thinking of setting up own business do I need more qualifications

[chopper]

Thinking of starting up . Worked for someone for 7 year .I have got nvq3 2330 level 3 and am2. Been out of game a year as been working as a telecoms engineer.
what would my quals able me to do. Would I need to do 2391 or whatever its called now.
and were can I find this info as nobody seems to really know what quals you need .
mainly wanting to carry out my own work and test.
do I need to be niceic registered for this or am I able to test my own work.
Solid advice needed thanks

 

[Andy78]

To carry out any work you need to be competent to carry out the work to the regulations, test and certificate it.

If you intend to do notifiable work you also need to register it through your local building control office directly or join a scheme to do that for you.

Contact the schemes to find out their individual qualification requirements for membership.

 

[chopper]

Happy following regs and competent with testing . Do I need to join a scheme to test my own work

 

[Andy78]

No, you need to be competent to test your own work. Building regulation compliance notification is a different thing altogether. Being a scheme member is one way to notify your work to building control in addition to testing and certifying it. Are you planning on carrying out notifiable work ?

 

[Octopus]

Happy following regs and competent with testing . Do I need to join a scheme to test my own work

Are you in England, Scotland, Wales or NI?

Are you doing domestic?

 

[Leesparkykent]

http://www.niceic.com/Uploads/File9447.pdf

http://www.niceic.com/Uploads/File9449.pdf

These are the requirements for joining the NICEIC domestic installer and approved contractor schemes if you want to go down that route. There are also other cps schemes to consider NAPIT,STROMA,ELECSA To name a few.

 

[Anthony S]

Your Qualified, so crack on and earn a living.

 

[chopper]

Domestic work
and competent with cabling
my old gaffer was nic registered so I just carried work out tested it and he signed it off as supervisor so never had to deal with this side of things .

In England any domestic wiring additional sockets kitchens bathrooms etc

 

[chopper]

According to this chart I got a supervisor qualification but when I sent my qualifications off it only came back as a gold card electrician

 

[Octopus]

Domestic work
and competent with cabling
my old gaffer was nic registered so I just carried work out tested it and he signed it off as supervisor so never had to deal with this side of things .

In England any domestic wiring additional sockets kitchens bathrooms etc

scheme membership to do part p is advised. Stroma is the cheapest by far

 

[Guest77]

According to this chart I got a supervisor qualification but when I sent my qualifications off it only came back as a gold card electrician

Which chart is this?

 

[Leesparkykent]

According to this chart I got a supervisor qualification but when I sent my qualifications off it only came back as a gold card electrician

What do you mean your jib card?

 

[chopper]

Which chart is this?

Hi the link what leesparkykent posted

 

[chopper]

What do you mean your jib card?

Yes jib card

 

[Andy78]

According to this chart I got a supervisor qualification but when I sent my qualifications off it only came back as a gold card electrician

If you join a scheme you will become the qualified supervisor for your company. This is a title the scheme give you and it does not need to be present on your ECS card.

To get up to speed with the building regs you can download all the approved documents from here... Planning Portal - Approved documents

Within part P it outlines the scope of notifiable work in domestic dwellings.. Basically new circuits, DB swaps, and work within zones of a bathroom is the range of works in England.

 

[Leesparkykent]

Yes jib card

If you join the NICEIC you can have your QS status put on your JIB card but IMO it's pointless.

 

[chopper]

Thanks all a lot of paperwork involved in this game makes me think is it worth going solo
or just turning in 9-5 doing job testing it then going hime job done
thanks for the good advice .
This advice is hard to come by as no one seems to know.
do I need the 2391 or equivalent?

 

[Guest77]

Thanks all a lot of paperwork involved in this game makes me think is it worth going solo
or just turning in 9-5 doing job testing it then going hime job done
thanks for the good advice .
This advice is hard to come by as no one seems to know.
do I need the 2391 or equivalent?

To get a card ranked higher than Electrician you will need the equivilent to 2391, older sparks can gain accredition from directors signatures and references, modern sparks from 1990 ish onwards need a testing qualification to gain approved or higher status.

 

[chopper]

To get a card ranked higher than Electrician you will need the equivilent to 2391, older sparks can gain accredition from directors signatures and references, modern sparks from 1990 ish onwards need a testing qualification to gain approved or higher status.

Cheers
but do I need the 2391 or equivalent got my qualifications about 4 year ago

 

[Leesparkykent]

Thanks all a lot of paperwork involved in this game makes me think is it worth going solo
or just turning in 9-5 doing job testing it then going hime job done
thanks for the good advice .
This advice is hard to come by as no one seems to know.
do I need the 2391 or equivalent?

what for to go on your own or to get an approved card?