Who owns a grade card?

[Guest77]

Just wondering after seeing a few threads of late regarding them, I am aware it is a gold card today, out of interest who has a grade card of somekind? post up what you have, lets see how many on the forum is actually a card holder, just out of interest, it doesn't mean much, I know several brilliant sparks who never even did an apprenticeship, they are retired now though.


I will start, I am a JIB gold card holder with Site Technician stamped on mine, next please.

 

[shanky887614]

Its easy to let it lapse when your busy and haven't got the time to do that test every 2 years , I didn't really realise how respected it is , i never needed it when doing my own work until I went on a site and had an induction and the guy asked for the ESCS card and I pulled it out (the card that is HA Ha) and it was passed round the room and shown to the Guvners...

how old was it?

 

[Guest77]

Right tin hat on, many moons ago the JIB card was an union card nothing more nothing less.

Na that was the ECA card, the JIB card was renown to be the standard years ago, not today though, a 17 day combined pat testing/ 17th edition course and CSCS and your a spark today lol

 

[Daveaddiss]

Approved gold card.

 

[Wiresandthings]

Mate of mine worked for a firm, they put all the guys through the H&S test, gave them references and forms, they sent their papers off, the ones that got sent trainee cards were shown the door!!

 

[R G]

how old was it?

How old was what , the card ??

 

[Sintra]

Have the ecs platinum electrical site managers card. Got that when my gold tech card expired.

 

[shanky887614]

How old was what , the card ??

the age of the card they passed around

 

[Guest77]

the age of the card they passed around

Older than you lol

 

[7029 dave]

Na that was the ECA card, the JIB card was renown to be the standard years ago, not today though, a 17 day combined pat testing/ 17th edition course and CSCS and your a spark today lol

Freighting ain't it Mike. lol

 

[R G]

I ran a site in the 80s for a DNO doing riser renewals and we had agency guys from ESCA , I had never heard of them before , I asked the guys bout them and they said it was a union based agency , haven't come across them since . do they still exist , the guys were real good at containment ..

 

[silverfox1]

JIB Approved Gold Card

 

[telectrix]

The nvq3 is on job training/experience which i believe is the part they want to see you can prove. Although i understand the HNC is a far higher level of education (i sat a entry exam for the course once and it was tough) does it actually require you to prove / show any experience?

at the time had 20 years practical experience, but 80% self-employed.

 

[R G]

the age of the card they passed around

It gets renewed every 2 years so not old . picked it up originally in the mid 90s.

 

[wozz]

at the time had 20 years practical experience, but 80% self-employed.

My point was does a HNC actually prove any experience or real life experience or is it a measure of academic level?

A NVQ3 which they are after is to show you have actually been there and done it.

 

[silverfox1]

Not heard of ESCA for years , I believe ESCA was jointly owned by Amicus and the ECA and was sold a recruitment agency.