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SPARKSAFE ARRIVES ON THE MAINLAND

John Peckham
I saw the announcement at the Elex show in Harrogate that NAPIT had formed a partnership with Sparksafe. I assume all NAPIT registered contractors will gain automatic status for the License to Practice without needing the qualifications for direct membership?


I did hear that a well known rail contractor walked away from a contract as they did not have enough operatives that met the LtP criteria.


I am thinking that if it did gain traction a lot of contractors would be in the brown stuff as they would no longer be able to use cheap unqualified labour.


Google Sparksafe to see what it is all about. They don't seem to have many members at the moment.
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    I raised this with you guys two or three years ago. Efforts were being made to crack the mainland. There maybe merit in the scheme but more importantly, there is a definite revenue stream for the operator. 

    We have had the scheme in place in NI for quite a while and it seems to have the same enthusiasm attached to it as Change UK!. The idea is that a client will have access to an online register so that he can monitor the make-up of the electrical personnel on site. The Central Procurement Directorate here were one of the first to require contractors to be signed up to it. contractors pay £750 per year (I think) and their personnel something like £50 every three years. 

    Interestingly, no one has any evidence whatsoever that the scheme is achieving the desired outcomes. Perhaps you guys will want to ask that question before embracing it.
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    I raised this with you guys two or three years ago. Efforts were being made to crack the mainland. There maybe merit in the scheme but more importantly, there is a definite revenue stream for the operator. 

    We have had the scheme in place in NI for quite a while and it seems to have the same enthusiasm attached to it as Change UK!. The idea is that a client will have access to an online register so that he can monitor the make-up of the electrical personnel on site. The Central Procurement Directorate here were one of the first to require contractors to be signed up to it. contractors pay £750 per year (I think) and their personnel something like £50 every three years. 

    Interestingly, no one has any evidence whatsoever that the scheme is achieving the desired outcomes. Perhaps you guys will want to ask that question before embracing it.
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