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Gavin Hyde
Hello
I have recently done a few courses, funding by the training allowance when i left the forces, mainly so i can do the odd non-notifiable job within the house and for family but principally within the house i am renovating and to keep the mind ticking over. It seemed a waste to not use the grant as there was nothing else i fancied doing.
When I rewired the house and added a new circuit to the Consumer Unit for the new shower, I had to pay close to £400+VAT to have Building Regs give it the all clear!!! I am thinking that it might be beneficial for me to join one of the schemes that appear nothing more than money making schemes so i can self certify.
I am slowly moving into property developing as I inherited the house I am doing up with my sister and will use the profits to do further property up. I am not looking to work for others but it would be good to have the option to do jobs in between my own work.
I have a good grounding in electrical/mechanical processes having been in a techie in the forces for several years.
I have seen that there are course bundles out there that seem to imply that you can join one of the Part P competent Persons Schemes as a Domestic Installer having completed them and as the Qualified Supervisor rules state you need one of a myriad of Level 3 Qualifications they are offering a NIC-EIC/Elecsa - Online Knowledge Assessment (OKA) in lieu of the Level 3 qualifications - this is supposedly a route to qualified supervisor status! . It implies that with the certificates they provide in these bundles, followed by the OKA and subject to being able to meet the other requirements at the assessments (1 minor, 1 major work etc...) you can join the CP part P schemes.
I have all the qualifications that these bundles offer plus a considerable number of avionics qualifications and electrical qualifications but within the aviation environment. Not quite the same but still a better grounding than some of the people i see running about doing iffy work and a shiny NIC-EIC sticker!!
Has anybody an opinion on this OKA or used it instead of the Level 3 qualifications??
Joining one of these schemes does seem a bit difficult for those starting out in the field, as you have to be a Qualified Supervisor but that generally requires a couple of years experience. I am aware of several guys locally that have some how got on one of these schemes who i personally wouldn't trust to change a plug let alone a consumer unit.
Welcome your thoughts on the OKA and joinig NIC, elecsa etc... when starting out
I have recently done a few courses, funding by the training allowance when i left the forces, mainly so i can do the odd non-notifiable job within the house and for family but principally within the house i am renovating and to keep the mind ticking over. It seemed a waste to not use the grant as there was nothing else i fancied doing.
When I rewired the house and added a new circuit to the Consumer Unit for the new shower, I had to pay close to £400+VAT to have Building Regs give it the all clear!!! I am thinking that it might be beneficial for me to join one of the schemes that appear nothing more than money making schemes so i can self certify.
I am slowly moving into property developing as I inherited the house I am doing up with my sister and will use the profits to do further property up. I am not looking to work for others but it would be good to have the option to do jobs in between my own work.
I have a good grounding in electrical/mechanical processes having been in a techie in the forces for several years.
I have seen that there are course bundles out there that seem to imply that you can join one of the Part P competent Persons Schemes as a Domestic Installer having completed them and as the Qualified Supervisor rules state you need one of a myriad of Level 3 Qualifications they are offering a NIC-EIC/Elecsa - Online Knowledge Assessment (OKA) in lieu of the Level 3 qualifications - this is supposedly a route to qualified supervisor status! . It implies that with the certificates they provide in these bundles, followed by the OKA and subject to being able to meet the other requirements at the assessments (1 minor, 1 major work etc...) you can join the CP part P schemes.
I have all the qualifications that these bundles offer plus a considerable number of avionics qualifications and electrical qualifications but within the aviation environment. Not quite the same but still a better grounding than some of the people i see running about doing iffy work and a shiny NIC-EIC sticker!!
Has anybody an opinion on this OKA or used it instead of the Level 3 qualifications??
Joining one of these schemes does seem a bit difficult for those starting out in the field, as you have to be a Qualified Supervisor but that generally requires a couple of years experience. I am aware of several guys locally that have some how got on one of these schemes who i personally wouldn't trust to change a plug let alone a consumer unit.
Welcome your thoughts on the OKA and joinig NIC, elecsa etc... when starting out
oh joys
