UK 3rd Party Testing

[AngelLaHash]

I got a TEXT message (i dont know them and i cant find out who they are from the phone number)
"Hi speaking from Indeed
Are you available to give electrical certification for a job at Melton Mowbray?"

Guessing they have seen my CV online on Indeed and found my phone number and wated me to Sign off and Reg some circuits for them that i didnt install!

This is like Dark Area for me, as to me that is 3rd Party and when i talked to Napit about it, they ripped my head off for talking even about it
NICEIC where saying you can do it but Not great to get in to it.

I think the way around it, is if these where People that worked for me and i was just doing the testing and signing off. So i MUST be able to see that the cable is the right size all around the circuit (no chop and change and cheating) as my name is on the Cert. This would be ok.
I played to the rule, but this can be bent a LOT.

JUST me THINKING over the TOP HERE..
If i hire myself to another company just to do the Testing for them and the Report.. is that 3rd Party Testing
But if i Hired these guys to do the Wiring and I tested it that is OK

I did have once a guy offer me £50 to do the testing and Reg the circuit and i said no



Now wondering if i should just twisted things and said im just testing and reporting it than play within the Napit/NICEIC 3rd Party rules (some years ago now) so im not sure what the rules are now.
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I guess it gets complex if i am testing it and its wrong, and i've put my hand prints on it

 

[plugsandsparks]

I have 3rd part signed off, i think, twice. Once for an apprentice who was doing his own place, i followed NAPITs rules to the letter, checking cable runs before plastering etc and asked him not to terminate at the board end and leave all accessories unscrewed. It worked out quite well, but it was never energised before i had completed the tests and signed off. I think this is where it goes wrong. I know a firm that had energised a cct (to keep the lights on) in a commercial setting prior to testing and signing off and the next electrician (doing another job) got a belt and it all got messy. I was asked to help be the "impartial" opinion.

The second job was when i was working with the local electricians in an industrial setting, i was the designer and tester and they were the installer. As Julie says , this can work very well.

However, rocking up to an installation that has been designed , installed and probably energised and then asking me to test it is simply a *iss take. As mentioned there is no upside.