Starting up as self employed??

[Morrison_Elect]

Hi i was looking for information on what i need to carry out and sign off my own work. I know roughly the requirements any help would be useful, i am a fully qualifed electrician, with svq level 3 and up to date with city and guilds 17th edition. i was recently made redundant and have alot of work in the pipeline. i hope to be carrying out PIR's and other work including rewires and alterations to circuits and realise i need to be covered to carry out this work and sign it off. I do not yet have my 2391 but will be sitting that in september. All help welcome..........

 

[Electricalserv]

Hi i was looking for information on what i need to carry out and sign off my own work. I know roughly the requirements any help would be useful, i am a fully qualifed electrician, with svq level 3 and up to date with city and guilds 17th edition. i was recently made redundant and have alot of work in the pipeline. i hope to be carrying out PIR's and other work including rewires and alterations to circuits and realise i need to be covered to carry out this work and sign it off. I do not yet have my 2391 but will be sitting that in september. All help welcome..........

Not a fully qualified electrician without 2391 IMO

 

[Morrison_Elect]

Not a fully qualified electrician without 2391 IMO

less than helpful! sorry i stand corrected qualifed electrician!

 

[Des 56]

Dont forget to get the tax affairs ready,a CIS card comes in handy
To sign off your work under part p,you need a 17th ed regulations pass and not much else

The entry criteria is set so low,the very important bit is a bank account with a few bob in it
The schemes are not there to reject many, if any,its the money that has to be up to standard not the spark

 

[Guest123]

with svq level 3 QUOTE]



Are you north of the border then.......if so no part p to worry about!!!

 

[rocker]

If you ever want any money, don't bother.
If you're ever lilkely to want a mortgage, certainly don't bother.
If you ever want peace of mind, don't bother.

If you want to develop horrible eye twitches from stress, go self employed.


Oh BTW Hi everyone, I'm back but I'm not an optimist any more.

 

[DurhamSparky]

self employed !!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

lol

 

[zedess]

normally id say u must be mad.....in the present climate...u must be mad...

 

[Johnny-G]

Self employment is brilliant!
YOU get all the benefits from your hard work and long hours.
YOU decide which direction to take on major decisions.
YOU decide how to treat customers, good ones and annoying ones.
YOU decide where your profits go.
YOU decide what cool tools you use.
YOU decide how many holidays you get and when they are.
Etc...

 

[simpson93]

im guessing you are wanting to just do house bashing as it says domestic so 2392 would be good enough.?

 

[Morrison_Elect]

yeah i am from scotland, well to be fair the currant climate up here its brutal gettin a start anywhere its all a few months here a few months there filled with month or 2 gaps its no good. i have good contacts for work which i am hoping to expand on in the near future once i get set up, my plans are to get registered with select or niceic after i have my 2391. i know i need insurance and i have the luxury of my mum being a tax officer so i am sorted with that. what is the 2392 certificate? is that level 2? and level 3 is the 2391? thats my understanding of it. I have done alot of testing so i dont see the point in paying more money for level 2 and then 3??

 

[simpson93]

yess mate 2392 is level2 2391 lvl3 however 2392 has a higher pass rate then 2391 (not saying you wont pass but i dont know anything about you and statistically most people fail) and if you fail you will have to pay again for the same thing when all you need to certify your work as a domestic installer is 2392

 

[DurhamSparky]

when all you need to certify your work as a domestic installer is 2392

you dont even need this!!!! it just helps prove competence on single phase!

 

[brucelee]

if you doing any the 2391 is the one mate as durham says you dont need any as of yet but the 2391-10 helps prove your competence and the 2392 well its half way there mate go the whole hog and go for 2391 learn gn3 backwards and its possible to pass if you are determined

 

[JD6400]

If you want it mate go for it !
On the cards or self employed , if there aint no work it's all the same !
When i went on my own i also went spreading sludge cake ( human s""t ) for a mate with a ag contracting firm . Kept me in work between job's and built up a bloody good amount of ag clients which are still my core base !
Just got to be with it 24-7 . You not there , they go elsewhere !
And when they have gone they don't tend to come back.
good luck

 

[electric-jim]

I know you want to be self employed BUT...
Have you considered becoming a franchise. Companies like Homeserve say they need representatives, all trades network do a similar thing. With these they help you find the work. The one down fall is the money isn't all yours at the end of the day.
good luck

 

[BlueToBits]

If you think you can do it then go for it. There are a lot of sparks getting laid off and having a go themselves at the moment and there are loads of peolple who are looking to try their hand in construction and opting for the 'easier' electrical trade. There's no reason you should not be in there with them, but it's a pretty saturated market at the moment and competition for work is pretty high. If you can overcome this then Johnny G has the all the reasons to go for it.