Spark safe

[DivingDave]

Hi this is one of my first posts so bare with me,

I see a lot of jobs in Northern Ireland are now looking for you to be registered with spark safe. It seems to me to be exactly like JIB only they don't actually send you out a plastic card and charge you £170 to register compared to £50 for JIB.

Just throwing this out there what are other people's thoughts on it? Have yous registered for it ? Etc ....

 

[Pete999]

I might be reading this wrong Dave,"exactly like the JIB only they don't actually send you out a plastic card and charge you £170 to register compared to "50 for JIB" not sure what you are getting at.

 

[DivingDave]

Well the ETT electrical training trust are always going on about how low the wages are in Northern Ireland compared to the rest of the UK.

They then endorse this new register for Northern Ireland (even though many of us are already JIB registered) and then have the neck to charge us an extortionate fee to join compared to the JIB.

I find it strange everyone here just accepts this as the way it is, and more and more people here are looking for the spark safe cards and are not interested in JIB cards.

So I suppose I didn't really have a question on the topic, I ws more just curious as to what other people though about it

 

[Taylortwocities]

I'm sure @Risteard will shortly be along with the local low-down.

 

[Risteard]

SparkSafe Licence to Practice is nothing like the JIB card. Your JIB card is taken as proof of eligibility for a Qualified Electrician licence but that's where the connection ends. You can find out about the difference between a JIB card and SparkSafe here: What is the difference between the JIB and Electrical Licence to Practice? - SparkSafe LtP - https://sparksafeltp.co.uk/news-item/jib-ltp-difference/

SparkSafe is required for many public sector contracts where the electrical contractor will be registered with SparkSafe, as must all of their employees and subcontractors. Three licence types are available: Apprentice, Restricted Electrical Worker and Qualified Electrician. Then the client can list how many of each licence type the workforce is to be made up of - this prevents the contractor from filling it with mates or labourers.

I hold both a current JIB card and a SparkSafe Qualified Electrician licence.

 

[Leesparkykent]

SparkSafe Licence to Practice is nothing like the JIB card. Your JIB card is taken as proof of eligibility for a Qualified Electrician licence but that's where the connection ends. You can find out about the difference between a JIB card and SparkSafe here: What is the difference between the JIB and Electrical Licence to Practice? - SparkSafe LtP - https://sparksafeltp.co.uk/news-item/jib-ltp-difference/

SparkSafe is required for many public sector contracts where the electrical contractor will be registered with SparkSafe, as must all of their employees and subcontractors. Three licence types are available: Apprentice, Restricted Electrical Worker and Qualified Electrician. Then the client can list how many of each licence type the workforce is to be made up of - this prevents the contractor from filling it with mates or labourers.

I hold both a current JIB card and a SparkSafe Qualified Electrician licence.

Sounds like a good set up IMO.

 

[DivingDave]

SparkSafe Licence to Practice is nothing like the JIB card. Your JIB card is taken as proof of eligibility for a Qualified Electrician licence but that's where the connection ends. You can find out about the difference between a JIB card and SparkSafe here: What is the difference between the JIB and Electrical Licence to Practice? - SparkSafe LtP - https://sparksafeltp.co.uk/news-item/jib-ltp-difference/

SparkSafe is required for many public sector contracts where the electrical contractor will be registered with SparkSafe, as must all of their employees and subcontractors. Three licence types are available: Apprentice, Restricted Electrical Worker and Qualified Electrician. Then the client can list how many of each licence type the workforce is to be made up of - this prevents the contractor from filling it with mates or labourers.

I hold both a current JIB card and a SparkSafe Qualified Electrician licence.

Thanks for the reply I'll actually look into it a bit more think I might have jumped the gun on it a bit. You might have even convinced me to sign up for it

 

[john1doherty]

Why is there only 2 types ? According to Sparksafe if you don't have what we referred to in the past as "your advanced testing and inspection" 2391 you are a restricted worker ? Same as a labourer or sparks mate ? Niceic allow qualified electricians to sign certs without 2391 but the housing executive backed by sparksafe wont accept certs signed for by restricted workers ? And sparksafe want certs from people that were issued up to 30 years ago. Asking for original certs ? Won't work with employers on it. Won't accept 30 years experience but want a copy of the 236part one even if someone has the 236part 2 and am1 and 2. Dup lead scam.

 

[Risteard]

According to Sparksafe if you don't have what we referred to in the past as "your advanced testing and inspection" 2391 you are a restricted worker ?

Where did you get that idea from?

 

[Taylortwocities]

It took him 6 months to think of it