Register with Sparksafe to bid on Council work in Northern Ireland

[trev]

No, nothing to do with an American boy band.
It appears that there's a new scam surfaced in Northern Ireland, in order to bid on local authority contracts you have to be registered with Sparksafe.
I'm waiting for a guy to respond to some questions I've asked him re minimum qualification levels, costs, benefits to members etc etc. More info as and when I get it but I wonder how long it will be before it's imported to the mainland.

 

[Risteard]

Does jib exist in Ireland?

Yes. It exists in the north as the same JIB as in England, with the SJIB being in Scotland. It is not relevant in the south of Ireland though. However even in the north of Ireland there are very few JIB companies, although everyone does a JIB Apprenticeship.

If not, I suppose that sparksafe would be just like the jib?

No, it's not the same. It is intended to operate as a licence for Electricians which the JIB is not.

However it could be OK if (and that's a big if) you could have a sparksafe card and not be required to be niceic etc...

There is no SparkSafe card. It is an online system. This has nothing to do with the NICEIC. The client may require an NICEIC contractor - this has nothing to do with the workforce being individually licenced.