Is the 2391 being phased out ??

[Sav]

Hi everyone,
Hope you all are enjoying your Sunday.

As the post reads, is the 2391 being phased out and being replaced with another course??
I was hoping to start the 2391 early next year (new years resolution etc ) !!

Have a great day and take care,
Sav

 

[Richard Burns]

Yes from january it is a new number
see this recent thread
http://www.electriciansforums.net/i...pection-test-exams-now-online.html#post415516

 

[fredrico]

You can still do the current 2391 exams up until june 2012, i think i read that somewhere.

 

[Superspark23]

I too was looking at doing the 2391 from jan, but hat happens if i fail the exam i guess that would mean i'll be out of time to do a resit and then will have to take the new 2395

 

[lockhes]

Would it be worth waiting for new course or doing the 2391 I was looking it doing it next year think April time

 

[fredrico]

I would get in touch with your local college. You may still be able to do the 2391 in the old format.

 

[nick182]

anyone got any ideas on how much the new 2391 would cost?

 

[Guest123]

anyone got any ideas on how much the new 2391 would cost?

Not sure on costs but, you would have to do both the 2394 & the 2395 courses to gain the equivalent of the current 2391-10.

 

[Welchyboy]

No doubt its gonna be much more simplified, even more dumbing down of the trade!, so the plumbers and 5dw's can get their testing ticket too!

 

[alanl]

Have you read the documents linked up above?
It seems to me that 2394, the 'old' 2392 is going to be a lot harder, 2395 seems to be very similar to 2391-10, with an emphasis on PIR.
So, no, I dont think they will be dumbed down.*
I did 2392 last year, and thought it was far too easy, and I'll be glad to see it harder, which, hopefully, with its written exam, will make it harder, as well as an assignment for each of them.
What I have not seen is the practical side of the exams. These dont seem to be listed, but being as they were only released last week, maybe they need amending.

 

[Engineer54]

Not sure on costs but, you would have to do both the 2394 & the 2395 courses to gain the equivalent of the current 2391-10.

I take it, from what i've been reading here that this 2394 only covers ''Initial Testing'' so what the hell is initial testing about then, and why on earth would you, have a C&G cert for it??

If your going to have a separate C&G cert for testing, then it should cover the whole spectrum of testing. You presently have C&G 2391 that goes some way in covering the field of electrical testing. So why get would you dump it, in favour of what seems to me, a curriculum level lower than that of the present cert??

Silly question really isn't it, as the what used to be known as ''THE'' respected and acclaimed institute of education for tradesmen, is now just another body on the modern money making merry-go-round!!!

In fact, from what i can make of it, all this new C&G(s) is going to cover is PIRs and the like!!! Fine for Domestic and small commercial work, but it certainly comes no-where near the requirements for industrial and the larger commercial installations... That is the problem these days, all electrical training is being geared only towards the domestic sector, and not accross the board as it once was.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I take it, from what i've been reading here that this 2394 only covers ''Initial Testing'' so what the hell is initial testing about then, and why on earth would you, have a C&G cert for it??

If your going to have a separate C&G cert for testing, then it should cover the whole spectrum of testing. You presently have C&G 2391 that goes some way in covering the field of electrical testing. So why get would you dump it, in favour of what seems to me, a curriculum level lower than that of the present cert??

Silly question really isn't it, as the what used to be known as ''THE'' respected and acclaimed institute of education for tradesmen, is now just another body on the modern money making merry-go-round!!!

In fact, from what i can make of it, all this new C&G(s) is going to cover is PIRs and the like!!! Fine for Domestic and small commercial work, but it certainly comes no-where near the requirements for industrial and the larger commercial installations... That is the problem these days, all electrical training is being geared only towards the domestic sector, and not accross the board as it once was.

well you said it eng mate.....a merrygoround of cash....so now its 2 courses rather than just the one......so its like if you only do one of em....you only have half the cert kind of thing...lol......

 

[Guest123]

I take it, from what i've been reading here that this 2394 only covers ''Initial Testing'' so what the hell is initial testing about then, and why on earth would you, have a C&G cert for it??

If your going to have a separate C&G cert for testing, then it should cover the whole spectrum of testing. You presently have C&G 2391 that goes some way in covering the field of electrical testing. So why get would you dump it, in favour of what seems to me, a curriculum level lower than that of the present cert??

Silly question really isn't it, as the what used to be known as ''THE'' respected and acclaimed institute of education for tradesmen, is now just another body on the modern money making merry-go-round!!!

In fact, from what i can make of it, all this new C&G(s) is going to cover is PIRs and the like!!! Fine for Domestic and small commercial work, but it certainly comes no-where near the requirements for industrial and the larger commercial installations... That is the problem these days, all electrical training is being geared only towards the domestic sector, and not accross the board as it once was.

In a nutshell.

 

[Superspark23]

Thank you for your enquiry. The 2391 course expires on the 31/12/11 and we don’t have the new specifications for the replacement course (2395). We will be running this course in the New Year so I will be sure to put your details on the list and will contact you with start date of the course. The cost of the course is £785.

 

[Superspark23]

from my local college