Tradesmen Fined for............

All of this needs a bit of careful consideration.


Some years ago I attended a two day training course at the Triton showers factory being taught how to install their products. Upon completion I was given a certificate of attendance along either a coffee mug, t-shirt and other freebies. I was also told I can advertise myself as a “Triton trained shower installer” which I still do, I was specifically hold I could claim to be a “Triton approved shower installer” because they fo not operate a approved installer scheme and it would require them to fo site inspections of my installations and sn audit of my procedures.


The electrician who has been fined is still advertising himself as “NICEIC trained” which he probably is, I have paid NAPIT to attend three training courses and on that basis I can claim I am NAPIT trained, in fact I am.


However going one step further and using certificates with the NICEIC logo or for that matter NAPIT or Triton Showers without their approval puts you firmly on the wrong side of the law.


Apart from that if you are asked by your brother in law or anyone else for that matter to provide an electrical test certificate for work that they did the best plan of action is to avoid doing so, particularly if it is not up to the required standard, to actually provide a certificate with the NICEIC logo on it is just obviously a really big mistake.


At the end of the day there are a substantial number of electricians, builders, plumbers and kitchen fitters driving around in vans with the NICEIC logo on it, at the end of the day it is illegal and they run the tide of being fined.


Some people really need to start to understand the difference between claiming that you have been trained by an organisation and inferring that you have been approved by them.


Andy

All of this needs a bit of careful consideration.


Some years ago I attended a two day training course at the Triton showers factory being taught how to install their products. Upon completion I was given a certificate of attendance along either a coffee mug, t-shirt and other freebies. I was also told I can advertise myself as a “Triton trained shower installer” which I still do, I was specifically hold I could claim to be a “Triton approved shower installer” because they fo not operate a approved installer scheme and it would require them to fo site inspections of my installations and sn audit of my procedures.


The electrician who has been fined is still advertising himself as “NICEIC trained” which he probably is, I have paid NAPIT to attend three training courses and on that basis I can claim I am NAPIT trained, in fact I am.


However going one step further and using certificates with the NICEIC logo or for that matter NAPIT or Triton Showers without their approval puts you firmly on the wrong side of the law.


Apart from that if you are asked by your brother in law or anyone else for that matter to provide an electrical test certificate for work that they did the best plan of action is to avoid doing so, particularly if it is not up to the required standard, to actually provide a certificate with the NICEIC logo on it is just obviously a really big mistake.


At the end of the day there are a substantial number of electricians, builders, plumbers and kitchen fitters driving around in vans with the NICEIC logo on it, at the end of the day it is illegal and they run the tide of being fined.


Some people really need to start to understand the difference between claiming that you have been trained by an organisation and inferring that you have been approved by them.


Andy