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No they are not - I have taken these exams and the course materials and tuition leading to them certainly require no previous knowledge/experience/qualifications. There is an alternative to the Fundamental Inspection, Testing and Initial Verification course which is intended for people with previous knowledge/experience/qualifications. You really should refrain from posting on topics you know nothing about.
Oh but they ARE!! ...and shows just how much (or should i say ''little''), you know about this profession and what it takes to become an electrician!! lol!!
The Reg's qualification is even an ''Open Book'' exam that any fool and his dog could pass!!
ALL the qualifictions i hold are REAL qualifications, taken in a time when optaining exam passes meant that you had to know that qualification material inside out, or you Failed!! No multiple choice questions in my day, you had to answer the questions fully!!
I could pass comment on the basis I suspect JIB cards and the like are awarded, but it would be edited, so I won't. As for your chosen employee, he's welcome to you.
That's just it, you are in no posistion to pass any judgement or comment because you don't come even close to meeting the basic criteria of being an Electrician. If the truth be known that's what get's you're craw, you've spent £000's and you are still nowhere near being competent, except in your own mind that is!!
I've not had to look or hunt around for work for the last 20+ years, they have come to look for me!! lol!!
How much are you paid by your clandestine trade union to try to defame people for trying to make an honest living? You certainly seem to spend a lot of time on this forum for someone who claims to make a living at a job that takes you away from your computer.
Haven't had any need personally, to belong to any trade union since first joining the company i trained with!!. But i do get paid big bucks!! ...lol!! I spend an hour or two first thing in the morning and then a couple of hours or so of an evening on here, while working on my project material, the forum is then running in the background. A welcome break while i enjoy a coffee or something stronger!!
The problem with people of your g*n*r*tion is that you are so selfish and greedy. You refuse to teach us the way you were taught, then when we find other ways of learning, at our own expense, you can't bare it. You just want all the work and money for yourselves. You are young, you can starve, that's your attitude. Well sorry, but I ain't gonna die willingly. And I ain't gonna stop taking a pride in the way I make my living.
NO, wrong again, the people of my generation did the time and made the sacrifices to become electricians, there was no other way into the industry!! It's not the fault of the older electricians, most will happily pass on their knowledge to those learning the trade in a bonafide manner. I, like the qualified older electricians (including the younger ones) on this and other forums ARE passing on the knowledge they hold, even to you chip on the shoulder wannabe's, that think 5 weeks is all you need. Some here have chosen to become college lectures to end their day's in the industry.
Oh, and any ''pride'' that was once associated with this industry has been almost totally erroded by you wannabe's and why fully qualified electricians are now offered pay rates that the like's of you are happy to work for, while practicing in/on the unsuspecting general publics homes....
One more thing - you should think carefully about the legal implications of accusing someone of incompetence without any actual evidence, when that person's livelihood depends on their reputation.
The very last thing i need to worry about, legally or otherwise is being able to accuse you and people like you of incompetence. You do not meet any of the criteria that defines an Electrician. ...You're a wannabe, nothing more, and that is the TRUTH of the matter!!
This will be my last post on this thread. I trust that your second use of the phrase ""End Of" means you feel the same way.
Thank god for that!!