Electric meter installer

[bluesparky]

Now could some one please tell me how i get mocopa certification to work in the industry?i am a electrician and every advert i see i write off for the job and hear nothing,so i started to phone them up and they keep saying you have to have experience and mocopa ceritified this is doing my head in big time i want to work in the industry but i am being blocked unfairly and i am determined to crack this can any one help cheers.

 

[dufjax]

Now could some one please tell me how i get mocopa certification to work in the industry?i am a electrician and every advert i see i write off for the job and hear nothing,so i started to phone them up and they keep saying you have to have experience and mocopa ceritified this is doing my head in big time i want to work in the industry but i am being blocked unfairly and i amdertimed to crack this can any one help cheers.

Think this was discussed a couple of weeks ago...

Let me see if I can find the thread for you


Jim

There you go
http://www.electriciansforums.net/business-related/6573-mocopa-metering.html

 

[kung]

Most either want that or a P.T.O you can try southern electric/scottish and southern energy as they take people on with no quals or exp at all ! i was the only qualified spark they had in Reading branch come to think of it i was the only one with a single qual ! and heres the bullet in the gun ! they dont even give you a colour blindness test ! when i done 3 ph training there was a guy on it who thought red was brown ! and hes still working there !
If your a spark they will snap you up yesterday !
Best of luck buddy ! one thing i will say is your be flooded with work on the side if you can sign your work off !

 

[dufjax]

Most either want that or a P.T.O you can try southern electric/scottish and southern energy as they take people on with no quals or exp at all ! i was the only qualified spark they had in Reading branch come to think of it i was the only one with a single qual ! and heres the bullet in the gun ! they dont even give you a colour blindness test ! when i done 3 ph training there was a guy on it who thought red was brown ! and hes still working there !

Ohh a way forward for the 5 dayers then lolo


Jim

 

[bluesparky]

Most either want that or a P.T.O you can try southern electric/scottish and southern energy as they take people on with no quals or exp at all ! i was the only qualified spark they had in Reading branch come to think of it i was the only one with a single qual ! and heres the bullet in the gun ! they dont even give you a colour blindness test ! when i done 3 ph training there was a guy on it who thought red was brown ! and hes still working there !
If your a spark they will snap you up yesterday !
Best of luck buddy ! one thing i will say is your be flooded with work on the side if you can sign your work off !

what is pto?cheers

 

[ezzzekiel]

permit to work order its a permit given out by dno allowing you to pull service fuse, lasts for about 3 years and most meter firms expect you to already have one in place and experience.

which is a bummer cause you cant go direct to dno for pto you are sent by firm you work for

 

[bluesparky]

permit to work order its a permit given out by dno allowing you to pull service fuse, lasts for about 3 years and most meter firms expect you to already have one in place and experience.

which is a bummer cause you cant go direct to dno for pto you are sent by firm you work for

Right thanks for that but what is dno? cheers

 

[ezzzekiel]

is this a wind up? didnt you say you were an electrician?
Distribution Network Operator (DNO) all equipment upto the srvice head, supply cables etc belong to them including the service fuse, which is why you need a pto

 

[ian.settle1]

permit to work order its a permit given out by dno allowing you to pull service fuse, lasts for about 3 years and most meter firms expect you to already have one in place and experience.

which is a bummer cause you cant go direct to dno for pto you are sent by firm you work for

I didn't know what a pto was until you said I know it better as a PTW like most people I think you will find.

 

[super_stuey]

I thought it meant "Please Turn Over" so I was even more lost

 

[ezzzekiel]

strange that Nedl/Yedl have PTO written in big black letters across my authorisation i think YOULL find
and you thought Dno was ? which is what were talking about

 

[kung]

Permit to operate.

 

[ezzzekiel]

Permit to operate.

nail on head

 

[kung]

MOCOPA the meter operation code of practice agreement.

 

[pushrod]

there is a new company who carry out meter training to mocopa standards
called bsmart training solutions they cover everything from single phase through to ct, metering
anyone interested in joining the courses can contact steven finlay 07837413854.
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Nice one Steven