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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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    It's better to ask for something from a knowledgable position than to ask for it blindly - that's my thinking re the qualifications for myself.




    But Johno you can not reasonably be skilled and qualified in all aspects of the outside contractors' work in your company. That is where you insist on ensuring that their competency and abilities are up to requirements. The legal regulations often use the word "reasonable". If you have carried out your assessment of the contractors skills to the best of your ability then you have acted "reasonably". You can not do the impossible. It is best to place the responsibility on the contractors to a great extent. Can I confirm that the Gas safe engineer has mended my gas boiler properly? No. But his Gas safe registration gives me confidence in his skills and ability. We have to delegate responsibility.


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    It's better to ask for something from a knowledgable position than to ask for it blindly - that's my thinking re the qualifications for myself.




    But Johno you can not reasonably be skilled and qualified in all aspects of the outside contractors' work in your company. That is where you insist on ensuring that their competency and abilities are up to requirements. The legal regulations often use the word "reasonable". If you have carried out your assessment of the contractors skills to the best of your ability then you have acted "reasonably". You can not do the impossible. It is best to place the responsibility on the contractors to a great extent. Can I confirm that the Gas safe engineer has mended my gas boiler properly? No. But his Gas safe registration gives me confidence in his skills and ability. We have to delegate responsibility.


    Z.

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