Exactly, and that is what worries me, I think it's mainly the younger sparks that fall for it, they either feel pressured to meet the ridiculous deadlines set by their bosses, or they feel important because they are doing the testing, and don't want to be taken off the job. I've mentioned it before, but I remember packing in a job with one firm after the MD told me I needed to sign off around 5 new builds a day," do a proper test on one, then just alter the figures slightly and write out the sheets for the rest" was his response when I said it couldn't be done. I jacked that job straight away.
Not all forms of cert have 'number of points served' on them iirc, even when they did I used to add a note in the comments box, something like 'upstairs ring 8 twins and 2 singles, downstairs ring 15 twins and 4 singles, just in case someone decided to change a single for a twin, on one job I was so concerned about the client messing with the install, that I even noted that all accessories were white plastic!
To be honest, at one point I considered getting some of that tamperproof paint stuff and putting a drop on one of the cover screws on each accessory.
Yes, but that's the problem, people don't understand the consequences of getting it wrong, yes DIY Dave, will happily alter electrics, but if it all goes wrong and someone could be looking at a jail sentence then you can bet he'll do all he can to stick the blame on someone else.
