Sharpend, I know what you mean and I think all the scheme operators are the same, not just the NIC.
However if a company has 10+ operatives and an Electrician is sent to test his or an installation, his name goes on the certificate, and the QS reviews said certificate and providing all is good put's his name to it also.
Now if the results are fictitious then the Electrician is responsible, he has been paid by the company to do the job correctly, if later he is found out then the only course of action would be to sack him. The company entrusted him to do the job properly and paid him accordingly, I don't see the company can be to blame.
Take a very large national Electrical Contractor employing 100's, how can one man be responsible for all certification.
However if a company has 10+ operatives and an Electrician is sent to test his or an installation, his name goes on the certificate, and the QS reviews said certificate and providing all is good put's his name to it also.
Now if the results are fictitious then the Electrician is responsible, he has been paid by the company to do the job correctly, if later he is found out then the only course of action would be to sack him. The company entrusted him to do the job properly and paid him accordingly, I don't see the company can be to blame.
Take a very large national Electrical Contractor employing 100's, how can one man be responsible for all certification.