Certificate Software - time to change?

[Midwest]

Don’t know ... I won’t use scheme software ..

Why not?

 

[Andy78]

So easycert has good comments, what’s bad about it?

Took me a bit of time to get used to it. There is a lot of functionality and options to set up. You get a 12 month service package with the initial purchase so you can ask all your questions.

I think you can download a free trial to give it a fiddle with though and see if it's for you.

 

[Octopus]

Why not?

Very simple - I can change schemes and still have all my certs ....

 

[bigspark17]

I love the easy cert. once you have a good varied assortment of certs you can copy certs and edit which save a lot of time with the 8pages to fill in these days!

 

[rolyberkin]

I use electraform at the moment, on the positive side it is only a quid per form. I am doing less and less certs as am doing more building/development work at the moment, so for me it works fine. You can use it on anything via a web browser and it just works. The good thing is you can send your certs to staff or subcontractors to complete and then check them, once complete you can download them and then send on as a pdf. The downside is that once you complete a certificate you cannot go back and alter it, you can however copy a cert and pay another pound. You also get a circuit chart for an EICR and EIC to print out for your board. I just add a quid on to the job!;-)

 

[Sintra]

Surely it shouldn’t need to be altered after it is completed.

 

[TJ Anderson]

Agree. I like easy cert too. It's simple to set up, stick your logo on it and your away. I only used to do service update when you got a new amendment and needed the new certs.
We use the niceic online at work now, ok for MW but it's well long winded in comparison for an EIC

 

[Midwest]

Very simple - I can change schemes and still have all my certs ....

I have all my old certs, just saved them as a pdf.

 

[rolyberkin]

Surely it shouldn’t need to be altered after it is completed.

I have a contract to maintain a commercial premises which could mean a MWC every few days on the same circuit(s), my point is you cannot save one cert and alter it for subsequent work on the same premises, you have to buy a new cert every time once it is saved as a pdf, or copy it across to a new cert and then alter the changes.

 

[Octopus]

I have all my old certs, just saved them as a pdf.

I too save them as PDF's but having 3rd party software means I can continue to use the software if I change schemes .............

 

[Midwest]

I too save them as PDF's but having 3rd party software means I can continue to use the software if I change schemes .............

If you change schemes, you can use their software I like using the schemes stuff, 'cos they had responsibility on storing the information & certificates; data protection and all that.

 

[123]

I've heard good things about Electraform and the guys are based not too far from me. But at £1 a certificate, it wouldn't take long before you have passed the license renewal fee for other software.

I use Easycert and find it very good. Once you have a good set of templates setup and work out a few of the auto fill shortcuts etc, it doesn't take very long to type up a Cert. The mobile version of it isn't for me at all (a one off payment to get it in addition to the main package).

 

[suffolkspark]

Is the stroma stuff free to use and is it thaaatttt bad?
Until now ive used the napit downloadable pdfs and filled in on acrobat reader, ive enquired about updated forms and there now not going to supply them free as part of membership anymore and want another £102 per yr to use online forms....

Tempted to move to stroma, been napit for 7 years but its almost half price!

 

[123]

Is the stroma stuff free to use and is it thaaatttt bad?
Until now ive used the napit downloadable pdfs and filled in on acrobat reader, ive enquired about updated forms and there now not going to supply them free as part of membership anymore and want another £102 per yr to use online forms....

Tempted to move to stroma, been napit for 7 years but its almost half price!

I think if you used certificate software and set up templates etc you would save an awful lot of time filling in certs. It seems extremely time consuming the way you do it at the moment.

 

[Octopus]

I can't imagine doing certs by wand again?