JIB cards

[BIRD'S ELECTRICAL]

Hi all.
I am a NAPIT electrician with a lot of city and guilds certificates.
However, I am disgusted that my qualifications and experience mean diddly squat in attaining a gold card. All I'm told is I don't have the more recent NVQ level 3 qualifications, nor an AM3.
I can see why AM3 would be beneficial, but does my experience and references have no value. I have done far more than any AM3 course can offer ; installation in various formats, inspect and test, fault fibfld and rectify. And to be honest, working in a whole range of domestic, commercial and industrial environments, it highlights the unrealistic scenarios that are set up during an am3.
Does anyone know of any way to get a JIB card other than having to pay lots of money to get some qualifications I already have, despite being some years ago.

 

[David h]

Thanks for your replies. It is a money spinner. And I'm sure there are plenty of experienced sparkies out there whom don't have a jib card.
Just so disappointed the industry throws expensive hurdles in front of enthusiastic newer recruits.
So much for trying to solve the skills shortage.
The nvq thing really chuffs me off too.

I’ve just had to pay to get mine 1900 quid down the drain a wouldnt mind if ya learned something new but it really is a load of ----

 

[oscar21]

£1900? for a JIB card, I thought they were free or £30 or something like that, you must be nuts. Why put yourself in a position that needs a JIB card, just do a job that doesn't require one instead, who want to work on building sites anyway, way too much red tape and ---- regulations. Whenever I get asked to do a job and then they start asking for this and that I just say to them "look, I don't want your life story, do you want the job doing or not cock?".

To be fair I don't understand how it all works anyway or what benefit, if any it gives you, tradesmen can easily earn £1000+ a week just doing private work without any H&S or other bull, does anyone need to do anything else. Are we also saying that time served sparks that did years of training at college early on in their career/apprenticeship get called a labourer if they apply for one without going through modern and expensive exams? Again its all insane, the goalposts will move again shortly when they want another £1900 off everyone, when will people realise that no-one has ever complied their way to freedom.