Life after Napit/NICEIC?

[HappyHippyDad]

I'm a good few years from retirement (aged 52), but I am slowly winding down my hours.

One of the things I dislike is the yearly assessment. It always goes absolutely fine, and I know it always will, however It's a stressful couple of hours, plus a stressful few hours/days leading up to it. Not that stressful, but enough to think about avoiding it.

My question is, how did any of you guys find it after leaving your registering body?

Pity Tel isn't here......

 

[buzzlightyear]

My question is, how did any of you guys find it after leaving your registering body?

Cock a hoop. bloody leeches.,you make
The robbers are behind you.

 

[Jock from the north]

I'm a good few years from retirement (aged 52), but I am slowly winding down my hours.

One of the things I dislike is the yearly assessment. It always goes absolutely fine, and I know it always will, however It's a stressful couple of hours, plus a stressful few hours/days leading up to it. Not that stressful, but enough to think about avoiding it.

My question is, how did any of you guys find it after leaving your registering body?

Pity Tel isn't here......

I know a sparky in aberdeen who hasn't been part of a registered body ever and he constantly does extensions etc with no issues ,I don't think there as strict up here .your right i find it's not just the days leading up to it but the months.i suppose it's how well your organised and with so many changes since the 18th and the issues around ac rcds ,spds ,afdds etc it's getting harder and harder just to do a simple job .bring back the 17th lol.what grates me is you go and look at a job in what you think is a fairly new build and it's a hager board with ac rcds

 

[westward10]

You aren't losing a limb life and work will go on.

 

[7029 dave]

I know a sparky in aberdeen who hasn't been part of a registered body ever and he constantly does extensions etc with no issues ,I don't think there as strict up here .your right i find it's not just the days leading up to it but the months.i suppose it's how well your organised and with so many changes since the 18th and the issues around ac rcds ,spds ,afdds etc it's getting harder and harder just to do a simple job .bring back the 17th lol.what grates me is you go and look at a job in what you think is a fairly new build and it's a hager board with ac rcds. My mate has been doing everything for years, down south how can they police it, and anyway if you kill somebody even if your accredited will face the music lol

 

[7029 dave]

It is a bit of a joke, when they screwed down the domestic sector, you had kitchen fitters getting domestic installer quals that weren't even in the trade. At least they have stopped this fiasco. I am too old now so don't really care but what I can say is know how to terminate MICC cable and work with the stuff lol

 

[Jock from the north]

It's all I did as a first and second year apprentice, havn't made an end off in years ,gave my old boss a shot of my joistripper and crimper years ago and never seen it back.gutted.it was a true art watching my journeyman glanding pyros into boards .the apprentices got left with the links between lights and legs between sockets.i think it would be like riding a bike though you never forget .