I phoned the nic the other day, asked them what i needed to get my part p sorted. The guy told me if iv got the 17th i can apply, later on in 2012 you will need nvq 3 to apply so i dont understand why you think you need 2391 to register, because ive spoke to them the other day and its not what they said.....iv just done my 2330 level 3 got a bit of experience so im not pretending to now it all because ive got a long way to go.!!! to be any good that is..but when you need to now about the nic , you need to just phone them !!!! seems to me that anyone can get part p because anyone can get the 17th. Im looking to do the 2391 this year, i dont really now why i need it, what it really is.! Whats the difference between part p and 2391? I now its a testing qual obvious, but what will it allow my to do ?
Right Firstly can I stop you right there,,its not me thats saying that you must have the 2391,,,as it stands at the moment as many on here will agree you dont,,,,and thats the problem,, I have just 3 weeks ago done the 2391 course and exam,, I have to wait 4 -6 weks to get my results,, si I dont know if I have the Qualification or not as yet , I may have to go back for a re-sit or a re test on the practical bit,, I dont know,, what I am saying is, on the course in discussions it is felt by those in the know,,,that in the future in order to become registered on one of the existing schemes, one of the requirements in respect of testing and inspection as a competent person and being registered is that you will have have to of done the 2391 course and the exam and possess the qualification,,,so that you can sign off work,, thats how they reckon it will go,, its not at the moment, but they reckon thats how it will be in the future, at a guess I would say they will bring it in as and when and if they go to the 18th edition or something like that,,,I dont know...
Part P and 2391 whats the difference,,,,well as I understand it and I am PART P Qualified/Competent,,,,,Part P means that you can sign off your OWN work,,, and your own work only,,,,likewise with the 2392 qualification,, own work only,,,,,whereas with the 2391 you can sign off not only your own work but other peoples work aswell, and carry out Inspection and Testing and Certification of Electrical Installations......On my Part P course we were told that you had to be registered on one of the schemes to be able to sign off your work,, like wise with the 2391/2392,,,,but as we are reminded on here more and more many are saying that that is not the case and you do not have to be registered,,,,so if that is the case why are all having to do all these courses and exams to get a qualification that we apparently do NOT need to sign off work,,,,,I for one now would like some official clarification on this,,, because these courses and exam fee's are not cheap and niether are the registration fee's as well as time consuming....I think what they are and will be playing on is the competent person bit,,,,at the moment all you need to be is a competent person,,,,it would appear that what the powers that be are saying is,,,Who says you are a competent person? I have no doubt that they are doing it for their own financial gain,,,
I do feel now its time that we had some real proper and official enlightenment on all this,,,or is it just one big rip off????? I dont know..and I can only say what we were told on my course and by our particular Trainer.