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Hi all. I was wondering if some of you could possible give me a but if advice. I've been asked if I want to do inspections and any repair work for a landlord on his houses he rents out and any future houses he buys, in my own time at evenings & weekends. Perfect type of work but I've had to turn the work down for the minute because I've been lead to believe that I would have to be part of a Competent Persons Scheme (NICEIC, etc) to be able to do the inspections (and obviously any notifiable repair work). Is this true? :confused5:
I passed my domestic installers qualifications last September (C&G 2377, 2382, 2393 & EAL Level 2 Part P for domestic installers) through New Career Skills - not a place I would recommend in a hurry. Long story short why I choice this type of course. I already did a lot of the theory work prior to taking this course in my Engineering HND qualifications a good few years ago, so already had a good background knowledge of electrical systems. I was made redundant as a design engineer and went for additional strings to my bow to open up job prospects (lucky a friend set up his own design house so I didn't have to wait that long to get back into work). I know now it was probably not the best route to take but I'm here now so it's time to start paying back the ÂŁ6k it cost to do this course.
I've undertaken quiet a good number of minor works jobs, mainly for friends & family and then their friends & family. I've also done 3 notifiable jobs (2 complete re-wires and one feed to an outhouse). I (or should I say the customer) paid the extortionate building control fees of ÂŁ175 for the work to be inspected and passed no problem. I've also done a bit of "experience" work with an electrician we used at work who was semi-retired. I know I'll have to join one of these schemes soon but I wanted to get a bit more experience under my belt and be in a position where I could do this as a full time job as well as looking at possibly of going for the NVQ quantification.
I passed my domestic installers qualifications last September (C&G 2377, 2382, 2393 & EAL Level 2 Part P for domestic installers) through New Career Skills - not a place I would recommend in a hurry. Long story short why I choice this type of course. I already did a lot of the theory work prior to taking this course in my Engineering HND qualifications a good few years ago, so already had a good background knowledge of electrical systems. I was made redundant as a design engineer and went for additional strings to my bow to open up job prospects (lucky a friend set up his own design house so I didn't have to wait that long to get back into work). I know now it was probably not the best route to take but I'm here now so it's time to start paying back the ÂŁ6k it cost to do this course.
I've undertaken quiet a good number of minor works jobs, mainly for friends & family and then their friends & family. I've also done 3 notifiable jobs (2 complete re-wires and one feed to an outhouse). I (or should I say the customer) paid the extortionate building control fees of ÂŁ175 for the work to be inspected and passed no problem. I've also done a bit of "experience" work with an electrician we used at work who was semi-retired. I know I'll have to join one of these schemes soon but I wanted to get a bit more experience under my belt and be in a position where I could do this as a full time job as well as looking at possibly of going for the NVQ quantification.
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