Unfortunately, as things presently stand, anyone can carry-out electrical work in Scotland. Up here, we have kitchen-fitters, bathroom-fitters and wetpants who are advertising themselves as 'electricians'. I kid you not.
Being in possession of a City & Guilds certificate does not facilitate signing-off a building warrant. There are only three ways that electrical work carried-out in Scotland in conjunction with a building warrant can be signed-off:
1. By using a Scottish Buildings Standards Approved Certifier. In this instance, when a building warrant is applied for and the applicant states that they are going to use an approved certifier of construction, the certifier simply downloads a certificate of construction from the Scottish Buildings Standards website, completes it and sends it back to SBS. LA Building Control check the validity of the certificate and sign-off on the work.
2. When the applicant is not using a Scottish Buildings Standards Approved Certifier, building standards will ask for a Minor Works Certificate or an EIC, or even an EICR that has been completed by a SELECT or an NICEIC member.
3. The third option is Reasonable Enquiry. This is the only option available when the person who carried-out the work is not a Scottish Buildings Standards Approved Certifier or a member of SELECT or NICEIC. A copy of the electrician's SJIB grade card must be submitted along with a Minor Works Certificate or an EIC and a copy of the calibration certificate for the test equipment used.
As for the actual work, while I would consider it to be a bit rough, I've seen worse ..... much worse. I have no idea what the intended purpose of the conduit in image 2 is. It's about as much use as window wipers on a submarine.
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