Approved Contractor or Part P

[ktguk]

Whats the plus side of going AC over part P apart from

Council work and being 300 quid worse off, I

 

[Electroglow]

Part p is domestic only

Approved meaning you are full scope and can carry out commercial and intustrial

Part p is a 5 day corse u can do to be able to be part p approved but not you can not be approved witht this qualification...

Part p can only notify kitchens and bathrooms not cu changes ect ... As far as I am aware

 

[jameseye12]

Not true Electroglow, thats the difference between defined scope and full scope.

 

[Electroglow]

Like I said as far as I am aware.... I don't know because I'm full scope only a gues

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Defined scope = part p qualified

 

[NozSpark]

I've gone from DI to AC, first off you have to have all the regs books - fire alarm parts 1 & 6, em lighting and any others that are appropriate to the work that you do,,,, so there's extra cost there, there's also the application fee a half day office assessment and a full day assessment.

As for the extra work I have several landlords who will only use ACs and I do work for two shops (national chains) in our local precinct, I probably have other customers who feel the same way but you just don't know

 

[Electroglow]

I agree we have done many testing and installs for people who only use approved contractors...

So I would say it is worth it

Yes it may get you more work

 

[ProDave]

Let me play devils advocate.

Part P is a building regulation (in England and Wales)

So if you are doing domestic you really need part P.

But everything else, you only have to be competent. Unless something has changed very recently, you don't have to sign up to a scam provider for any reason other than you want to, or you need part p.

So surely just sign up for part p for the domestic stuff, and your qualifications allow you to do everything else with or without scam club membership?

Am I missing something? or is the situation down there even worse than I understood?

 

[Cirrus]

I am a DI and have to say I don't lose work from not having AC status. I do a lot of commercial & industrial work but sign it of under my company and not the NIC. I did have a run in with a large chain of hotels we work for because they said that as a DI we weren't 'qualified' to work on three phase or in their hotels. I had to go right to the very top but eventually convinced them that we could carry out any works they required and in the 16 months we have worked for them there has been no bother. Maybe we might come up against problems in the future but so far clients are just happy that someone who is registered with NIC is doing their work.

 

[Ash]

I'm not even NIC and I get plenty of commercial work. I find just having "a scam" is enough for people to want to use you.

Part P is the only necessary one to actually do certain work.

 

[steptoe]

Let me play devils advocate.Part P is a building regulation (in England and Wales)

So if you are doing domestic you really need part P.

But everything else, you only have to be competent. Unless something has changed very recently, you don't have to sign up to a scam provider for any reason other than you want to, or you need part p.

So surely just sign up for part p for the domestic stuff, and your qualifications allow you to do everything else with or without scam club membership?

Am I missing something? or is the situation down there even worse than I understood?

Dave, I would say you are about correct,

the only point of scam clubs is that the insurers 'may' require certain criteria, especially for the commercial/ind sectors.