They certainly don't. When I had the problems with the one I mentioned earlier I wrote to them documenting my tale supported by the evidence of the handwritten note he'd left - I wasn't present when he'd called. I included his registered business address. What he tried to pull amounted to fraud - not just incompetence.
I got no reply despite a follow up letter and phone call. They are simply a business given some credibility by government legislation without ever earning that privilege.
I should point out a CORGI registered fitter recommended by the boiler maker sorted the problem in minutes and sorted the mess the original one had left.
The flaw in your assertation is that "competent" is defined by CORGI as having demonstrated just enough knowledge to get past an assessor who works for a profit making training/assessing organisation. Many of these organisations do just enough to get past their verifyers and have a vested interest in keeping their pass numbers up so as to generate more trade
You do NOT need qualifications, you do need knowledge sufficient to install and commission the particular equipment properly. I used to find there were two opposing poles of d-i-y ers, those who read ALL the literature, took every care, and made a far better job than most professionals, and those who didn't! The first were absolutely competent the second obviously not.
No he isn't but you are (and at the same time consigning yourself to the considered status of wanker)
I think that in the real world, someone in plumbing/gas fitting would be extremely lucky to earn £400 any day, never mind 'most days'. £200 I could understand, though even then, it would not be common to earn that every working day. Alan.
There are different types of work (according to CORGI). Therefore, not all CORGIs are regarded as competent for boilers, by CORGI - let alone some of the posters here. :-)
None that I know of. However, I have heard many stories of cowboy corgis making large amounts by scamming people with unnecessary and vastly overpriced work - such as a £1,000 repair to a thermostat on a pensioners boiler reported in a local paper recently, but I have no evidence of such. Perhaps you do?
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