NICEIC Certification Scheme NICEIC Rant

[Geordie Spark]

Despite your clearly a Geordie, i cant read what your typing without straight away going into Glasgow mode.

Aye, well .......... there's not much difference ..... Weegies are like Geordies but with the brain kicked oot !!!

(the Weegies tell it the other way round though!!)

 

[wade88]

Aye, well .......... there's not much difference ..... Weegies are like Geordies but with the brain kicked oot !!!

(the Weegies tell it the other way round though!!)

Both however are responsible for 95% of Britains fake tan consumption....

 

[41steve]

I remember on my first assessment 11yrs ago. One job was a smoke detector off a local lighting cct. he said it should be on ist own cct. i showed him the onsite guide which proved him wrong.

i even gave a good reason, the circuits tend to be turned off in the student houses i was working in.

he got his own back as he recommended i do the 2400 and 2391 courses even though the the day went well and the testing was ok.

i already had my B&C Cert and HNC.

its best to agree with them, they just want the brownie points when they forward thier reports!!

 

[malcolmsanford]

What was that assessment for Steve back in 2001/2

 

[wildgoose]

My colleague is with the NICEIC and like you, an experienced Spark. He has had similar concerns with his assessments and is now considering moving to another scheme provider - an easy process because the new provider will assist with it!!

I don't have any problems myself with ECA/Elecsa. Have to say they are very helpful, polite and reasonable. Probably this is why the combined membership of ECA/Elecsa is growing at a healthy rate year on year??

Also heard favourable feedback about Napit too!!

 

[Dave 85]

The thing I always hear is that NIC is there for the clients benefit, ECA is for the contaractors. I know quite a few self employed electricians and they're all Elecsa registered (as am I). I think full ECA registration is now every bit as recognised as full NIC when it comes to big commercial jobs (so I've heard).

 

[41steve]

To be a member of the NIC.

 

[High Tower]

I had Bob Sanders, senior district engineer, he is the boss man, he's above the rest of them. He couldn't have been kinder or more down to earth, even made conversation to try and put me at ease and calm my nerves. He diddnt make a fuss when my nerves made me overlook glaringly obvious mistakes with my testing that I carried out while he was there, such as not disconnecting the main earth while testing Ze.

I couldn't have been happier with the assessment, my only grip is that head office is useless and SLOW!!

 

[41steve]

The thing I always hear is that NIC is there for the clients benefit, ECA is for the contaractors. I know quite a few self employed electricians and they're all Elecsa registered (as am I). I think full ECA registration is now every bit as recognised as full NIC when it comes to big commercial jobs (so I've heard).

Well said Dave

 

[lurch]

I'm with Elecsa, and can only highly recommend. The Inspector is fine, courteous and we have a chat about righting the worldsd wrongs before commencing the assessment. If theres an issue he points it out and "suggest" a remedy in order not to put a corrective action in place, if there is a choice. The support team on the end of a phone are quick and extremely helpful.

Its now the 21st century and there is absolutely no need to have little Hitlers roaming around under the guise of the NIC. There no harm in good manners.

Have a look around mate, gone are the days when the NIC had the monopoly, but there are still some inspectors that seem to think the NIC is the be all and end all.

 

[andyyoyo]

Maybe move down to kent, my inspector is jolly plesant fella, I'm sure some of you know who I mean

 

[needasparks]

Maybe move down to kent, my inspector is jolly plesant fella, I'm sure some of you know who I mean

Does he wear a red suit as he sounds like santa.

 

[andyyoyo]

No, but he does eat an awful lot of cakes & bikkies during his visit

 

[41steve]

Nice one

 

[JamesBrownLive]

the **** of a waiter then re-emerges with a plate of burning food (obviously brandy coated or something) and plonks down on the table and says in a very arrogant and nasel french accent .."hot enough for you sir?"

I'd be reminding monsieur waiter of 2 pertinent statistics...

1. Fewer than five out of ten French people take a bath or shower every day.
2. The French buy less than half as much soap as the Germans and the British.

And then finish off by telling him where he can stick his 'Crepe Suzette', flaming or otherwise :ciappa: