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Same down here in the south west mate, gone very quiet last couple of weeks. Luckily I have just got 3 months work doing nights, didnt really want to do nights but nothing else available! My PTS card just ran out, do you know if you can retake the course if your not working on the railway...

I will be starting with domestic as I imagine its the easiest work to get at the start, and then hopefully get more into commercial once I am up and running and have my NICEIC/Napit/Elecsa/etc in place. I have read on here before about NICEIC Approved Contractor status possibly opening doors...

SDS scutch tool, dust mask, knee pads, all great advice and assed to my list, thanks. To Bryan, I suppose thats part and parcel with dealing with the public, some are open to new ideas/suggestions and some are most definately not headbang

Yes i am in Torquay :-). I have SDS and all tools as I am self employed now and do agency work. Thanks for all the replies.

Hi, I am JIB Approved and have been an electrician for 11 years. In that time I have done minimal domestic work, mainly concentrating on the commercial side - railway stations, offices, banks, etc. I really want to start up on my own next year and was wondering how hard the transition to...

Thanks for all your replies, very informative

Thanks. I will be looking at joining a scheme myself, but wondered how other people get away without signing up and not notifying building control? For example one guy I know does a lot of domestic work, when he has finished, one cert to customer and thats it! What would the consequences be...

Hi, I have been thinking about starting up on my own for a while now. I am fully qualified and have done all kinds of electrical work over the years. My question is - is it a legal requirement to join NIC/Elecsa/napit/etc?? I know quite a few sparkies that run there own business and are not...

Got a reply from JIB today, basically looks like I will have to do nvq3 to get an approved sparks card. More money to spend :(

To 'Spinlondon' - did you get a card with the qualifications you mentioned? To 'Big Clive' - I agree completely with your sentiments about facilities maintenance companies! I did train with the senior electrician in a factory for two years when I started out, which involved...

Thanks for your replies, and thanks for your welcomes too! This forum seems a lot friendlier and more helpful than the screwfix one! I don't do any subcontract work, I work for a firm and work at railway stations doing electrical maintenance. I didn't do an apprenticeship, and will definately...

Thanks for your help, I think I will do my NVQ 3 and get JIB approved, I have seen quite a lot of jobs ads that say 'must be JIB approved'

I currently work for a facilities maintenance company doing electrical reactive maintenance work, but our company has just lost the contract and I have been transferred to a new company, only problem being I now spend most of my day unblocking toilets/urinalsX(! I'm glad to have a job in the...

Hi, just found this forum and this is my first post. I've been a spark for 8 years, got 2360 part 1 + 2, 17th edition and 2391 inspect and test. Have been trying to decide whether it's worth doing NVQ3 so i can get JIB approved. What are the advantages of being JIB approved? Have been quoted...