Consumer Unit Changed by Unregistered Electrician

[LlandrilloSpark]

Lol, your tutor at college is doing one poor job

 

[pencilpusher]

Hello All,
If the comsumer unit is fitted in a special location (e.g. the kitchen etc) then the council have to be informed. If it is not in a special location then it maybe non notifable to the council (depending on the area where the client lives). The only I can recommend is that if the client wants a certification offer it to them. I am doing my city and guilds 2330 level electechnical certification for electricians.

Pardon? Now run that passed me again please!

 

[shocking_eg]

so when you sparks change CCU's you actually notify council before you do the work ?

i have never seen this done ?

obviously the relevant testing certs from NICEIC are registered and issued but nothing to do with the councils side of things ?

 

[Geordie Spark]

so when you sparks change CCU's you actually notify council before you do the work ?

i have never seen this done ?

obviously the relevant testing certs from NICEIC are registered and issued but nothing to do with the councils side of things ?

Well I don't know about these modern sparks with umpteen bits of paper from this college and that scam (sorry, scheme) provider, but I can tell you that this old-fashioned spark never did !!

 

[Alasdair82]

Your customer needs to speak to the building control officer and explain the situation. They maybe more helpful than you think. In most instances building officers will help, if you are nice to them. Everyone seems to assume the worst. In my experience honesty is always the best policy. It may well be the case that the building inspector tells your customer to do a PIR and you go from there. I would explain to your customer that they must get in touch with the building control and take it from there.

I would not sign the work off as my own if I did not do it.

Regarding Elecsa and the NICEIC i believe that you can transfer schemes and should not have to pay for 2 schemes.

 

[pete555]

this is another way to line these big cats pockets down at the council labc niceic part p wtf is it all about ive been a spark for 7 years now 17th edition nvq level 3 testing inspect certificate jib registered but cant wire up an house but yet plumbers kitchen fitters excetra can do wht they like cause they sat a part p course makes me laugh

got to agree with this any way who said the spark who did the job was a cowboy as he done a good job if so he may just disagree with part p registration (it,s crap any way )

 

[rsmck]

??? Think you're a bit off the mark there

Playing devil's advocate for a minute (and not being an electrician) depending what "newuser31555" meant by "depending on the area where the client lives" it's technically accurate.

In Scotland we don't have Part P and where a property is a domestic house and has no storey over 4.5m (e.g. typical two floor house) a consumer unit change or complete rewire does NOT require notification.

 

[flukey]

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[SparkyJoe]

yeah you say get building control etc, but it defeats the whole concept o doing a cas job. if you leave a paper trail to your name the taxman will be after you. catch 22

Pay your tax then?

 

[Silly Sausage]

Playing devil's advocate for a minute (and not being an electrician) depending what "newuser31555" meant by "depending on the area where the client lives" it's technically accurate.

In Scotland we don't have Part P and where a property is a domestic house and has no storey over 4.5m (e.g. typical two floor house) a consumer unit change or complete rewire does NOT require notification.

Ah Scotland, if the DIY electrics doesn't kill them, the HIGH fat diet will!

 

[telectrix]

there must be a really high fatality rate from electrocutions in scotlans , as they've not got part p. how do they survive without it??:24:

 

[Silly Sausage]

Amazing isn't it!
I wouldn't mind living up there, but for reason (just over the last few years) the accent winds me up.
Nowt against the Scottish btw!!!

 

[rsmck]

there must be a really high fatality rate from electrocutions in scotlans , as they've not got part p. how do they survive without it??:24:

If you believe ROSPA;

During 2002, there was a total of 27 deaths involving electric current in the UK. Of these, 24 occurred in England and Wales, 2 in Scotland and 1 in Northern Ireland.

And that was 3 years before Part P ; )

Actually I seem to remember reading something comparing Australia and New Zealand, which had similar laws until NZ eventually removed the restriction on only trade bodies doing electrical work - somewhat surprisingly the number of home electrical accidents *dropped* slightly in NZ following the reintroduction of allowing DIY and less tightly regulated electrical work - it was suggested this was due to there being an increase in understanding of electrical safety issues amongst the general population.

 

[isitintheregs]

Building Control will be very eager to help out in situations like this. Hand over your £130 and stand back and watch them blast into action! The last time I did this the "inspector" turned up at the property, asked what had been done (consumer unit change), took a picture of new unit with his phone and buggered off! I have gone back to building work as there are less parasites to pay off!

 

[Geordie Spark]

Pay your tax then?

Wash your mouth out with soap and water for using such foul language !!! :nono:
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