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Hi Chaps - First post on this forum so go easy on me !
I'm a time served plumber but am leaving my employer after Christmas to go self employed - Being part of a large company we had our own electricians but going self employed I was wanting to complete a Part P domestic installer course and 17th Edition wiring regs to enable me to perform basic tasks such as replacing showers, moving a socket in a bathroom etc in conjuction with the rest of my regular plumbing jobs (On the occasions our in house sparky was off ill or on holiday it was a pain having to wait around on a job for hours till another outside contractor arrived to do a 10 minute electrical job and I don't want to be in the same position as that while self employed) HOWEVER, I have been told and read a couple of articles about the legal requirements changing in January 2012 to ANY electrical work by newly registered domestic installers needing to be qualified up to NVQ level 3 ??????
Of course none of the 'training providers' who are willing to take ££££'s for these courses have any mention of this on their websites - Can any of you boys in the know shed some light on this? I have read on three different websites conflicting stories about the Jan 1st deadline being extended indefinitely/ till March 2012/ till December 2012 ....... Does anybody know whats going on (Including the governing bodies?!)
Lets make one thing clear, I would never call myself an electrician and have no intention of wiring in consumer units, underground cabling etc so I'm not one of these cowboys with a Part P defined scope running round doing these kind of jobs - I just need to be able to get on with mine effciently and safely.
What I don't want to do is pay ££££ for a course and exams in Part P and 17th edition and find I have wasted my money but by the same token the NVQ Level 3 is not a path I would want to take as 90% is probably irrelevant to what I will ever do as a plumber putting in the odd shower !(And as I as I am aware NVQ Level 3 requires evidence of domestic and industrial installations - Anyone fancy a 3 phase shower?!!)
I'm a time served plumber but am leaving my employer after Christmas to go self employed - Being part of a large company we had our own electricians but going self employed I was wanting to complete a Part P domestic installer course and 17th Edition wiring regs to enable me to perform basic tasks such as replacing showers, moving a socket in a bathroom etc in conjuction with the rest of my regular plumbing jobs (On the occasions our in house sparky was off ill or on holiday it was a pain having to wait around on a job for hours till another outside contractor arrived to do a 10 minute electrical job and I don't want to be in the same position as that while self employed) HOWEVER, I have been told and read a couple of articles about the legal requirements changing in January 2012 to ANY electrical work by newly registered domestic installers needing to be qualified up to NVQ level 3 ??????
Of course none of the 'training providers' who are willing to take ££££'s for these courses have any mention of this on their websites - Can any of you boys in the know shed some light on this? I have read on three different websites conflicting stories about the Jan 1st deadline being extended indefinitely/ till March 2012/ till December 2012 ....... Does anybody know whats going on (Including the governing bodies?!)
Lets make one thing clear, I would never call myself an electrician and have no intention of wiring in consumer units, underground cabling etc so I'm not one of these cowboys with a Part P defined scope running round doing these kind of jobs - I just need to be able to get on with mine effciently and safely.
What I don't want to do is pay ££££ for a course and exams in Part P and 17th edition and find I have wasted my money but by the same token the NVQ Level 3 is not a path I would want to take as 90% is probably irrelevant to what I will ever do as a plumber putting in the odd shower !(And as I as I am aware NVQ Level 3 requires evidence of domestic and industrial installations - Anyone fancy a 3 phase shower?!!)
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