ELECSA Certification Scheme Elecsa not accepted ????

[IQ Electrical]

Ok, you want a laugh, look at this for the best part of a grand!!!!

 

[Guest123]

Luke Plumbley not a member is he???

 

[nickblake]

Guys i have had the same problem Elecsa are brilliant when this happens i did a periodic on a rental property ,all ok no probles with it did her the certs all printed and it was refused and the letting agents sent out their electricians and guss what it was fine no problems and charged the customer £50 more than i charged so it cost her twice for the inspection spoke to elecsa about it and they delt with it

 

[nickblake]

Yes elecsa do a bolt on fee cost me another 320 , but that covers me for three years

 

[IQ Electrical]

Yes elecsa do a bolt on fee cost me another 320 , but that covers me for three years

Yes but what does it cover you for?

 

[nickblake]

Approved for periodic inspections of dwelings , already got my Part P with them

 

[IQ Electrical]

But what are the actual benefits that you received for your PIR fee?

 

[Graeme Harrold]

The fee alows you to use ELECSA headed forms. Yes they are taking money from you, but as said above, ELECSA cover you for 3 years, so their fee is quite low. Playing devils advocate, but is this not quality control, and if sold to your customers correctly should be able to boost your credibility..........Flack jacket on

 

[IQ Electrical]

It is, you can take off the flack jacket!
Sounds like a much better setup than the NICEIC

 

[Guest123]

IMO if you intend doing PIR's and works other than domestic etc, then you're better off either going ECA, NIC AC or even full scope Napit.

One fee for everything, job done.

 

[nickblake]

But what are the actual benefits that you received for your PIR fee?

In reality what are the benifits with any of them just you can use their logo , ive been with elecsa since i started on my own 3 years ago assesment in December , im not worried about it , as i know the guys are there to help you out yes maybe i may not answer the some of the questions correctly , they are there to help you out , and the real benifit is if i need technical advice its there the technical guys are 2nd to none

 

[IQ Electrical]

IMO if you intend doing PIR's and works other than domestic etc, then you're better off either going ECA, NIC AC or even full scope Napit.

One fee for everything, job done.

I think you're probably right.

 

[Andyfm]

Full scope NAPIT is OK for PIRs as long as you`ve got indemnity insurance

 

[Johno]

I am with elecsa, and do not pay the extra for PIR guidance (or whatever it is that the fee is for), I use the elecsa headed PIR forms though and have been told this is ok by elecsa assessor.

 

[swparksey]

I assume that you could use say the Approved Domestic Installer or Approved Contractor logo on you PIR form if say you are with NICEIC, after all you are one of these what could they possibly do about it? Maybe they will intoriduce another one, somthing like Approved Periodic Inspector?

It really gets up my nose,

And just found this on the NICEIC website

Please see our Virtual PIR Course details as domestic installers who successfully complete this course will gain automatic extension to do domestic PIR work.

Hummm more about sales now than safety