Stroma Certification Scheme Time to join Stroma?

[Engineer54]

Who cares?

NICEIC (and a lot of their members) have been proven to be a joke by the countless tales told on this here forum.
Even if Stroma turn out to be as equally as bad, you're getting your notifiable work for half the price.
Anything that helps to cripple the NICEIC should only be encouraged!

The trouble is, it has a pretty firm stranglehold on the industry, brainwashing those in other industries and professions, that know no very little different, that the NICEIC is holy word in any and all forms of electrical recognition/registration. Almost to the point where they are actually believing it themselves!! lol!!

 

[Guest77]

the way I look at is that with Elecsa I can notify for about £480

with Stroma I can notify for £288

Elecsa do nothing for me (or you)

simples

I totally agree Clive, honestly 100%, that said a lot of local authorities insist on NICEIC, if you want to move into the public sector and grow your business then you either join them or watch other companies with the logo on their vans do the work, if like yourself you have other work and are happy doing non public sector works and getting onto arcitech's lists etc then I agree go with the cheapest, you do get what you pay for though, 288 notes isn't much at all for what your supposed to get from them, hense the word Scam.

 

[ImpededLoop]

True, but if you ever want to move from Stroma to NICEIC approved, I'm sure they will welcome you with open arms (so long as you've signed the cheque!).

 

[a1colly]

Joined storma 5 weeks ago, the best inspection I've ever had. Actually wanted to see my design calcs and circuit diagram before the site inspection and some real in-depth questioning on my knowledge not like the other three that I've been with.

 

[Guest77]

True, but if you ever want to move from Stroma to NICEIC approved, I'm sure they will welcome you with open arms (so long as you've signed the cheque!).

Of course, no one would argue that, but you need to be in the NICEIC for Glos city council who maintain domestic properties, that would be to someones advantage should they wish to work with public sector moneys.

 

[Octopus]

Joined storma 5 weeks ago, the best inspection I've ever had. Actually wanted to see my design calcs and circuit diagram before the site inspection and some real in-depth questioning on my knowledge not like the other three that I've been with.

Interesting input.

Elecsa "inspections" are relatively easy and you are not the first person to say the Stroma "inspection" is more detailed!!

 

[ImpededLoop]

If it's just NICEIC domestic scope that they ask for, I'd imagine that that could be questioned as they would need to be able to prove that the other Part P schemes do not provide the same level of service.

Edit...(sorry responding to MDJ's post - should have quoted it).

 

[Octopus]

If it's just NICEIC domestic scope that they ask for, I'd imagine that that could be questioned as they would need to be able to prove that the other Part P schemes do not provide the same level of service.

Edit...(sorry responding to MDJ's post - should have quoted it).

And what service would that be??

 

[ImpededLoop]

Well, we all know very little. But a local authority has to be able to justify choosing one service provider over another. Therefore for Part P scope schemes, I can't see that they can specify any one over the others.

 

[Octopus]

Well, we all know very little. But a local authority has to be able to justify choosing one service provider over another. Therefore for Part P scope schemes, I can't see that they can specify any one over the others.

Working for local councils is not something I want to contemplate so the badge is irrelevant.

 

[Guest77]

If it's just NICEIC domestic scope that they ask for, I'd imagine that that could be questioned as they would need to be able to prove that the other Part P schemes do not provide the same level of service.

Edit...(sorry responding to MDJ's post - should have quoted it).

Again I agree with you, but I am telling you how it is in the world of public spending and in the world of most of industry, the NICEIC are reconised as the standard lmao, why I have no idea but it is how it is, I ran a firm for 13 years which worked on projects which was funded by the public purse over 3 different counties, all wanted the NICEIC and wouldn't consider anyone else, this in domestic and commercial/industrial, it is just how things are, and it is wrong, but it is happening.

 

[Guest77]

Working for local councils is not something I want to contemplate so the badge is irrelevant.

Totally agree mate, if I wasn't on the council lists I would have probably joined the cheapest Scam as well mate.

 

[Richard Burns]

Totally agree mate, if I wasn't on the council lists I would have probably joined the cheapest Scam as well mate.

Now that you are on the council lists, then is the time to be able to change.
I am on the list mate!
"Oh you want to know about my current registration!":juggle2:

 

[Guest77]

Now that you are on the council lists, then is the time to be able to change.
I am on the list mate!
"Oh you want to know about my current registration!":juggle2:

If I changed richard they would send an e-mail around all the schools etc telling them I would not be allowed to work on the premises, thats Glos council for you.

 

[Engineer54]

If I changed richard they would send an e-mail around all the schools etc telling them I would not be allowed to work on the premises, thats Glos council for you.

If that is really what would happen, then you could make a bloody fortune in court actions against the council. I doubt if the other Scam providers would be happy to let that situation continue either....