Your going to laugh lads!!!!!!! NVQ3 - Domestic!!!!!

[oldtimer]

It would be nice to think it is the case , but i am afraid i am very cynical when it comes to some of our governing body's and how we seem to be just cash cows !
I personally know of one napit member that went on their crash course for the 17th and 2391 that both myself and my other director would have put money on him failing like he did on his independent pat testing coarse !?
He obviously passed but did the 2391 before his 17th , now i all ways thought you needed to be up to date with the rest before being allowed to sit the 2391 ?

Dont be puzzled by this as you know if our govering bodies had an ounce of integrity they would say no instead of saying he or she who pays gets a coconut or in other word a pass into electrics and to think we used to slag off our eastern european cousins because they would buy a dodgy trade card and this country had to accept it now sadly we are no better

 

[JD6400]

Not to take sides but Engineer 54 is right .
In my opinion a trained sparks should be able to hold their own in all sectors , this also means knowing when to seek advice when not 100% sure .
As for dividing the industry , being a employer myself if i were that way inclined its giving me the perfect tool to batter wages down " sorry mate i know your know your stuff but you ain't got all the tickets so heres a peanut "!

 

[Electricalserv]

If you guys cannot see this as being a good thing I don't know what can happen in the industry that will be.


Its the domestic sector which has been hit by these 5 day courses, not industrial or commercial.


By introducing a domestic NVQ3 with the 2330 tech cert or whichever it is now. Spread over a year on-site portfolio and only allowing this for entry plus 17th & 2391 you are stopping the 5DW or at least slowing them down.

It boils down to - if you are making it NVQ3 as minimum to work on domestic premises then the only substance you have for this is to provide a NVQ3 for domestic only. Because As domestic sparks we can't put tray work or basket work into our portfolio because we don't do it.


If you can't see this as a good idea for all parties involved in Part P I don't know what you will.


Its the JIB & Unions seperating the industry by asking for the NVQ3 for a gold card. If you work on doemstic you don't need it!

 

[sparks_114]

I always said the industry was on the verge of being segmented and if the said is true then we're looking in that direction. As for me I have to vehemently disagree with this new line of qualification. How would that leave sparks who are working across all three sectors (domestic, commercial, industrial), are we going to have to take a separate qualification for each sector?! Let the baseline qualification be one, and if needs be have higher grade courses for those wanting to specialise in inspection and testing (2391-10), design (2391-2), PV (still preliminary), high voltage etc. take the relevant courses. This is more or less the current setup, not only with the electrical industry but largely with teaching (and other professions I am sure) as well where a degree is achieved and depending on where you wanted to teach (primary, secondary, higher education) you'd do your relevant PGCE. They might be moving the goalpost further and there surely is a difference between domestic and industrial electrics but, at the same time, there is a good deal of knowledge which is transferable from one to the other so I can't understand why a divide.

 

[Electricalserv]

I always said the industry was on the verge of being segmented and if the said is true then we're looking in that direction. As for me I have to vehemently disagree with this new line of qualification. How would that leave sparks who are working across all three sectors (domestic, commercial, industrial), are we going to have to take a separate qualification for each sector?! Let the baseline qualification be one, and if needs be have higher grade courses for those wanting to specialise in inspection and testing (2391-10), design (2391-2), PV (still preliminary), high voltage etc. take the relevant courses. This is more or less the current setup, not only with the electrical industry but largely with teaching (and other professions I am sure) as well where a degree is achieved and depending on where you wanted to teach (primary, secondary, higher education) you'd do your relevant PGCE. They might be moving the goalpost further and there surely is a difference between domestic and industrial electrics but, at the same time, there is a good deal of knowledge which is transferable from one to the other so I can't understand why a divide.

No you would take the City & Guilds Qual which covers all three

 

[Dcf]

Agree with dp and 54.a sparks should b able to turn his hand and understand the basics of domestic,commercial and industrial installation.It will go the same way as the plumbing where u need seperate tickets for gas,oil and lpg diluting that trade into specialised sub trades.This has an effect of driving ur rates downAnother bit of short term thinking that has long term consequences methinks

 

[Engineer54]

If you guys cannot see this as being a good thing I don't know what can happen in the industry that will be.


Its the domestic sector which has been hit by these 5 day courses, not industrial or commercial.


By introducing a domestic NVQ3 with the 2330 tech cert or whichever it is now. Spread over a year on-site portfolio and only allowing this for entry plus 17th & 2391 you are stopping the 5DW or at least slowing them down.

It boils down to - if you are making it NVQ3 as minimum to work on domestic premises then the only substance you have for this is to provide a NVQ3 for domestic only. Because As domestic sparks we can't put tray work or basket work into our portfolio because we don't do it.


If you can't see this as a good idea for all parties involved in Part P I don't know what you will.


Its the JIB & Unions seperating the industry by asking for the NVQ3 for a gold card. If you work on doemstic you don't need it!

Then why not let this NVQ3 or it's equivalent, be the minimum standard for All electricians,including domestic. At least then you may get these so called training centre's and courses, actually training electricians properly, instead of just pumping out those, only capable of working in the domestic sector. If something isn't done about the present levels of training standard, then it's not going to be too long before you see, well trained foreign electricians being imported to take up those positions that Brit sparks are no longer capable of filling!!! What an embarrassment that would be???

 

[Electricalserv]

Is it not a true statement though that if we sign upto these schemes because of PART P work (Domestic only) They have no right to set a criteria that asks you to gain a qualification that includes assessments that have nothing to do with the Part P sector as the only way to get in.


I think its an ace idea. The JIB split the industry by asking for the NVQ3. They are now bringing out a domestic electrician card.

 

[nikmet]

This is it though E54. If you don't require Tray, Basket work etc etc. Why should you have to do a qualification that encorporates that to be a member of a PART P scheme? Part P is domestic only, therefore you should only be assessed on domestic work!

why not split it even more into 'new build' and 'existing buildings' ???? You need to look at the bigger picture, its dumbing down of the electrician ..................with lower rates to follow no doubt????

 

[Electricalserv]

why not split it even more into 'new build' and 'existing buildings' ???? You need to look at the bigger picture, its dumbing down of the electrician ..................with lower rates to follow no doubt????

Rates won't go down for domestic sparks. We live in our own world, rates aren't governed like a JIB commercial & industrial spark. We charge what we like. Our rates gone down since the domestic installer came along so it can't get any worse if competancy will be proven!