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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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    tattyinengland:

    If an NVQ3 is required to be qualified then I could not join (Much the same as a JIB scheme)- I only ever did level 1 &2 and then inspection and testing and then 16 years experience in commercial environments.


    The problem is that I'm the director of a small electrical company, the NICEIC QS (10 years this year) and in charge of health and safety (No H&S qualifications I just implement what my H&S advisers tell me to)


    We primarily do Commercial office installs from lighting to sockets, DBs of any size or shape, small to large chillers, plant rooms, controls etc etc and I advise the clients within my limitations.


    All for want of an NVQ3 I cannot join JIB or probably Sparksafe. It is very hard to get an NVQ3 as a stand alone qualification; I was doing it over the internet a few years ago and that company went into administration before I could complete. I could not be bothered after that.






    I suspect with your level of experience you would only need some 'competent' person to shadow your work for a couple of days across a couple of sites doing a variety of work and sign off your write ups. Then submit the portfolio to an awarding body. If only it was that simple. The problem is that the definition of clown and competent gets confused which then over complicates a rather basic assessment process.


    Legh

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    tattyinengland:

    If an NVQ3 is required to be qualified then I could not join (Much the same as a JIB scheme)- I only ever did level 1 &2 and then inspection and testing and then 16 years experience in commercial environments.


    The problem is that I'm the director of a small electrical company, the NICEIC QS (10 years this year) and in charge of health and safety (No H&S qualifications I just implement what my H&S advisers tell me to)


    We primarily do Commercial office installs from lighting to sockets, DBs of any size or shape, small to large chillers, plant rooms, controls etc etc and I advise the clients within my limitations.


    All for want of an NVQ3 I cannot join JIB or probably Sparksafe. It is very hard to get an NVQ3 as a stand alone qualification; I was doing it over the internet a few years ago and that company went into administration before I could complete. I could not be bothered after that.






    I suspect with your level of experience you would only need some 'competent' person to shadow your work for a couple of days across a couple of sites doing a variety of work and sign off your write ups. Then submit the portfolio to an awarding body. If only it was that simple. The problem is that the definition of clown and competent gets confused which then over complicates a rather basic assessment process.


    Legh

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