certification

[maffematics]

Morning all

I have been approached by a local buliding company and asked to price installating temporary supplies to site cabins for them and was wondering if i need to certify my the work and if so what certification i would need to use.

many thanks

Matt

 

[springcrocus]

I would suggest that you treat it the same as any other installation. You will test your work before energising and handing over, so do an EIC.

 

[Manator]

All electrical work should be certified, its your only proof that what you did was left in a safe manner. I do know some members look at it as a bit of red tape, but in a society ready to take court action for any "accident" I like to think a certificate can help prove your work was to the required standard.

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

Morning allI have been approached by a local building company and asked to price installating temporary supplies to site cabins for them and was wondering if i need to certify my the work and if so what certification i would need to use.

many thanks

Matt

Erm???

forgive my thickness but doesn't ALL work require testing & certifying, (other than some minor repair like for like replacements).

IF you are connecting new cables that have never been energised before then they have got to be tested IMHO.

I think its Reg 631.1 that actual states this, (pg 163),

and the whole of chapter 63 gives guidance as to the appropriate certificate for a particular situation.

IF in any doubt a full EIC would cover most new or temp install situations.

If this is a construction site don't forget the special locations 'Section 704'

starts pg 181 "Construction And Demolition Site Installations".

Specifically relates to temporary installations.

Guinness

 

[Sidewinder]

Please also remember:

BS 7375:2010 - Distribution of electricity on construction and demolition sites

 

[Sidewinder]

One thing perhaps I should have said in my post above is that this is a Code Of practice, this will carry more weight in a court of law then will a "normal" BS, e.g. BS7671:2008.

There is a specific legal heierarcy with regard to such things, with an ACoP being higher up the ladder again, Approved Code of Practice, which are more often than not published by HSE.