replacement cu not acceptable for NIC / Napit certification

[Pretty Mouth]

Really surprised they won't accept a CU change for your assessment work. They are much more challenging IMO compared to installing new circuits.

 

[davesparks]

remember that all smart meters can be remotely turned into pre payment meters now.
when the credit runs out, it is nice to see where you are looking to find the key?

Have you ever seen a slot for a key on a smart meter?

A smart meter which has been set to pre-payment will use a smart/online payment system so does not use a key.

 

[JBW175]

NIC but phoned Napit they the same

Are you already a member trying to revalidate on annual assessment? Or trying to join and get registered?

I’m with Napit, never had any drama with them, but normally show them a decent sized job like a rewire each year.

 

[davesparks]

Really surprised they won't accept a CU change for your assessment work. They are much more challenging IMO compared to installing new circuits.

How challenging a job is doesn't really matter.

The point of the domestic installer scheme and the assessment is to show that a contractor is competent to do the full spectrum of domestic work.

 

[brianmoooore]

It's possibly that there's no element of design in a CU change, whereas there is with a new circuit, even if it is minimal.

 

[Dustydazzler]

My first DI scam assessment was at my own house which consisted of a board change and 2 sockets below it on a 16a radial.
I think my second DI scam assessment was a small extension + board change
No idea why the Scams are even still in business really , totally waste of time and money if you ask me...

 

[Pretty Mouth]

How challenging a job is doesn't really matter.

The point of the domestic installer scheme and the assessment is to show that a contractor is competent to do the full spectrum of domestic work.

If that were the case, then the candidate would be assessed for the full spectrum of domestic work (which would include board changes, alterations/additions, fault-finding, EICRs etc), rather than the narrow scope of 2 new circuits, chosen by the candidate.

 

[davesparks]

If that were the case, then the candidate would be assessed for the full spectrum of domestic work (which would include board changes, alterations/additions, fault-finding, EICRs etc), rather than the narrow scope of 2 new circuits, chosen by the candidate.

That would be the ideal situation yes, but like most things in life there has to be a compromise.

I just don't think that after years of complaining that the domestic installer scheme is too easy to join and too easy to pass the assessment that we should now complain that it has been made slightly harder to pass.

 

[Pretty Mouth]

That would be the ideal situation yes, but like most things in life there has to be a compromise.

I just don't think that after years of complaining that the domestic installer scheme is too easy to join and too easy to pass the assessment that we should now complain that it has been made slightly harder to pass.

I don't see how it's harder to pass by removing board changes from the assessment, only more awkward for some.

Someone that never does board changes can get through the assessment with 2 easy circuits, and can then go on to notify board changes, without any assessment of their abilities to do so. Yet our OP can't. Crazy.

 

[jjjinx]

Are you already a member trying to revalidate on annual assessment? Or trying to join and get registered?

I’m with Napit, never had any drama with them, but normally show them a decent sized job like a rewire each year.

I was a member, now I'm without until i can find a job that needs two circuits. I mainly do rentals where its upgrades / maintenance / small jobs.

I think they are trying to cut out the small guy, I had a job with one new circuit but still not acceptable.