this is pasted from a email the nic sent me last week regarding joining there di scheme........
Thank you for your enquiry with NICEIC. Registration is now easier than ever before, and following this email you should have a better understanding of our requirements are:
Contractor requirements:
1)Qualifications
2)Insurance
3)Work to show
1) Qualifications – The minimum expectation required is a 16th edition qualification or equivalent or 17th edition. If you are looking at registering after July 1st 2008, you will require a 17th edition. Equivalent qualifications include
City & Guilds 2382 (17th Edition Wiring Regulations)
City & Guilds 2386
City & Guilds – Part 2 Theory
City & Guilds 2350 (must have all modules)
City & Guilds 2400 (must have all modules)
City & Guilds NVQ Level 3
A M Level 2 (AM2) (Achieved Measurement 2)
EAL (Level 2) (All 17 Modules Needed)
DISQ (Level A) (Domestic Installer Scheme Qualification)
Level B Logic Corgi ECS Course – DEFINED COMPENTENCY ONLY
City & Guilds 2330 (Parts 1, 2, & 3)
VRQ Level 2 – EAL
We do however offer a conditional registration if you have no qualifications, allowing you to join us providing you can provide us with the relevant qualifications within a year of joining us. A 2391 is not required to join this scheme.
2)Insurance – You are required to have public liability of £2,000,000. This will protect your business against injury to a third party or their property, as a result of negligence on your part. To get a quote from NICEIC insurance call 0845 601 2376.
3)Works to show – You will be required to show us two jobs for assessment purposes. This normally includes showing us a major and a minor job. Major jobs include; rewires, consumer unit change, new installation, new final circuits; Minor works can be as minor as changing a socket outlet, or replacing a damaged cable in a single circuit on a like for like basis. You will need to test and inspect your works so we can gauge whether you can test your own work and fill out the correct certificates.
Steps to registration
To apply for NIC registration the first step is to pay your fee. This fee is £434.75, which includes an application fee, an assessment fee, and your first years annual fee as well. The most cost effective and simple way to apply is to call us up and pay your fees. Once this is processed we will move you onto stage two – sending out documentation for you to return. Once we have received this back you will be allocated an assessment date. In the time between your payment and your assessment you should notify building control so that you can have sufficient cover for your works.
You will have two weeks prior to your assessment date to make a cancellation by letter. On the day of your assessment we will come to your first site, and look over your work, as well as getting you to test and inspect your work. The same will apply for your second site. For any more information on your assessment again please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you already have the sites and a card payment of ÂŁ425.50, I can do what is called a fastrack for you. This will enable you to be assessed in around 6-8 weeks (normal process takes up to 3 months) as well as saving you around twenty five pounds. If you wish to fastrack or have any other questions regarding the scheme either send me and email or call 01582556548and I can help you.
I look forward to hearing from you
