green-hornet
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All electricians who are currently registered with a Part P scheme provider should in my opinion be entitled to a discount or refund.
Why?
Well, we have taken the steps to ensure that what we do is above board, and we have embraced the initial concept that the government intended, in making all electrical work in domestic properties accountable and safe whilst being fully compliant with all building regulations.
However as we all know there has, or has never been ,any drive by any scheme provider to advertise these requirements, a fact borne out, by the fact that the general public are totally unaware of this requirement.
The act of allowing limited scope as allowed untrained persons, to carry out complex electrical installations, and be fully backed by an organisation that is pertaining to be for the better in regards to electrical safety.
The domestic installer scheme has been vastly abused far from its intended purpose, by allowing persons with limited knowledge, but of average intelligence to attain recognition under the various scheme providers as domestic installers, who have no practical or formal training.
The results of this inability to ensure only trained electricians are granted the Part P recognition is shown by the increase in registrations across the board.
Some untrained electricians have made some very basic mistakes in domestic installations that would not have been made if they had received proper training.
These include fitting 32 amp mcb over current protection to radial circuits wired in 2.5mm and being less than 2 mtrs in length. This mistake is due the the fact that most believe that 2.5mm cables require 32Amp protection and 1.5mm cables require 6 amp protection.
Another result of untrained personnel being admitted to the competent persons schemes is the fact that no initial calculations are done on cable sizes or protection devises. They show an inability to instantly or instinctively recognise a fault on a basic level.
This would result in them costing the client more money if charged by the hour, than a trained electrician who would know where to start any fault finding procedure.
Part P for all those who where required to join to continue their business is a major let down.
It has increased competition and reduced rates far lower than what should be acceptable.
For an example I will use the case of a BT engineer call out.
Phone not working
BT engineer cost to turn up
Why?
Well, we have taken the steps to ensure that what we do is above board, and we have embraced the initial concept that the government intended, in making all electrical work in domestic properties accountable and safe whilst being fully compliant with all building regulations.
However as we all know there has, or has never been ,any drive by any scheme provider to advertise these requirements, a fact borne out, by the fact that the general public are totally unaware of this requirement.
The act of allowing limited scope as allowed untrained persons, to carry out complex electrical installations, and be fully backed by an organisation that is pertaining to be for the better in regards to electrical safety.
The domestic installer scheme has been vastly abused far from its intended purpose, by allowing persons with limited knowledge, but of average intelligence to attain recognition under the various scheme providers as domestic installers, who have no practical or formal training.
The results of this inability to ensure only trained electricians are granted the Part P recognition is shown by the increase in registrations across the board.
Some untrained electricians have made some very basic mistakes in domestic installations that would not have been made if they had received proper training.
These include fitting 32 amp mcb over current protection to radial circuits wired in 2.5mm and being less than 2 mtrs in length. This mistake is due the the fact that most believe that 2.5mm cables require 32Amp protection and 1.5mm cables require 6 amp protection.
Another result of untrained personnel being admitted to the competent persons schemes is the fact that no initial calculations are done on cable sizes or protection devises. They show an inability to instantly or instinctively recognise a fault on a basic level.
This would result in them costing the client more money if charged by the hour, than a trained electrician who would know where to start any fault finding procedure.
Part P for all those who where required to join to continue their business is a major let down.
It has increased competition and reduced rates far lower than what should be acceptable.
For an example I will use the case of a BT engineer call out.
Phone not working
BT engineer cost to turn up