Part P Certification Question

[Stevenjdark]

I was a time served electrical appretice and qualified way back in the early 70's.  Ive recently re qualified for the 17th edition regs and have also gain a certificate for fundamental Testing and Verification.  My question is can I now sign off on Part P work I aim to carry out.

Many thanks Steve

 

[Andy™]

providing you register with a scheme provider, pass their assessment & pay the fee, then yes.

 

[Stevenjdark]

Hi Andy, Thanks for your prompt response.  Currently Im not registered with a scheme provider and dont know that as a retiree i want to go down that road.

Is scheme membership now compulsory for working as an electrician on domestic installations additions etc??

steve

 

[Doc Hudson]

I was a time served electrical appretice and qualified way back in the early 70's.  Ive recently re qualified for the 17th edition regs and have also gain a certificate for fundamental Testing and Verification.  My question is can I now sign off on Part P work I aim to carry out.

Many thanks Steve

Welcome to the forum Steve, if you are intending to do a lot of notifiable work, then as Andy suggest you will be better to register with one of the contractor schemes, ELECSA, NAPIT, NICEIC, BSI. You will need to have calibrated test instruments, public liability insurance, current regs books etc, So if you do not have these the initial outlay can be a bit expensive, including the annual membership costs. However if you are only doing occasional work then you can contact your LABC before the work starts to arrange for them to certify the Part-P aspects for you, council charges vary form region to region. Have a look at Approved Document P for the guidance of what and how o notify work. It can be obtained by free downloaded. http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/buildingregulations/approveddocuments/partp/approved

Doc H.

 

[Andy™]

Is scheme membership now compulsory for working as an electrician on domestic installations additions etc??

steve

not compulsary. however, if your not registered then you cant do any work that requires notification unless you inform LABC and pay their fee's (which are not cheap)

You will need to have calibrated test instruments, public liability insurance, current regs books etc, So if you do not have these the initial outlay can be a bit expensive, including the annual membership costs.

you will need all this anyway if your doing electrical work

 

[OnOff]

One of my LABC wants £250 per notifiable job. Another I think circa £200. You must notify BEFORE you start the work. As said the cost varies.

NAPIT still offer (though not advertised) their "Just 8" scheme whereby you pay like £200 PA but can only do 8 notifiables. Nor can you say pay a few quid extra if you want to do nine! AND you must have C&G2391 or equivalent to join...........not like some schemes where you can join as long as you get it within 12 months. You still of course have to have up to date book (regs etc), insurance and calibrated kit. The "Just 8" is more for the likes of lazy bastads college lecturers who just want to keep their hand in doing the odd PJ. They of course have no issues getting calibrated test kit and books!

 

[Doc Hudson]

you will need all this anyway if your doing electrical work

Agreed, all businesses trading as electrical contractors should have the meters, regs and insurance. I was trying to point out, obviously not very well, That for part-P self certification the schemes will need to see evidence of these items. So there may be a qualified competent electrician who has been working as part of a larger firm, using the firms meters, books & insurance, now wanting to go it alone, but they may forget they need there own calibrated test equipment, not just and old secondhand tester with unproven accuracy etc.

Doc H. 

 

[Steve3948]

There's always the New Part P third party option  :coat

 

[sparkytim]

Not until next year now I hear

 

[Evans Electric]

Welcome to the Forum StevenJ.

Do you mean by " retiree"  you are semi retired?       If you are doing commercial/ industrial  work none of this nonsense applies.  

Otherwise that NAPIT 8 jobs thing might be the way to go .