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    Hello everyone, I need some advice. I am a 61 year old apprentice served electrician. I have been " in the game for 45 years ". Mostly I have been employed by companies in the commercial and industrial side. After arecent illness and a lot of thought I've decided I don't want to work for anyone else ever again ! With the children grown up and the ex elsewhere I don't need to earn as much as many others ( although I won't be doing work on the cheap, undercutting other sparks ). I can get by changing lightfittings, extra sockets, showers for Mrs Jones, cash jobs ( which I willdeclare to HMRC ). The biggest job I intend doing would be a consumer unit change over maybe even the odd rewire in an empty house. My question is, do I need to get part P or similar ? I have not got a test qualification or 17th ed regs, I gave up after 16 ! As I mentioned I am time served spark, JIB Approved and consider myself competent. Thank you for reading this thread.

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you would need to join the likes of niceic, elecsa, napit or stroma to do notifiable work under part p of the building regs. download the part p doc.from planning portal.gov.uk .this will tell you what work is notifiable. in enland, it's new circuits, CU changes, and any work in special locations. e.g. bathrooms. other wise, stick to no-notifiable work. definitely just do the smaller jobs to start with.
 
17th is an open book exam ie you take the book with the answers in with you. Its basically just to see if you can reference the book.I managed to book an exam only at Leeds college most want you to do a short course.

After arecent illness and a lot of thought I've decided I don't want to work for anyone else ever again !
You will be working for the customer,but you can pick and choose them.
Good luck hope it goes well and come back and let us know how thing are shaping up etc.
 

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