original spark
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. A

    Any advice for a young spark

    Hi there good evening. my name is Adam and I'm from St Helens and I have just completed my apprenticeship and I'm just waiting for NVQ cert and gold card. i received a letter from work the other day and there looking into redundancies well they have offered Voluntary first. They say no one is at...
  4. gutterball

    spot the fault

    went to change a light fitting on found no earth to lights, client said last spark to look at fault on lighting circuit couldn't find the problem so left cpc out of board. took me about 15min's to find it.
  5. vini

    Compensation for customer

    Have any of you ever tried to help a customer get compensation from another spark who left a shoddy job? Customer out £1,500 for a part rewire, no certificate and spark not prepared to finish the job or pay back any money.
  6. H

    scottish spark advice

    I'm a fully qualified 17th edition electrician. I am just wondering if i am able to sign off test certification for private housing. I have checked and it says as long as i am deemed competant but that seems a loose interpretation.
  7. J

    Hi from sunny Bradford, female part qualified spark looking for progression advice

    Hi I'm Jo (Joanne on a Sunday!), i'm a 29 year old so called mature student (i know knocking on a bit aren't I lol). Just passed my C & G 2356 level 2 and 2382 17th Edition with Leeds City College. Also undertaken a plastering course as I figured it could be useful for patching back in. Hoping...
    • JoWW
    • Thread
    • advice female looking part qualified spark sunny
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  8. W

    Apprentice Spark Looking For Work

    Hi. I am currently at Dudley College studying the 2357 electrotechnical apprenticeship and looking for a new work place. I'm 20 and in my second year so I have good experience and looking for work in the West Midlands as either an apprentice or mate. I currently do work but due to various...
    • WardyMitch
    • Thread
    • apprentice apprenticeship electrical work looking looking for work place spark various welcome work
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  9. garyt

    GT spark

    just to say welcome to everybody on the forum.
  10. E

    Offshore spark

    Hi i am looking to go offshore as a electrician. Any1 give me any help or advice on how to go about this??
  11. F

    Offshore Spark Looking For Career Change

    Hi folks, First time on here. I'm an Electrician with a few years offshore experience. I'm looking to still work offshore but was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a career change? I'm willing to take a pay cut and start at the bottom of the ladder. I know it is very vague but I'm open...
    • fatchalice76
    • Thread
    • career career change change looking offshore spark
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. R

    NICEIC Certification Scheme Redundant Spark after NICEIC Approved Contractor advice!

    Hello. I'm just after some advise about gaining NICEIC Approved Contractor status. I was made redundant last year after 12+ years with a firm and after nearly a year of agency and sub-contract work, and quite a few domestic jobs, i recently got my first commercial job. A mate at the firm i was...
  13. Jay Sparks

    Spark from Ze test!!

    So I went to do a job this morning for a builder I know. Nowt big, just extending the ring and added a few more lights. When I turned up, the builder said, "we have had a guy in fitting the controls for the new heating system etc and he said you need to tell your sparky to test the earth!!" So I...
  14. calpol91

    What could happen to a cowboy spark if found out despite nothing going wrong on him?

    Ive been working in a factory the past few weeks, and the owner of the place happens to be mates with another spark. Or "sparky" The other guy doesn't have part p and im not 100% he's fully qualified. It got me thinking, what could happen if he got found out by someone? Is there someone to...
  15. O

    Retraining advice please

    Hi First post here so hope this is in the right place Back in the seventies and eighties I was a jobbing Spark on mainly industrial installation work. I did a full apprenticeship and hold a C&G Electricians Cert and the college Quals I did at the time. I havent worked as a spark for 20 years...
    • OnTheRopes
    • Thread
    • advice course courses please retraining spark training
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. 9

    scottish spark looking to do my approved

    Not long now been out my time 2 years. Going to download the statement of experience from the Sjib website and get it done Any Scottish sparks done the Aca who can give me some pointers All much appreciated
  17. E

    Electrician caught signing off new install certs for non registered spark!!!

    I know a few Electricians that sign off other sparks work for some easy cash. What would happen if they were caught? Any one hear of registered electrician get done for this sort of thing??
    • egginyourface
    • Thread
    • caught certs electric electrical electrician install new off registered signing spark
    • Replies: 85
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  18. F

    Hi from Ely- not a spark..

    Just thought I'd drop a few lines down as way of an intro. I'm not an electrician, but a fence installer.... Anyhow, we get involved in gate automation, powered and controlled access and just recently electrified fencing (not the stuff for sheep and cattle!. So on the back of that thought it...
  19. R

    Baxi 105e spark problem

    Hi all hope you can help. My baxi 105e will happily run then stop with flame failure light. The actual problem is that the igniter is not working. I have discovered that when it trips out and after I have reset it and allowed it to run through its start up sequence it will still not produce a...
  20. D

    From 59 Commando to civvy street. Starting out as a spark...

    Evening Gents. I'm one of those Royal Engineer sparkies that has 2391 and 17th ed but has never been in a loft space or chased out a wall till I left the forces. Having to make a big jump now, I've been given a break after floating around with a few different companies casually and I want to get...
    • Dan59H
    • Thread
    • commando electricians' talk out spark starting street
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
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