signing off own work

[Reid]

Hey there, when can you sign off your own work and what is required to do so.

Basically we all do the odd on the side jobs, maybe as big as a shed or just moving a socket, but when can you actually sign that work off and do you need like niceic or equivilent? this i do not understand.

cheers guys in advance.

 

[Spudnik]

If you want to notify your own work, then you will need to join one of the schemes.

 

[nikmet]

you must first register with a part p scheme, or let labc do it for you (chargeable)

 

[lowfields71]

Work is Part P notifiable when carried out in an area of increased shock risk i.e. bathroom, kitchen, outside area etc. If your only wiring a socket in a living room for example you should certify said work but dont need to enter a notification. Wiring a shed as in your example would though be Part P notifiable, because it would be hard to hide the LABC fee of around £90 in a quote for such a small job it would pay you to become a member of a regulatory body.
NAPIT would probably be more suitable for you given the circumstances explained, its a bit cheaper and the registration process is 'in my opinion' less stringent but just as valid as that of the NICEIC, in most instances the NAPIT inspector ask's to see you testing an installation and gives you a good grilling on the regs to make sure you know what you are doing and talking about, it saves you having to complete works 'illegaly' in order to have something to test and inspect for the NIC EIC.

Hope this helps .

 

[Deleted member 9648]

Work is Part P notifiable when carried out in an area of increased shock risk i.e. bathroom, kitchen, outside area etc. If your only wiring a socket in a living room for example you should certify said work but dont need to enter a notification. Wiring a shed as in your example would though be Part P notifiable, because it would be hard to hide the LABC fee of around £90 in a quote for such a small job it would pay you to become a member of a regulatory body.
NAPIT would probably be more suitable for you given the circumstances explained, its a bit cheaper and the registration process is 'in my opinion' less stringent but just as valid as that of the NICEIC, in most instances the NAPIT inspector ask's to see you testing an installation and gives you a good grilling on the regs to make sure you know what you are doing and talking about, it saves you having to complete works 'illegaly' in order to have something to test and inspect for the NIC EIC.

Hope this helps .

Thats going to give the punters confidence in Napit contractors then.

 

[nikmet]

I'm confused :-S

 

[Octopus]

I have worked for a small maintenance company for just over 1 year.

And your point is?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

What exactly do you mean by 'signing off your own work'?
Whenever you do work, you should issue a Certificate (EIC/MWC) to the person ordering the work, indicating that your work complies with BS7671.
Where Building Regulations are concerned, you would need to be registered with a Part P Self Certification Scheme in order for you to issue a Building Regulations Compliance Certificate.
If you are not registered, then the householder would have to notify the Local Authority Building Control, prior to the work commencing, and Building Control would typically have to inspect the work before they issued a Compliance Certificate.
Not all work requires Building Regulations compliance.