Anyone any experience with The AVC Group.

[solarkid]

I had an interview for a job with AVC doing solar, I didnt get it, but wouldnt want it.... but its a joke really , they wanted AM2 sparks... but you didnt need part p or testing inspecting certs... i asked why you didnt need them and some cockey little young kid said you dont need it mate for solar and its covered when your AM2 Spark.... Anyways they give you a laptop give you some training on testing and you send your test result from your laptop to there head office.... The guy who interviewed me said in the furture your team leader will be sent on a course ..... This company is a joke and i feel like shopping them to the MCS and the NIC if it does any good ....

 

[Worcester]

@solarkid, better than that - go to our customers favourite paper, The Daily Mail, it'll have more of an effect!

The big question is though, who are AVC contracted to? I suspect they wont be selling they'll just be installing for a big sales company.

 

[solarkid]

There working for eager who got brought out by carillion plc, There are so doing new builds too for barrets they said and have 30 years worth of contracts when i started the DSO for them, There doing the lot from start to finish. More than likely doing social housing too....

 

[SRE]

There working for eager who got brought out by carillion plc, There are so doing new builds too for barrets they said and have 30 years worth of contracts when i started the DSO for them, There doing the lot from start to finish. More than likely doing social housing too....

Yea, but Eaga do have a reputation for talking out of their bottom to put it politely - and screwing installers their track record on Warm Front speaks for itself. When the launched their free solar panels through Home Sun they boasted 100,000 installations in 3 years but failed miserably with their targets. The LA I used to work for wouldn't let them any where near their social housing projects because the standard of work was so poor.

 

[solarkid]

Yup birds of a feather flock together... There were some good installers at AVC but most were rubbish or high on drugs, they hired anyone and after your two weeks training i had with them they said you were on a rate card not daily rate but if you didnt stay you would have to pay £1500 back for training fees which the first weeks training was rubbish.

Im waiting on MCS response to AVC, they are listed on there site, they gained registration july of this year.

 

[Joe79]

Unless you seriously need work, then stay clear.