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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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    Sparkingchip:

    However, it seems like I may not have to sort out a NVQ or do an AM2 twenty years after he main event if you read what is being said:


    ”NAPIT have committed to endorsing the SparkSafe LtP model and we will be working closely with them in the coming months to develop a fourth Licence type, which brings together the qualifications, requirements and the UKAS accredited certification body technical onsite assessment model operated by NAPIT. NAPIT members who meet the qualification requirements of SparkSafe’s Qualified Electrician and have been technically assessed onsite will be awarded the higher standard fourth Licence type."


    It all depends on what criteria they decide the fourth type of electrician needs as qualifications along with a name for them.


    I should point out I had it straight from the top that the proposed plumbing competent person scheme failed to get off the ground because the government insisted that scheme entrants had to have a NVQ 3 and there aren’t enough plumbers in the country with a NVQ 3 to get a plumbing CPS going.


     I do wonder if anyone actually knows the qualifications most electricians have? I suspect less than a third of the electricians in England and Wales have a NVQ 3.


    May the fourth be with you ?


     




    Hi Andy presuming your quote is from this link there doesn't seem to be any relaxation of the rules for napits registered 'members'? :

    https://www.napit.org.uk/news/article/napit-endorse-sparksafe-ltp.aspx


     

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    Sparkingchip:

    However, it seems like I may not have to sort out a NVQ or do an AM2 twenty years after he main event if you read what is being said:


    ”NAPIT have committed to endorsing the SparkSafe LtP model and we will be working closely with them in the coming months to develop a fourth Licence type, which brings together the qualifications, requirements and the UKAS accredited certification body technical onsite assessment model operated by NAPIT. NAPIT members who meet the qualification requirements of SparkSafe’s Qualified Electrician and have been technically assessed onsite will be awarded the higher standard fourth Licence type."


    It all depends on what criteria they decide the fourth type of electrician needs as qualifications along with a name for them.


    I should point out I had it straight from the top that the proposed plumbing competent person scheme failed to get off the ground because the government insisted that scheme entrants had to have a NVQ 3 and there aren’t enough plumbers in the country with a NVQ 3 to get a plumbing CPS going.


     I do wonder if anyone actually knows the qualifications most electricians have? I suspect less than a third of the electricians in England and Wales have a NVQ 3.


    May the fourth be with you ?


     




    Hi Andy presuming your quote is from this link there doesn't seem to be any relaxation of the rules for napits registered 'members'? :

    https://www.napit.org.uk/news/article/napit-endorse-sparksafe-ltp.aspx


     

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