Cirrus

I want to do wither Part P or 2391 this summer so that I have everything I need to work for myself. I will be doing mainly domestic work so wondered if I should just stick with getting Part P or do the 2391 instead. Any thoughts guys?

Shakey

Cirrus

what quals do you have at the moment?

I presume by Part P you mean the EAL Domestic Electrcial installer course? there is no such thing as a part P qualification!!!!!

are you already a qualified sparks? If so then just do module 1 of the EAL course, this is Applicable building Regs for Electrical installations

or alternatively C&G 2393.

Either way, lets be honest, you are gonna need 2391 to get anywhere, so i would look to doing that regardless of what else you do

you planning a weeks intensive course, or PT in a college?

Cirrus

I qualify in a couple of months. I thought part p was the 'competent' persons scheme. As for the 2391 I would do the week long course as my local college has an extremely poor pass rate and also, after 3 years of 2 eves a week I really don't want to do any more lol

Shakey

Yes the competent persons schemes are in compliance with the self certification requirements of Part P.

thats why i am confused when you say you want to 'do' part P?

If you mean join a competent persons scheme, then getting the 2391 will certainly help you, largely because without it you will not be able to do PIR's under the scheme

Cirrus

Yeah, I think it needs to be 2391 and then either NIC/Napit really

danzor

If your NIC registered, do you need anything to do with part P? I've heard there's loads of modules but its all confusing

wayne

this aint my area but 239 1st

Cirrus

AFAIK, if you got 2391 and NIC then it's fine

Shakey

depends if you are registering as an approved contractor or a domestic installer - the two things are entirely seperate, and some firms register as both. An approved contractor would still need to pre-notify work to the LABC and pay the fee

to register as a domestic installer, you must show you have knowledge of the various approved documents to the building regs. The EAL domestic installers course has 17 modules, of which the first is Applicable Building Regs for domestic installations, so you dont neccessarily have to do the full qual.

alex

its is but beware of nic.

im going with napit.