Electrical / Electrician Registration Schemes in Scotland...

[a1]

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Ok,

So, In Scotland we have:

Select (ECA of Scotland)

NICEIC full Scope

(Full Scope, is that NICEIC - Approved Contractor? I do believe that the NICEIC - Domistic Installer scheme is alive and well up there too? Yes?)

Is Napit Up there too?

What About BSI?

And Elecsa?

Many Thanks.

The reason that I ask is that I have been looking at the NICEIC (and other provider's) logos and even though, Electrician's in Scotland have "NICEIC Full Scope) on here, There is no actual NICEIC logo, with that on. (Only the standard "NICEIC Approved Contractor" and "NICEIC Domestic Installer" logos.

I have had a look at several scottish electricians websites and these are what is shown on theirs too.

 

[batty]

A quick search finds a few registered electrical firms in Scotland that have a kitemark so BSI do cover Scotland.

 

[Evans Electric]

Scotland has some differences from England , one of their better ideas is to have no Part P up there . So I presume there is no place for ELECSA, NAPITT or NICEIC Domestic Scheme thingy.

Deke

 

[Apache]

Scotland has some differences from England , one of their better ideas is to have no Part P up there .

The men wear skirts. They eat sheep's stomachs. Not all the differences are good

 

[Andy™]

The men wear skirts. They eat sheep's stomachs. Not all the differences are good

still better than being from Yorkshire!

 

[Andy™]

Scotland has some differences from England , one of their better ideas is to have no Part P up there . So I presume there is no place for ELECSA, NAPITT or NICEIC Domestic Scheme thingy. Deke

Maybe i should move over the border....

 

[baldelectrician]

SELECT had a hand in the setting up of the scheme in Scotland (and now manage the certification website on behalf of the NICIEC up here)

The website with the actual info is HERE

There is NO part P here (horray), but some folks seem to think it will happen

Part P brought electrics in to the building regs (domestic work) for England & Wales in 2005.

Scotland has had electics covered by the building regs for a couple of decades now

You also don't have to join a scheme, but will have to prove compotence - if requested

 

[ProDave]

Yes life is easier up here with no Part P nonsense, and therefore no need to join a "scheme provider" unless you really want to. I haven't bothered with that unnecessary expense or complication, and not being a member of a scheme has never hampered what I can or cannot do.

Even the CofC scheme up here (which only applies to new builds) is optional, and if, like me you don't do enough new builds to justify the cost, then for a very small additional fee on the building warrant, the building control inspector will check the wiring installation for compliance with the building regs.

I followed the links that BaldElectrician provided, and searched for Approved Certifiers. I find there are only 2195 registered approved certifiers in the whole of Scotland. That strikes me as a tiny number so one can only assume that most, like me simply don't bother.

 

[jdmjrmdam]

The men wear skirts. They eat sheep's stomachs. Not all the differences are good

We've also got bigger hills than you!

 

[Doc Hudson]

We've also got bigger hills than you!

And you keep a monster in your lochs as well, obviously health & safety is more liberalised up in the land of Whiskey.

Doc H.

 

[ianmacd]

And you keep a monster in your lochs as well, obviously health & safety is more liberalised up in the land of Whiskey.Doc H.

Tut Tut Doc.

There is no e in whisky from Scotland unlike form Ireland or japan or some other places.