JIB Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) JIB ECS Card

[DRG]

As MDJ said; I worked with a lad in his 40's in the same sort of situation (no nvq3 but no 2391 either). He was time served etc but one of the qualified supervisors just wrote a letter of recommendation saying he has proven he is competent to do the job by the years put in and standard of work done etc. The lad got a card graded Electrician but they said he had to do his NVQ3 before he needed another card.

This was pretty recent so hope it helps you out in some way

 

[gtownspark]

It's official...according to the JIB I'm a trainee :bigcry:

 

[brucelee]

The Jib an the rest of the scams are a joke mate, they are just after more cash from you and everyone else. Your obviously competent and have the relevant experience and technical knowledge. All you can do get he NVQ Lv3. XSTraining was doing it for about £550+ vat or yia local college good luck mate

 

[gtownspark]

It gets worse....I'm not even a stage 3 trainee because I'm not enrolled on an NVQ3 or have AM2...so I'm hoping they email back to say stage 2 trainee....they're not that fast at replying!

 

[Guest77]

Yes the JIB grading system has merit, the standard is high, even sparks can't get one lol, we should start a thread asking who has one and what grade on here, I bet it wouldn't get 10 replies lmao.

 

[Wiresandthings]

Im in the same boat! I didn't particularly need a card but thought i would get one as you never know, but was shocked to receive a 'trainee' one!! Mines expired now so I've binned it, only a matter of time before the scams require us all to have a gold card! Could mess a few people up

 

[wozz]

Suprised no one has asked, maybe its just easier to slag off the JIB but how comes you have a NVQ2?

I have a approved card, but they are funny about giving me a tech card as im lacking references which they seem quite strict on, difficult as previously i was self employed.

 

[Wiresandthings]

I did 236 part one and two alongside an nvq 2 and then am1 at the time, nothing else was given as available at the time (not sure if there was or not tbh) but it was only later in life i head about am2, most people working in the industry should have no issue getting an nvq 3 but the price tag could be an issue

 

[ReWired]

Funny the application for ECS card cause I'd only want one so that I can sub-contract, and turns out I can only have one if I'm employed (needs to be signed by my employer) ??

 

[Plonker 3]

Funny the application for ECS card cause I'd only want one so that I can sub-contract, and turns out I can only have one if I'm employed (needs to be signed by my employer) ??

i got mine signed by a company that I worked for about 8 years ago, they even put my employment dates as then too.