Is NIC really the best to go for?

[parki sam]

im with elecsa and find them brilliant,they also told me its illegal for companies to specify who's certs they get, it breaches some competition law or somthing

 

[CUDABOY]

hi all, got my nic assesment a week tuesday.....will give you my input then..............

 

[WarrenG]

im with elecsa and find them brilliant,they also told me its illegal for companies to specify who's certs they get, it breaches some competition law or somthing

Agreed all certificates should be accept from ALL schemes.

 

[Spudnik]

Agreed all certificates should be accept from ALL schemes.

I think companies are well within their rights to request a certain scheme however, if it wasnt requested then i think they have to accept which ever schemes certs you belong to.

Not 100% sure about that tho.

 

[Archie]

I will be looking at joining a domestic installer scheme early next year.

Also when you speak to laymen they have only ever heard of NIC.

So although the likes of NAPIT and ELECSA could offer you good value for money are they really worth joining?? if you will only get knocked back and loose jobs??

I joined NAPIT 2 years ago but am a bit disappointed by them. They made out they were going to shake up the electrical trade and look after the professional electrician. I haven't seen any of it.
The worst bit is, when asked if I'm NICEIC and I say 'No I'm with NAPIT', 99% of people and other sparks say 'Who??'

 

[TPES]

I dont hear much about Napit, I think i know 1 other spark on there books and he's talking about leaving..

I think im going to try elecsa when it comes to it.

 

[CUDABOY]

thats why i went nic, was in wholesaler today, i gott fill in the 2 certs for these 2 jobs im being assesed on, .....they had sector<senate own brand> electrical installation certificates and part p certificates,,,,eh? help gather 1 major, 1 minor, got software to print nic ones but thought id be impartial on my initial ones, guys in shop behind counter not sure what what!

 

[WarrenG]

It all depends of what you want out of the scheme memberships, NICEIC have been around for 50 years but doesn't make them the best because of it. Oh and by the way, they let you know it as well through their fee's!

After all its the members that make up the scheme. You should chose a scheme thats going to be right for your business (as top priority) and in the process make a commercial decision on what level are you prepared to pay for going to work, because if you want to self certify under Part P then one of the schemes is going to get your hard earn cash either way.

If you are going to work in a domestic enviroment, most customers probably won't know about any of the schemes let alone Part P of the building regulations.

As far as the customer is concerned all the schemes are government approved and therefore shouldn't make any difference which heading there is on the certificates they recieve. And just because it has XYZ on the top of the paperwork doesn't change the qualifications you have acheived as a qualified spark.

All schemes will have their good and bad sparks.

 

[professional]

Very true - NAPIT`s bad point is that it has me in it!