Pastypies

I’ve noticed my local Building Control website will be introducing an online form for competent persons so as to enable them to submit electrical work.

I am currently registered with the NIC under their Domestic Installer Scheme; I’ve done the 2381 and 2391 Test & Inspection and will soon be taking the 2382 to upgrade to the 17th.

It has crossed my mind recently that if I can submit a job online to building control then why go through a middle man who is going to charge you best part of £400 a year for the privilege.

I have been in the DI scheme for about three years now and I would have to say in my experience that’s a lot of money for a quarterly news letter that gets chucked into the bin after about five minutes. Other than that I don’t think I have had any benefit form this scheme, it certainly hasn’t got me any more work be a member of it.

Reading these posts here would suggest that you do not have to be a member of a scheme to be able to submit jobs so long as you can convince Building Control you are ‘competent’.

My understanding has been you had to be a paid up member of the cartel in order to attain the title of ‘Competent’ and without this you could not submit jobs, join a scheme or you don’t work was the impression I got.