NICEIC Domestic Installers incompetent to do EICRs?

[Piratepete]

I'm a NICEIC Domestic Installer but on bunging my postcode into NICEIC's 'Find an Electrician' page after ticking the EICR box, my company didn't show up.
NICEIC tells me that this is quite right and if I want to do EICRs on NICEIC forms and come up in a search I need to become an Approved Contractor (with all the extra expense and time that that involves!). I am however qualified to do EICRs on unbranded forms. What nonsense is this?

This just seems to be another money making racket!

Are my fellow Domestic Installers aware of this and is it the same whichever trade body (Napit, Elecsa etc) you're a member of?

Cheers

Pete

 

[Octopus]

The schemes need to take seriously feedback on installs from customers and other members then ACT ON THE INFORMATION. i.e go and look themselves .

 

[Clink]

ELECSA are the same, if you want to appear on their contractor search listing when EICR/PIR is selected you have to pay another additional exorbitant fee to get an EICR tick each year. Otherwise you just don't appear in the listing.