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Hello all.
Been a sparky since I left school (which is rather a long time ago). 17th Edition, and currently not planning to bother with the 18th. You get to a point in life where hoop jumping becomes tiresome!
My point is this. I occasionally work for a local security company as a sub contractor (usually first fixing CCTV for him) and he FREQUENTLY installs his own electrical points using his totally untrained engineers.
Now this can be extra lighting, sockets, or altering existing installations. I can tell you now, it NEVER complies with regs.
I do not certify (mainly because I just don't do enough sparking these days). Therefore, I usually refuse to do his electrical work.
On the occasions I have done his electrical installations, it is on the provision that he gets the work certified by a third party at the end of the job. He usually then gets more money from the client for this testing..... then NEVER does it.
This might be private work, but it's frequently for the local council.
I try to cover myself by highlighting this work must be certified on my invoices (it's usually only alterations within a room or similar), and also email him and relevant members of his company, reminding them they must certify. But they don't.
I now will not work for him.
My point is, this man, and his (massively untrained) staff frequently break installation regulations and get away with it.
I have known him install fire alarm systems in public buildings that are poorly designed, untested and do not comply in the slightest.
Who cares? Nobody ever pulls him up on it. Unless he is part of a testing body... who is ever going to challenge him?
Yes, if a fire happens or God forbid, someone is injured or killed, he may get caught, but it's a slim 'if'.
Frustrates me. Who can you tell? Who cares?
I anonymously emailed the local building inspector last year regarding a poor fire alarm installation and they did zip.
It's wrong on all levels. Only those willing to pay to be inspected, then get pulled up for poor practices.
I would be interested to know your opinions
Been a sparky since I left school (which is rather a long time ago). 17th Edition, and currently not planning to bother with the 18th. You get to a point in life where hoop jumping becomes tiresome!
My point is this. I occasionally work for a local security company as a sub contractor (usually first fixing CCTV for him) and he FREQUENTLY installs his own electrical points using his totally untrained engineers.
Now this can be extra lighting, sockets, or altering existing installations. I can tell you now, it NEVER complies with regs.
I do not certify (mainly because I just don't do enough sparking these days). Therefore, I usually refuse to do his electrical work.
On the occasions I have done his electrical installations, it is on the provision that he gets the work certified by a third party at the end of the job. He usually then gets more money from the client for this testing..... then NEVER does it.
This might be private work, but it's frequently for the local council.
I try to cover myself by highlighting this work must be certified on my invoices (it's usually only alterations within a room or similar), and also email him and relevant members of his company, reminding them they must certify. But they don't.
I now will not work for him.
My point is, this man, and his (massively untrained) staff frequently break installation regulations and get away with it.
I have known him install fire alarm systems in public buildings that are poorly designed, untested and do not comply in the slightest.
Who cares? Nobody ever pulls him up on it. Unless he is part of a testing body... who is ever going to challenge him?
Yes, if a fire happens or God forbid, someone is injured or killed, he may get caught, but it's a slim 'if'.
Frustrates me. Who can you tell? Who cares?
I anonymously emailed the local building inspector last year regarding a poor fire alarm installation and they did zip.
It's wrong on all levels. Only those willing to pay to be inspected, then get pulled up for poor practices.
I would be interested to know your opinions
