NICEIC Certification Scheme Niceic question

[Guest55]

Sadly to pass 236 you needed no on site experience and sane goes for 2391 if your good at physics you could pass it, at no point on the 236 did you touch tools unless it was part of nvq's as an apprenticeship. I know people who have 236 and couldn't wire a house

yes , but to get your fully qualified / training completed status you needed the AM2 skills assessment , and for that you needed on site experience - reading a book on electrical wouldnt cut it.

as a side comment , i wish the AM2 was re-instated as the final practical exam en route to becoming a spark , the nvq L3 is a load of money making bollox to be honest lol.

 

[Bobster]

Biff even the am2 has been watered down to the point of almost being worthless.

 

[Dcf]

Did the am2 not get changed to some FICA nonsense that was all plastic cos the fail rate was high?i had an a young lad 10 years ago when I was employed who was quite bright time nearl out. He got sent with me to do a steel conduit job and I asked if he had done much of it. I've threaded a bit was the reply, spent two days with me showing him the basics. Job done.
i asked him what they did a t college and the project was to design a shopping centre installation.i think it was ploy to sex it up abit to make electrical work appear more complex than it really is.useless stuff that will never be used in their lifetime I bet.
The net result of this is a whole generation of half trained sparks with little clue of how to go about a job with out being breast fed by an older hand
i know its not everyday that a lot of sparks do conduit tray motors etc but you still need to know how to do it when the situation arises.

 

[Bobster]

The modern AM2 doesn't contain putting any containment up at all, it's already fixed to the board for them.

They don't have to deal with pyro any more.

I know there are a few more changes to make the 'exam' easier just can't remember now.