Contractor jailed.................

[ipf]

If his works were safe and conformed to BS7671 i feel its a great shame that he felt the need to pretend to belong to scheme(scam). Just proves the lengths we have to go to in order to carry out the work we took 4 years learning. I hope it shows the stupidity of the scheme's and the unnecessary lengths we have to go to in order to earn some money.

Something tells me that might be a big IF...…..!

….not to say I don't agree IF you're correct.

 

[ipf]

Something tells me that might be a big IF...…..!

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[Squid]

Maybe he was was grassed up by other spruces as he was quoting a "reasonable" price for the job?

 

[MDJ]

This was a case of Fraud, conning the public and taking their money, 11 weeks is a good sentence, I hope he serves at least 8 of them.

 

[telectrix]

from to OP's link:

Trading Standards are reminding landlords and residents to adopt good practices when contracting for works to be carried out on homes: always carry out checks to ensure the tradesperson operates a legitimate business;
translates to " ensure the tradesman has completed a 5 week course and has paid his subs to niceic"

 

[MDJ]

An electrician operating anywhere in Scotland doesn't need to be a member of a scheme. Indeed, up here anyone can call themselves an electrician and carry-out electrical installation work.

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Very True, you also get more money per head than any other UK person and get free hospital parking, we closed down our last ship yard to keep yours going and we allow Jimmy Cranky to dictate the odds, lets face it, you sweats have it all lol

 

[FatAlan]

Article doesn’t really give an idea of the guy’s actual level of competence / standard of work however it looks like he was operating a deception in respect of three schemes / services. Would be interesting to know whether he had been a genuine member of scheme previously and let membership lapse?

 

[JK-Electrical]

Very True, you also get more money per head than any other UK person and get free hospital parking, we closed down our last ship yard to keep yours going and we allow Jimmy Cranky to dictate the odds, lets face it, you sweats have it all lol

You forgot to mention that we also get free prescriptions.
As for Sturgeon, Like millions of other Scots and most of England, I cannot stand the wee commie cow. This hideous circus freak certainly doesn't speak for me.

However, of all the UK constituent countries, life expectancy at birth is lower in Scotland than anywhere else. I wonder why that is.

 

[telectrix]

You forgot to mention that we also get free prescriptions.
As for Sturgeon, Like millions of other Scots and most of England, I cannot stand the wee commie cow. This hideous circus freak certainly doesn't speak for me.

However, of all the UK constituent countries, life expectancy at birth is lower in Scotland than anywhere else. I wonder why that is.

is it because they are poisoned by sturgeon's rantings?

 

[JK-Electrical]

Would be interesting to know whether he had been a genuine member of scheme previously and let membership lapse?

You may well be right, but I feel that considering the sentence imposed, there is a higher probability that he had never been a SELECT member, an NICEIC approved contractor, or an SBS approved certifier in the first place. If so, he would have saved somewhere in the region of £2500 through not having to pay his initial application/membership fees and annual subscription to both organisations. He would also have avoided having to shell-out on doing the course that would have qualified him as an approved certifier and paying the annual fee required by the Scottish Government.

I'm not a gambling man, but if I had to wager, I would bet that the guy did what he did to gain an unfair trading advantage over honest competitors as an act of business survival. The domestic market in the central belt of Scotland is absolutely teeming with qualified electricians, under qualified electricians and people with no qualifications at all in electrical installation, all competing for the same jobs. Competition is cuthroat.

Indeed, I operate in Glasgow, but regularly lose jobs to muppets who are happy to travel from Edinburgh (100 miles round trip), Perth (120 miles round trip), Dundee (165 miles round trip) to install a couple of sockets. I'm not kidding. This is the harsh reality of domestic electrical contracting in Scotland.

Perhaps the incarcerated electrician also had to compete against the same twentysomething, 'still living with parents, I get all my work from My Builder muppets' that I do and became desperate for jobs. Desperate people tend to do desperate things. Unfortunately for him, he has made a big mistake and paid the penalty for his folly.

As for Trading Standards ..... just who are they protecting here, vulnerable customers, or the revenue streams of NICEIC, SELECT and the Scottish Government? The latter seems to be the case from my viewpoint.

 

[JK-Electrical]

How you gunna cope being inside Lee

This might help ......

 

[Pete999]

You forgot to mention that we also get free prescriptions.
As for Sturgeon, Like millions of other Scots and most of England, I cannot stand the wee commie cow. This hideous circus freak certainly doesn't speak for me.

However, of all the UK constituent countries, life expectancy at birth is lower in Scotland than anywhere else. I wonder why that is.

Wee commie cow, an apt description there JK

 

[Pete999]

You forgot to mention that we also get free prescriptions.
As for Sturgeon, Like millions of other Scots and most of England, I cannot stand the wee commie cow. This hideous circus freak certainly doesn't speak for me.

However, of all the UK constituent countries, life expectancy at birth is lower in Scotland than anywhere else. I wonder why that is.

Wee commie cow, an apt description there JK

 

[ipf]

Blimey, Pete's even getting his double posts double 'agreed'.
Must say, I don't find the WCC comment OTT in the slightest. I like scottish humour of the Billie Connelly ilk.

 

[JK-Electrical]

 

[Pete999]

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You want to watch out Mae some one from north of the border will be giving you a dislike for portray Ms Sturgeon as a bottom dweller

 

[JK-Electrical]

You want to watch out Mae some one from north of the border will be giving you a dislike for portray Ms Sturgeon as a bottom dweller

As if I care. Annoying SNP supporters is something I enjoy immensely.

 

[Pete999]

As if I care. Annoying SNP supporters is something I enjoy immensely.

Me neither it was just a Friendly heads up.

 

[telectrix]

Me neither it was just a Friendly heads up.

i've already had a dislike for my comment about the trout.

 

[JK-Electrical]

i've already had a dislike for my comment about the trout.

Aye ..... So I noticed. I got hit with several. Ah well, who cares ..... in for a penny, in for a pound.​