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Old 04-08-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Default Number of sparks in U.K

Hi everyone, does anybody know how many electricians there are in England , Scotland, Wales and Ireland? The minimum level is City and Guilds installation A. Not required to have part P or N.I.C registered etc.
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Hi everyone, does anybody know how many electricians there are in England , Scotland, Wales and Ireland? The minimum level is City and Guilds installation A. Not required to have part P or N.I.C registered etc.
Waddya think?
well whatever number you come up with, you can minus one from it because by your defenition i am not an 'electrician'

so thats only 25 years i have been 'winging' it for then

wonder what i am really
 
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well ive asked everybody at work and there are a lot "one qualification short of a certificate"
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i dont know about nationwide but there must be at least 50 in my area alone.
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Hi everyone, does anybody know how many electricians there are in England , Scotland, Wales and Ireland?
Ummm... 26?
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sorry shakey didnt mean to exclude anyone, how have you been "winging it" then. thought there had to be some form of qualification to work as spark. most proffesions seem to police themselves in this way. perhaps you have bs 7517 or similar? what does everyone else have?

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Oh my God don't get our old pal Shakey started!!!!!



 
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i'll finish this one, taken from this book "pratical guide to inspection, testing and certification of electrical installations" very decent book anyway, thought i'd quote the book title before i get told off. here :

"currently, there is no requirement for any person carrying out electrical work in a domestic environment to be quailfied in any way. The condition is that they must be competent; in other words, they must be in possession of appropriate technical knowledge or experience to enable them to carry out the work safely

There are Part p Courses being provided by many training bodies, although it is not a requirement that you attend one of these courses or any other course which is being offered. However, it is impossible to become an electrician in 5 days"


That ones for u shakey, so you don't bite sum1's head off, and my I need to get my post count up, cus cirrus is doubling me, although I could wack a zero on the end of mine

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Cheating is not an option Luke and you don't want me to start deleting posts now do ya?
 
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excellent post luke ,what does the book say about commercial/industrial?

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