The problem with electrical DIY is that nowadays it has to be certified by a qualified electrician. So could anyone recommend a way for a mature person over 30 to train as an electrician? Going to college in September is one option but they won't take people on unless they're employed by an electrical company so they can assess practical work on site. Also, I would like to enrole now so could anyone kindly recommend a training route?
Thanks
ive been thinking of this too.... could i learn enough to be a 'competent' electrician and rewire most of my house but have a certified electrician do the testing?
[george]
Leave the country and work in a sain place. The red tape nonsense in the UK is unbelievable. (Thanks to PPpp Prescott - Mr Part P). Yes I am cynical. I served a 5 year apprenticeship (a real one) many years ago yet have to get some "certified oik" to say it's done properly. btw Anyone who think the new regs has put paid the cowboys is as naive as believing in F. Xmas. House wiring is a very simple circuit and while earthing is a (justified) difficult topic, it's about the only difficult bit. I assume you are good craftsmen of course. Over a certain age? Forget working in Britain. You are not over that age yet - that's prob 40ish. I wish you well however, but Britain, Land of usless Red tape is a pathetic place just now.
Is that why we're awash with immigrants all of whom seem to find work?
There's a serious issue here now for our kids, ( and funding Oldies like me through our later lives). We've exported most of the jobs overseas. Tight pollution control in the EU and high salaries mean it's cheaper to have call centres and IT in India, manufacturing in China with the pollution problems being caused for China and on recent news Korea. Existing service jobs ( and some more technical) being taken up by folk from east Europe at lower cost. Local motor manufacturing going to east Europe.
Education going down the pan here. Recent news, 20 new Mickey Mouse Universities to be established which raises the students aspirations when they leave with a McD degree which qualifies them for little!
I thought that a part-p qualified elerician could only self-certify. That is, he can only certify his own work. If you DIY notifyable work without part-p then surely you have to notfy building control in advance and have them check it at various stages.
I looked into getting a part-p qualification, but the "nominal fee" was far from nominal.
Robert
In my experience, the ones from Eastern Europe seem to have qualifications and experience as electricians and plumbers etc. rather than degrees in media studies and the like.
Robert (feeling opinionated today)
Yup. And the laugh is those meja studies degrees are of little use in finding work that industry.
Various training organisations offer an EAL qualification "Domestic Electrical Installer or DEI" which includes the on-line buiding regulations part P test. It is usually run over about 8 days and on satisfactory completion theoretically gives access to enrolling with one of the competent persons schemes such as Elecsa, Napit etc. It is not cheap as you need to pay for the course plus buy the requisite calibrated test equipment, pay the enrolment fee to the schem you choose, pay an annual membership fee and in many cases pay an insurance premium to comply with the scheme requirements. I reckon you are looking at spending around =A32500 to =A33000 on pointless beuracracy IMO Prescott should have been strangled at birth to save the planet from his stupidity!
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