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[Evans Electric]

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Tells us that  the Electrotechnical  Assessment  Specification  comes into effect on 1 Sept 2020 .

It sets out the minimum requirements for an enterprise to recognised by a registration body  (  ie; NIC / ELECSA/NAPIT)  

So yet another committee  has sat and deliberated about  something that has been in place since the start of Part Pee  .  

It ends with a nice example of that particular  Technospeak   that I find difficult to understand, it states  :-     

"  We fully support the new measures and will ensure that new applicants will be required to meet the new requirements , as well as working on a programme  to support and enhance  the assessment of current registrants against a framework of  technical excellence and competence. "  

I'm beginning to wonder whether there are more committees than actual electricians in our trade these days .  See my next post . 

 

[Sharpend]

How come you’ve been in the trade for soooo many years and have not yet been committed to a committee? 
 

why does the word committee have so many double letters? 

 

[boltonsparky]

Is there any indication of the hoops that are going to be required to be jumped through?

 

[ProDave]

My now usual reply.  Retirement is getting closer and looking SO tempting.

 

[Evans Electric]

Is there any indication of the hoops that are going to be required to be jumped through?

Couldn't be bothered to look  Bolty  ,  they're coming at us thick & fast now .  

How come you’ve been in the trade for soooo many years and have not yet been committed to a committee?

Probably the last person they'd want is an actual electrician  Sharpy .

I've trotted this one out many times on here so another won't hurt ......   when I was  supervising /.estimating  I was driving the assessor to a site visit ,  making conversation I asked where he was  next day .....  a cable manufacturer's conference .... I said half joking , get them to drop the solid strand 2.5  , its rubbish .    

Answer was ....  "You don't think they'd be interested in your opinion do you "     That put me back in my box TBH.         The rest of the visit went in almost stony  silence TBH. 

We had another assessor when I worked in Yam-Yam Land  ...walking round the job he spots  some 4x4 trunking in meter cupboard , horizontal , low level with some 2x2 flanged onto it ,  a  38mm hole was drilled in the 4x4   by our guy and I could see  a grommet  strip  cut to size by it .   

He enters this as a non compliance  ,  I said theres the strip , look you can see it .   "Yes I can but its NOT in the hole is it ??? "    

 

[Sharpend]

I’d of said ‘Probably no more than yours but you’re going’ 

 

[Evans Electric]

Wish I'd thought of it TBH .