Any last minute tips?

[Rauer]

Well got my elecsa assessment on Tuesday any tips muscly appreciated , and anything you would recommend knowing religiously ( without having to refer to the bgb!!!)
Thanks

 

[Octopus]

You can pay it monthly!!

Be careful with this. Yes, you can pay Elecsa monthly BUT you have to pay your entire years worth before you can have your assessment.

This is how it works:

Year 1, month minus 1 - pay Elecsa to join.
Year 1, months 1 to 12 inclusive - pay Elecsa 1/12 of your fees
Year 2, months 1 to 12 inclusive - ditto

So in summary, in your first year, you will pay Elecsa 2 years of money.... so I here you say, you would anyway... well, yes if you pay annually, you would but at least this was you can have the money in your bank, helping your cash flow rather than in Elecsa's bank account helping them.

My Assessor tried selling me this the other week, he thought that it would be easier - I said I would be interested if there was a saving to be made, and as I pay by DD there isn't.

 

[sedgy34]

Make sure you review the check list they provided in the pack you got sent. What they are expecting to see is detailed, then they look at your "job" certificate, invoice and my assessor likes to see a couple of estimates too.

Your assessor is a nosey t*at then if you have to show him estimates

 

[Octopus]

Your assessor is a nosey t*at then if have to show him estimates

he's not looking at pricing, he's looking at how the "solutions" are defined and how a customer would understand them. Personally I don't have an issue with it, nothing to hide.

 

[sedgy34]

he's not looking at pricing, he's looking at how the "solutions" are defined and how a customer would understand them. Personally I don't have an issue with it, nothing to hide.

Fair enough but he should only be looking at your work and your books (as in regs) and some testing if my assessor wanted that info I would ask if he wants to see my bank balance too lol

 

[Deleted member 19807]

safe isolation, i suggest you read and digest.

http://www.esc.org.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/industry/best_practice/BPG2_09.pdf

 

[Octopus]

Fair enough but he should only be looking at your work and your books (as in regs) and some testing if my assessor wanted that info I would ask if he wants to see my bank balance too lol

He only looked at 1 estimate, we spent far longer on the interesting stuff!

 

[Rauer]

Interesting stuff???? Is that the biscuits and tea?

 

[Deleted member 19807]

Interesting stuff???? Is that the biscuits and tea?

you can try reading the tea leaves if you like but i don't think it will tell you much about safe isolation.

 

[sedgy34]

When you have had quite a few assessments they don't bother with safe isolation

 

[Rauer]

Looking forward to my future assessments then!!

 

[sparks1973]

He will spend the first hour or so just getting a feel for your background and how you approach your work. Just make sure you have all your documentation to hand as he will have to record that it is all in order.
The other guys have pretty much covered what is expected, and most of what you will be asked is in the osg and the electricians guide to the building regs, so just keep reading them.
Of course it will be stressful (if it matters to you), but always double-check your answers if you are not sure by looking them up.
Oh, and make sure the CU has all 3 labels on it.

only thing they care about is money..lol...

 

[Deleted member 19807]

When you have had quite a few assessments they don't bother with safe isolation

We should all be bothering with safe isolation all of the time, if not at some point someone will get hurt.

 

[Rauer]

We should all be bothering with safe isolation all of the time, if not at some point someone will get hurt.

I'm always getting hurt!!

 

[sedgy34]

We should all be bothering with safe isolation all of the time, if not at some point someone will get hurt.

Ok!! I'm talking about when your assessor knows you cause you have had that many assessments and he knows your better than him he doesn't trouble you to safe isolation as it can be at this point insulting. You have a few to go yet pal

 

[Rauer]

How many times have you been second fixing or changing a socket face and you get a spasm in your finger and you are convinced you've got a shock but ...... It's dead!!