Why pay for pir assesments

[Des 56]

Indemnity insurance ?
We are trained to do a job
We are asked,as a competent person to carry out a pir (an opinion on an installation)because thats all it is,an opinion

If you are happy to justify your own competence,why this obsesion with indemnity insurance ?

I dont carry out many pirs,because, the big boys charge extra small prices to reflect the pathetic bits of paper that they con the clients into believing is a pir

They are the people who need indemnity insurance
We need it to a far lesser extent
The scheme backed cost should only reflect any economic advantages it may bring

 

[malcolmsanford]

The majority of PIR's are requested by landlords, estate agents. mortgage providers on a survey advice and insurance companies, espicially in commercial/industrial. The majority of these bodies prefer the tester to be in some sort of competant persons scheme, and 9 times out of 10 will insist on NICEIC, as they have heard of them and not the others.

It is a rarity that a "Mrs Jones" will call and ask you to perform a PIR on her installation. 1) Because she as never heard of it, 2) unlike gas that she knows needs to be tested, why do you need to test the electricity. The majority of PIR's carried out in domestic situations is for a board change, or you may sell one if your working in a house and convince the client that they need one and to spend their money.

I'm not saying that you won't get PIR work, just that as a registered tester with a scheme you might find you can have more opotunities. If NAPIT have not changed their pack I believe that as long as you have the 2391-10 qualification they include the PIR package in their self certification scheme. Perhaps a NAPIT guy can confirm this.

 

[kung]

Hi Atco
Im with NIC but not for PIR's as i think if you only do one every now and then as i do then its not worth the extra cost etc but if you do or plan to do a lot then i would get that put on your membership as its worth it and as said it should help with extra work !