Minor Works

[Engineer54]

Almost a qualified Gas Engineer at 19 years old, he's wiring central heating systems, and now wants to test them!!! Has the world in the UK gone totally stark raving mad!!! Or is the same thing happening in the gas industry with these fast track training centres, and Gas-safe registering them with minimal meaningless qualifications??

 

[Octopus]

Hum, an interesting one.

What type of of MFT do you have?

 

[partypest]

That does seen pretty young. Regardless of that, as others have pointed out, you may be called upon to prove your competency. Passing 2382, 2391, Part P and BS7671 17th would be evidence. You may also be called upon to prove how you have kept yourself up to date, joining a P scheme and The IET would be evidence of that. Just watching someone else do it doesn't prove you are competent. If you are putting your name to it, you need to be 100% sure. Just for arguments sake, would you be happy in a 747 if the pilot had learned to fly by watching a mate do it and never passed a test? Ignorance is no defence in law, so make sure you aren't ignorant is my advice.

 

[CTID]

Almost a qualified Gas Engineer at 19 years old, he's wiring central heating systems, and now wants to test them!!! Has the world in the UK gone totally stark raving mad!!! Or is the same thing happening in the gas industry with these fast track training centres, and Gas-safe registering them with minimal meaningless qualifications??

If he started a four year apprenticeship at 16 then that would be right

 

[Marnik]

If he started a four year apprenticeship at 16 then that would be right

Maths??? 16 + 4 = ? No not 19 but 20 !! and even then, i for one would not deem that as competent or qualified.
Equation is as follows in my eyes Knowledge)+(Qualification)+(common sense)+(experience)= competancy

 

[Octopus]

Back to the OP.

Are you planning on starting up self employed and registering for Gas Safe etc?

If so then the sensible step would be to become Part P registered with a scheme and that would "cover" the electrical bases too.

Quite an undertaking at 19/20 years of age.

 

[keiron2013]

Lol can't believe ur arguing over my age lol, I've been doing it since I was 12 part time. Yes we have our own business with my dad n brother, employing 7 engineers so plenty of experiance around me, will go to collage to take the realavnt exams as ur all havin a bitch fit lmaoo

 

[ste77]

Lol can't believe ur arguing over my age lol, I've been doing it since I was 12 part time. Yes we have our own business with my dad n brother, employing 7 engineers so plenty of experiance around me, will go to collage to take the realavnt exams as ur all havin a bitch fit lmaoo

Bitch fits?? you asked peoples opinions, maybe they dont match the answers you wanted but they are hardly bitch fits, now you're showing your age.

 

[Octopus]

Lol can't believe ur arguing over my age lol, I've been doing it since I was 12 part time. Yes we have our own business with my dad n brother, employing 7 engineers so plenty of experiance around me, will go to collage to take the realavnt exams as ur all havin a bitch fit lmaoo

My posts #22 and #26 aren't having a bitch and your responses are?

 

[markc123]

Keiron, are you serious?

I've just read that whole thread and nobody was having a bitch fit - and if you think they were, you should read some of the other threads on here...come back in 2014 when david cockburn re-registers if you want to see a proper bitch fit.

People were just giving you plain and simple advice. You need to undertake the 2382, 2394 & 2395 aswell as a part-p course / register with a scheme. This will prove your competent to sign off your own work.

Yes, as others have mentioned you can sign off a MWC now if you really want - but if anyone gets hurt you'll definitley go to prison because you wont be able to prove your competent to undertake the work you've done.