Hello Sparks
I feel a can of worms about to be opened.
I am in the lift trade.
Electricians are responsible up to the lift isolator and we are responsible for all electrical works on our side, which include shaft, motor room and car lighting and what we term small power (sockets in shaft, motor room and on top of lift car)
However very few of us are qualified to BS7671 and especially 2394/5.
The electrical works on the lift side is monitored very closely by the test engineers but the lighting and sockets seem to get overlooked,(not on the test sheets) so we have incorrect wire sizing (we use 0.75 - 1.0mm wire for our trailing flexes) so the car lights and socket are usually wired with this. If the consumer unit (on a refurb) does not have enough ways, the circuits are doubled or worse, and so on.
Small lighting and power is not part of our NVQ even up to level 4 for test engineers.
Having passed 17th edition and recently taken a course on amendment 3, my idea was to take the 2394/5 and have purchased a distance learning course which has put me in a catch 22. To become a test engineer on lifts we need NVQ 4 and the only way to complete NVQ 4 is on site experience and the same is true for 2394/5.
We find a lot of sparks do not like working on top of, or underneath the lift car to fit and test shaft lighting.
So what is the answer ?
I feel a can of worms about to be opened.
I am in the lift trade.
Electricians are responsible up to the lift isolator and we are responsible for all electrical works on our side, which include shaft, motor room and car lighting and what we term small power (sockets in shaft, motor room and on top of lift car)
However very few of us are qualified to BS7671 and especially 2394/5.
The electrical works on the lift side is monitored very closely by the test engineers but the lighting and sockets seem to get overlooked,(not on the test sheets) so we have incorrect wire sizing (we use 0.75 - 1.0mm wire for our trailing flexes) so the car lights and socket are usually wired with this. If the consumer unit (on a refurb) does not have enough ways, the circuits are doubled or worse, and so on.
Small lighting and power is not part of our NVQ even up to level 4 for test engineers.
Having passed 17th edition and recently taken a course on amendment 3, my idea was to take the 2394/5 and have purchased a distance learning course which has put me in a catch 22. To become a test engineer on lifts we need NVQ 4 and the only way to complete NVQ 4 is on site experience and the same is true for 2394/5.
We find a lot of sparks do not like working on top of, or underneath the lift car to fit and test shaft lighting.
So what is the answer ?