Prices per circuit

[UNG]

Ask your ''gaffer'' as you call him to lead by example, and to show you how you can thoroughly test to EICR requirements, say a FRC in 15 minutes Max!!! If he can't do it, then he can't expect anyone else too either!!

The gaffer is probably an accountant and has no idea what the minions do at the basement level except that they are not earning the company enough because they are too slow doing their job

 

[sparkymalarky]

A certain company I know of based in England with testers here In Northern Ireland ask for 37 circuits a day with added incentives for any circuits beyond the daily quota! Extrapolation and inspection!

 

[Billynm]

I should have said that after 37 circuits you are then on bonus : £2.50 per circuit. One "tester" tested 70 circuits in a hospital yesterday. He earned £100 for a days work plus 33 x £2.50 = £82.50 bonus... Times that by 5..... Thats why it's being done like that !!

 

[Engineer54]

I should have said that after 37 circuits you are then on bonus : £2.50 per circuit. One "tester" tested 70 circuits in a hospital yesterday. He earned £100 for a days work plus 33 x £2.50 = £82.50 bonus... Times that by 5..... Thats why it's being done like that !!

What was the Hospital Engineer (Engineering Manager) doing then?? As there is no way on this earth you can conduct all the tests required on the EICR test sheets on 70 circuits in a day... These EICR's your companies producing for clients aren't worth the paper they are written on.

 

[Billynm]

What was the Hospital Engineer (Engineering Manager) doing then?? As there is no way on this earth you can conduct all the tests required on the EICR test sheets on 70 circuits in a day... These EICR's your companies producing for clients aren't worth the paper they are written on.

AGREE WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE. It's criminal....."Watchdog" never replied either.

 

[UNG]

I should have said that after 37 circuits you are then on bonus : £2.50 per circuit. One "tester" tested 70 circuits in a hospital yesterday. He earned £100 for a days work plus 33 x £2.50 = £82.50 bonus... Times that by 5..... Thats why it's being done like that !!

If he did this in an 8 hour day he certainly didn't fully test and document the results of 8.75 circuits / hour (6.87 minutes / circuit) and I doubt he could get anywhere near 70 circuits in a 12 hour day doing it properly and not having a results sheet that is not a work of fiction

 

[Billynm]

No UNG, not an 8 hour day, 7.5 hours..... not only that he's only on site for 6 hours max !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kamikizzy]

Ask your ''gaffer'' as you call him to lead by example, and to show you how you can thoroughly test to EICR requirements, say a FRC in 15 minutes Max!!! If he can't do it, then he can't expect anyone else too either!!

Totally agree.

 

[Guest 004]

I can see the market growing exponentially for witness consultants.

 

[tigerpaul]

I usually price testing at £30 per circuit. And subject to £150 minimum.

I did work for an electrical firm that done the fixed wire testing for one of the big four supermarket chains. That was okay for a while and then they started wanting more and more done quicker and quicker.
I returned to few stores more than once and found the same defects again which had obviously not been repaired. And they were code 1s and 2s.

 

[UNG]

No UNG, not an 8 hour day, 7.5 hours..... not only that he's only on site for 6 hours max !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your just digging a bigger hole for this guy we are now at testing 11.666 circuits / hour for 6 hours you cannot produce any meaningful results for each circuit at this speed let alone check behind any accessories

 

[Guest 004]

I usually price testing at £30 per circuit. And subject to £150 minimum.

I did work for an electrical firm that done the fixed wire testing for one of the big four supermarket chains. That was okay for a while and then they started wanting more and more done quicker and quicker.
I returned to few stores more than once and found the same defects again which had obviously not been repaired. And they were code 1s and 2s.

How can you walk away from a circuit that has been coded 1? without rectifying or locking off?

 

[AIM]

Anyone got the punch line for:

How many LIMs does it take to complete a drive-by EICR?

Expecting anyone to test at that rate, or as Engineer54 notes, a responsible mamager to accept such nonsense shows the Industry has found new depths of complacency/ignorance.

It is tragic that anyone is pressurised to compromise safety.

Just remember the person signing the EICR may end up at a Coroners inquest if the worst happens...

 

[UNG]

Has anybody seen that new wireless MFT that's bee introduced to speed up testing and reduce the time taken to do an EICR

 

[Guest55]

How can you walk away from a circuit that has been coded 1? without rectifying or locking off?

because an electrician has no legal authority to de-energise supplies or force repairs following an inspection.