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JIB Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) JIB Card? nvq lv3 £1500?? this would technically make me a better electrician???

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Mikey_G

HI all im a 27 year old sparks, have had own company for four years and have had a downturn in work, so having to look for jobs and call agencies i discover i need a JIB Card to get a job, so i send off all my certs including 2391, 17th and my last 3 elecsa approved contractor certs, applying for an approved electrician card. Weeks later, what do i recieve?? a white card with electrical labourer on the front and qualifications zero on the back???? after numerous phone calls to JIB i discover i need to do an NVQ which is basically a few photos signed off by an employer?? but im self employed?? and colleges want £1500 quid for two site visits and for me to fill out a portfolio and apparently can take 12 months to complete??? all this for a peice of plastic??? i cant afford to be out of work for that length of time and what the hell does a few photos prove anyway?? doesnt even prove i did the work?? surely being inspected and assessed by a elecsa inspector every year shows that my work is up to standard?? i wrote a long letter to JIB explaining my situation and that i have extended experience in all fields of electrical work and can provide references from governing bodies and customers. They said theyll forward on my letter with my certs to be re-graded.
6 weeks later i recieve a duplicate of the same labourers card and with no covering letter explaining why they have graded me as a labourer and why my 17th and 2391 arent displayed on it.
I am struggling to get work without this card and looks like im gonna have to do this nvq but does anyone know of anywhere doing the nvq fast track? I live in crawley west sussex. need it done asap, cant afford to go on like this!! any help is extremely appreciated.
 
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going for interview next week to enrole for the 2356 thing is i have 3 folders of jobs i have been foreman of invoices drawings as installed drawings risk assesments and no problem getting my contracts manager to sign whatever to say i done the work problem is i have no photos so im screwed
 
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