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Slightly hypothetical question regarding qualifications

Johno12345
I have been thinking - I know this can be dangerous!


I'm charged with maintenance in our factory, I think most people would now call it Facilities Management, Although I do have tools, I am office based but will turn my hand to the odd practical job here and there.


I also think I am reasonably knowledgable regarding the wiring regulations and I am competent enough to have electricians working for me that I can understand in reasonably good detail about what's going on, 


However, I don't have any qualifications, beyond a (ridiculous) basic electrical principles course I was sent on a few years back. GCSE physics was more thorough - I said it was a box-ticking course, so I could reset MCBs!


I would like to have the qualifications that I expect electricians to have, but still only for my desk-based job, so I can speak with more confidence about what I am expecting my electricians to do. I know most have done a four-year college course, which I can't do. 


I'm always a bit anxious about signing off isolations and supervising people testing for dead, accepting repairs and new work purely because someone has said 'aye, its alright'


I'm feeling slightly short of words to explain myself fully, but I hope you get the gist. 


Any thoughts?

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    EEbee unless they have changed it seems that many with "approved contractor" stickers are actually domestic installers, and there are many sharks out there with labels and nothing else. The 18th edition exam is completely useless as a sign of competency, except as an ability to find things in the book. How many of the less competent even have a copy, many having only an old edition "On site Guide". How many use it as bed time reading? Now there is a good idea, ask when they last consulted the BYB, in my case yesterday and probably every day for years back. The same with some of the others here, we use our reference documents and the standards to ensure our work is up to scratch.
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    EEbee unless they have changed it seems that many with "approved contractor" stickers are actually domestic installers, and there are many sharks out there with labels and nothing else. The 18th edition exam is completely useless as a sign of competency, except as an ability to find things in the book. How many of the less competent even have a copy, many having only an old edition "On site Guide". How many use it as bed time reading? Now there is a good idea, ask when they last consulted the BYB, in my case yesterday and probably every day for years back. The same with some of the others here, we use our reference documents and the standards to ensure our work is up to scratch.
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