qualifaction meanings and requirments

[Graham Coughlan]

Hey guys

A few questions about the 2391 and the eal inspection and testing course level3.

Been on the EAL course for a year now and soon to finish it. I assumed it held the same weight as the 2391 but ive now been told i still have to do that course after this one!

So does this course fron EAL hold no weight or can i use this course instead or the other one considering it covers the same.

Its getting a bit depressing now because its becoming really hard to find an electrical job and its so confusing with all these courses

Could someone please explain these to me

Cheers

 

[Barneyb57]

i dont believe 2391 makes you competent in a court...ive heard of a court case where the court didnt recognise 2391 as competent but recognised this guys fathers quals,,(degree.)

So what would you suggest makes you a competent person,,,and what would you have to prove that you are competent? because from what I can gather on here some people seem to think that any body can call themselves a competent person? where is the fall back on that should something go wrong,,and its your neck on the block, because you signed the work off?

 

[Adam W]

So what would you suggest makes you a competent person,,,and what would you have to prove that you are competent? because from what I can gather on here some people seem to think that any body can call themselves a competent person? where is the fall back on that should something go wrong,,and its your neck on the block, because you signed the work off?

I suppose that would be for you to argue in court.
I forget what I was searching for but I once found details of a court case where something had gone wrong and an electrician was in the dock. It was mentioned in the case that the guy didn't have an NVQ3, which the JIB deem necessary to be called an 'electrician' and therefore be able to make final connections unsupervised. Presumably he thought he was sufficiently competent otherwise he wouldn't have made the connections, but he had difficulty proving it in court.

Same with the regs - they're non-statutory which means there's no requirement to follow them at all. It's probably best you do though, in case something goes wrong and you can prove that you've followed the code of best practice.

 

[maye34]

To go back to the OP though, I'm prettty sure you need your 2391-10 to be able to test and inspect as a qualified person and not just a competent one.
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[Graham Coughlan]

The bottom line here is what is viewed as THE qual to have by employers. How many job ads have you seen that specify this EAL version that I've never even heard of until I read this thread. I'm sure it's a decent informative course but is it going to help you get anywhere?
I'm sorry to say mate I think you've been sold a pig in a poke

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