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make it 7. can't have traineees lying in bed late on a Sunday. how can they face the real world then?What’s a domestic installers course ? Is it one of those 5 day fast track oven baked things
imo 5 days isn’t long enough to become a qualified electrician. It should be 6 days
I heard from someone who had a NICEIC inspector around .The inspector said they are planning on not accepting DI qualification only and REMOVING those who only have the DI qualification from their scheme ?????Who are the "powers that be" and any references for this information?
Only thing I've heard in relation to DI is that the NICEIC (not sure about the other CPS') are changing their entry requirements for the domestic installers scheme so from Sept this year an NVQ level 3 or equivalent is required, effectively making it impossible for a person that has done only a DI course to join.
They won't accept the DI course as it's not an NVQ or equivalent. Those on the scheme already will not be removed, the changes only affect people joining the scheme after 1st sept 21.I heard from someone who had a NICEIC inspector around .The inspector said they are planning on not accepting DI qualification only and REMOVING those who only have the DI qualification from their scheme ?????
That makes sense. The "Binning" idea sounds really bad news for guys who have joined etcThey won't accept the DI course as it's not an NVQ or equivalent. Those on the scheme already will not be removed, the changes only affect people joining the scheme after 1st sept 21.
It is a bit of a half hearted attempt to fix a problem that they created IMO, those already in the scheme should be given a period of time to update or even demonstrate they are bringing their qualifications up to the required minimum standard for membership, I don't think a keep on paying your fees and you will be ok to carry on is good enough you could end up with a part of the scheme membership that is below the required new entry level for potentially 30 - 40 yearsThey won't accept the DI course as it's not an NVQ or equivalent. Those on the scheme already will not be removed, the changes only affect people joining the scheme after 1st sept 21.
Panic will ensue surely in the DI fraternity?the scams created this mess in order to line theirown pockets. time they dug deep into their ill-gotton gains and subsidised training to bring short course domestic installers up to scratch.
Surely those in panic will be the training companies it will be harder to sell that dream nowPanic will ensue surely in the DI fraternity?
.....that flooded the domestic market with primarily untrained and incompetent domestic installers. I wont call them sparks because they aren't for obvious reasons.
The training takes to long and doesn't fit in with "it's only two wires how complicated can it be" for a lot of peoplewhy can’t we just go back to the days of an electrician was an electrician
Because as a nation we're losing traditional skills and the education system is designed solely to teach kids how to look up the answerwhy can’t we just go back to the days of an electrician was an electrician
THis 100% . The whole route to been qualified is a mess . I think it should only have one road and a government controlled body.Not private businesses been "in charge "Because as a nation we're losing traditional skills and the education system is designed solely to teach kids how to look up the answer
Because kids aren't taught that electricians are gods, instead they're sold the dream of university debt
Because Mrs Jones thinks it's easy because it's on YouTube so wants it cheap
Because why be a trade college with an intake of 50-60 apprentice's a year with no money when you can advertise lies on the internet and have an intake of 50-60 a month with a credit card
Because.....
Because.....
Wholeheartedly agree well said Luke.THis 100% . The whole route to been qualified is a mess . I think it should only have one road and a government controlled body.Not private businesses been "in charge "
Paid being the operative word, " you pays yer money"i worked with a domestic installer, he replaced an rcd, those old boards with the rigid neutrals, think they are wylex?, anyway he obviously struggled to get it in so just pushed the neutral link behind the rcd and left it. did he seriously think nobody would find out?
got called to a job of no lights working after an mcb change aswell, he didnt even tighten it, just plopped the cable in the top terminal, job jobbed!
always disappearing to the wholesaler for silicone, think he paid about 3 grand for his "ticket"
A bit of a blanket statement there...
There are some good people on here who have taken the short course and then gone on to expand their knowledge and experience. I take my hat off to them and would class them as sparks.
Don't start getting words mixed up...it's 'wet pants' who aren't house trained?The DI 'short course electrician' was nothing short of a band wagon scam to fill the coffers of the scams.
It turned Dave the plumber into Dave the Electrician literally overnight with little to no actual on-site experience.
If we really want a better standard for domesticated electrician then the scams should put on some proper courses for Dave
Agreed as also pointed out by @Spoon so let's not turn this into a DI basher exercise. As @nicebutdim points out being time served is no guarantee of competence there are plenty if bad apples from that side of the fence also, I should know I am one.I could be wrong, but isn't this how @SparkyChick started out in the industry?
I don't think anyone could argue against the value of apprenticeships, nor the fact that short courses alone fall far short of being an ideal means of training, but anyone reading this thread could be forgiven for thinking that apprenticeships are a guarantee of quality workmanship, yet reality often proves otherwise.
There are a good few on here, some who've gone on to higher level, strima's a good example. Many to be admired....others taken to the cleaners by con men charging a fortune.I could be wrong, but isn't this how @SparkyChick started out in the industry?
I don't think anyone could argue against the value of apprenticeships, nor the fact that short courses alone fall far short of being an ideal means of training, but anyone reading this thread could be forgiven for thinking that apprenticeships are a guarantee of quality workmanship, yet reality often proves otherwise.
NO there is a Trade that aint earning what they use to !There are a good few on here, some who've gone on to higher level, strima's a good example. Many to be admired....others taken to the cleaners by con men charging a fortune.
It's been an option for quite a few who've left the forces. I know an 'electrician' who left the army who did one. He couldn't quite grasp things after trying to go self employed and lost cash. As a result, his family are generally crapping themselves every time he goes away, as a mercenary.
NO there is a Trade that aint earning what they use to !
I suspect that was aimed at the armed forces. Effectively taking a pay cut in real terms for 8 years whilst being asked to do more with less resources, just like all the other public sector workers.
This is neither the time nor the place for that debate though.
should have read "Now" there is a trade ... Private security/merc work is paying peanuts these days . Unless you are linked into major companies /teams . Base security teams in iraq etc could earn a good wage.Now i heard it Indians etc on $50 a day !
Or not if it’s in their favourjust waiting for my bank to make a typo. a missed zero on my overdraft would be useful.
You can do alright with the Wagner Group ?should have read "Now" there is a trade ... Private security/merc work is paying peanuts these days . Unless you are linked into major companies /teams . Base security teams in iraq etc could earn a good wage.Now i heard it Indians etc on $50 a day !
I did 12 month on top of Mt Olympus in Cyprus, not nice as it sounds, and if you have a young family it's hard to take any lengthy times away from your loved ones, think long and hard before you commit Mate, it ain't all roses believe me.I got an offer years back to be an electrical civvy on the Iraq and Afghan camps, some serious wedge at the time and I was very tempted until I'd deliberated for so long I got beaten to the news I was going to be a daddy, at which point all bets were off. Give it another ten years and I could consider the Antarctic research station for six months, though.
Absolutely spot on.I did 12 month on top of Mt Olympus in Cyprus, not nice as it sounds, and if you have a young family it's hard to take any lengthy times away from your loved ones, think long and hard before you commit Mate, it ain't all roses believe me.
If an industry sets a level of standards why should that industry be expected to dilute the level of those standards to allow people entry into that industry that don't have the time, can't afford the lower earnings while learning and all the other excuses that are used to gain a fast track into the industryWhatever happens it would be great if all of the nations could come up with a better way of getting into the industry for those of us who're too old and have too many bills to pay to afford apprenticeship wages.
NAPIT originally set out to maintain standards in inspection and testing and now they are like the rest whatever you want to call it the domestic "electrician" / "installer" once the domestic and installer is dropped it all ends up as I'm an electrician which is misleading, I've lost count of the number of times when talking to these "electricians" how often I hear I don't understand 3 phase.As @ipf mentioned the DI scheme was, and currently still is, an attractive resettlement course for many folks leaving the armed forces, it was run as a 3 or 5 week course titled "NAPIT full scope domestic electrician" or something very like that. A number of my ex-colleagues have done it with varying degrees of business success and it was a course I considered but rejected as I was moving back to Scotland where the qualifications mean effectively diddly squat to SELECT/SJIB when it comes to registering as an electrician.
I was talking to a butcher a few weeks ago that was thinking of retraining as a veterinary surgeon as he felt he had transferable skills??So yeah, a better way of recognising prior learning for those of us with a lot of electrical/electronics experience and a more coherent approach from all of the industry bodies would be nice, but that's a wishlist I never expect to see happen.
Appreciate the thoughts. Like I say, in another ten years - maybe. I'll be too fooked physically by then to still be touring but not quite old enough to sell up and buy a boat in warm seas. And.... I'm used to being away from the family although only normally for 5-6-7 week kind of stints.I did 12 month on top of Mt Olympus in Cyprus, not nice as it sounds, and if you have a young family it's hard to take any lengthy times away from your loved ones, think long and hard before you commit Mate, it ain't all roses believe me.
Trainee vets actually have to do a compulsorary module working in aberttoirs, true thing.I was talking to a butcher a few weeks ago that was thinking of retraining as a veterinary surgeon as he felt he had transferable skills??
That is why I used the exampleTrainee vets actually have to do a compulsorary module working in aberttoirs, true thing.
But that would fail on the time taken to complete the course for mostI think a DI course that truly trains anyone to be allowed to do domestic work only is FINE .But the course must run long enough and the exam at the end detailed to be able to only allow the best to pass. But companies just want turn over and revenue !
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