JIB Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) JIB grading

[shagbite]

biff mate, did you get the results from your exam? it must be 8 weeks by now.

.......and how's the project going?

 

[Guest55]

biff mate, did you get the results from your exam? it must be 8 weeks by now.

.......and how's the project going?

passed exam , project finished but awaiting marking , thanks for asking pal
still think the course was a bit pants ;-)

 

[shagbite]

that's great biff; glad to hear it. you can't really fail now - if there's any discrepancies with your project, you should get the opportunity to correct them before it gets sent off to city and guilds. well done mate.

i hear what you're saying about the course. my time in the classroom was spent going over old 2391-20 papers. it just seems like you're being taught how to pass an exam, rather than learning the subject matter.

 

[Guest55]

that , is exactly right !
50% of course was regs and testing proceedure , a total yawnfest lol.

 

[pennywise]

for the tech' grade you'll also need part c / 2400 / 2391-20 / 2396.

Very true my mistake . Need to get my 2400 cert soon, though as I'm self employed its not going to affect my paygrade

 

[Guest55]

Need to get my 2400 cert soon

you'll need a time machine , it ended 4 years ago lol.

 

[pennywise]

you'll need a time machine , it ended 4 years ago lol.

I know I was dofting my hat to the old standard C cert , I quoted the 2391 to the Jib today and he had to check whether it was a proper qual lol

 

[Guest55]

bet he came back and said yes ;-)

 

[pennywise]

bet he came back and said yes ;-)

He did indeed , can't stand dealing with the JIB the helpline they are so off hand!! you feel like an inconvenience.

 

[rmc86uk]

Labourer.

 

[rmc86uk]

You should be an approved electrician with this quals

Not without the NVQ Level 3 and not without being graded as Electrician for at least two years.

 

[baldsparkies]

Any one have the platinum card ???
Not an easy one to get but once got you just have to hold on to it.
Up stages the card flasher types out there. Dont use it for much else though.
Trouble is once you go down that road your into shower room comparison land lol.

 

[oldtimer]

Any one have the platinum card ???
Not an easy one to get but once got you just have to hold on to it.
Up stages the card flasher types out there. Dont use it for much else though.
Trouble is once you go down that road your into shower room comparison land lol.

Ha ha I flash mine because people round here get cards stuck in their face and expect to see some sort of ID plus when I do a EICR I have to attach a coy of it front and back as well as my MFT calibration cert unlike of a job I heard about where a guy was using his mates Scheme registration and there was no question asked as there was a Scheme number at the top of the cert only thing is he was not qualified ,insured,and the tester had no calibration funny old world indeed lol.

Also you need to flash it as I find the sparks who do the bathrooms seam to be putting the word out that they are 100% qualified then the customer asked to see his SJIB card and he promised he would bring it in but next day said he could not find it mmmmmmmmmmm customer was not pleased still he got a cert with a number at the top

 

[baldsparkies]

Thing is OT. You work hard to get to the top of your profession.
Then look back at your working life, and the experience you've gained over the years.
Only to see a trade filled with quick fix schemes and desperate blokes willing to part with there redundancy cash to become so called qualified electricians to earn a quick buck.
Granted it happens more within the domestic side where its easier for these guys to get away with it on basic electrical knowledge.
But you have to feel for the general public, who can often be fooled into thinking they have a proffessional in there home.
The JIB scheme seems to be the only one thats not prepared to tolerate un-qualified trades people. And I say good for them.
Of course within the commercial world of customers. The people requiring competant skilled electricians often ask to see these cards. And thats where the blokes who take advantage of the domestic work fall flat on there face. They simply dont have the knowledge to tackle commercial electrics, its way out of there league.
But as said its the domestic stuff thats a complete joke from what I see these days.
And unlike JIB. The scheme providers are far more generous at handing out the bits of paper for quick cash.
For that reason I will always back the gold card guys, because they have proved there worth in the field.
Those that moan about how hard it may be to get there preffered card of choice need to sit back and say I will get it when I can actually prove I deserve it.

 

[KAS1]

I couldn't of put it better myself, that's summed up exactly the way I feel about grading/scams