eicr testing /inspection qualifications

[neilyboy]

some advice/information required please on the above.

company I work for as a handyman has approx 100 flats which are leased as serviced apartments they are rented out from anything from 1 night to a year in some cases.
since the flats were built no extra electrical work has been done on them ie no additions or modifications to the wiring and fittings are as they were when built (oldest flat would be 25 years old)
They all require eicrs and have been conducted by contractors before .
My question is would I be able to carry out the eicrs after a suitable testing/iinspection course.

I served my time in the 70s/80/s and have the part 1 and 2 in electrical installation plus the old c certificate I think it was called,the one you needed to become a technician.
Ive always kept my hand in with odd electrical jobs and when the eicrs were done by contractors I would go back and repair any faults that they had found ie no continuity,broken fittings,no blanks in cu's etc.
As far as I can see on the tinternet you dont have to be registered with a scheme to do eicrs but some people say that it may invalidate any insurance for the flats if you are not registered.

This is in Scotland, any thoughts ?

 

[CalB4676]

some advice/information required please on the above.

company I work for as a handyman has approx 100 flats which are leased as serviced apartments they are rented out from anything from 1 night to a year in some cases.
since the flats were built no extra electrical work has been done on them ie no additions or modifications to the wiring and fittings are as they were when built (oldest flat would be 25 years old)
They all require eicrs and have been conducted by contractors before .
My question is would I be able to carry out the eicrs after a suitable testing/iinspection course.

I served my time in the 70s/80/s and have the part 1 and 2 in electrical installation plus the old c certificate I think it was called,the one you needed to become a technician.
Ive always kept my hand in with odd electrical jobs and when the eicrs were done by contractors I would go back and repair any faults that they had found ie no continuity,broken fittings,no blanks in cu's etc.
As far as I can see on the tinternet you dont have to be registered with a scheme to do eicrs but some people say that it may invalidate any insurance for the flats if you are not registered.

This is in Scotland, any thoughts ?

I've carried out a few now on rental property's that has had no issues from customer insurance company's or letting agents. Not registered with a scheme just have my 18th up to date, SVQ level 3 in installations, up to date health and safety and my SJIB recognised 18th Edition inspection and testing. Got all through the apprentice scheme. Using the ''Competency Self-Assessment for Electricians Not Members of a Recognised Trade Body'' document from building control I can sign any work off no problem for building control (extensions new builds ect.), Do plenty Insurance work also no issues. Rentals information is pretty poor. The only reference I found was in ''Repairing Standard: Statutory Guidance For Landlords'' Annex D3. Point D.61 mentions a lot about these schemes but D.62 gives an alternate check list that if you can conform to it removes the need for a scheme membership. The only questionable one (I have emailed about and got no direct answer at all) on the list is the first box that states ''I am a member of a professional body''. Since this is a check list for folks not in a scheme, I can only assume that professional body refers to the likes of the SJIB. Who provides the training, qualifications, ECS gold cards for being a spark. So I'm assuming this is what they mean by this, don't think you can prove more than capable of doing the work than these folks providing the qualifications in the first place. I asked twice before about that one box but get the generic copy and paste paragraph form the previous D.61.

Here's a link for reference. Repairing Standard: statutory guidance for private landlords - https://www.gov.scot/publications/repairing-standard-statutory-guidance-private-landlords/pages/16/

Interested in hearing others thoughts on this.

 

[neilyboy]

thanks for that reply I'll have a delve deeper...

 

[neilyboy]

the 18th edition online courses ? any use ?

 

[7029 dave]

Hi, so you have C&G 236 A/B same as me that was a good standard back in the day.
IMO you need to be fully up with the latest regs 18th ED swot up and take the exam, can you carry out all testing that needs to be done, there is a lot more testing these days than back in the 70s/80s.
Will your company have suitable insurance cover for you to undertake this work.
Looks like you have been given some good advice from post^.

 

[neilyboy]

I've been in the local technical library "swotting" up the testing schedule and how to do it.I dont think the wind up megger I inherited will suffice .....as you say the testing schedule is more detailed.
The test we used to do for earth continuity on light switches involved a lamp and lampholder with a bit of flex ,one core on the live and one core on the metal box.....lamp lights - continuity...