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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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    In Northern Ireland electrical installation work in large parts of the public sector must be procured through a licence to practice scheme. This monitors the individual competence of the contractors workforce and is on top of the requirement for the contractor to be NICEIC or similar. It gives added assurance that those on site are competent or are adequately supervised.

    i would agree with Davezawadi that the 2391 would be a good start. We run the course one day per week over six consecutive weeks with set home study in between. This gives time for candidates to assimilate the information rather than have it dumped on them over five consecutive days as would be the norm it seems. Quite often participants will be in similar roles to you, factory engineers, estate services managers etc, who just want a handle on what is required to be done. We relish having such people on the course because it brings a different perspective. Your local college might have a 2391 evening course that is run over a period of 16 weeks. 

    By the way, I was late to the party myself. I started when I was 25. I soon came to realise that even if I had two lifetimes to devote to it, I still wouldn’t know all I wanted to know about electrical installation work. That’s the joy! Good luck!
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    In Northern Ireland electrical installation work in large parts of the public sector must be procured through a licence to practice scheme. This monitors the individual competence of the contractors workforce and is on top of the requirement for the contractor to be NICEIC or similar. It gives added assurance that those on site are competent or are adequately supervised.

    i would agree with Davezawadi that the 2391 would be a good start. We run the course one day per week over six consecutive weeks with set home study in between. This gives time for candidates to assimilate the information rather than have it dumped on them over five consecutive days as would be the norm it seems. Quite often participants will be in similar roles to you, factory engineers, estate services managers etc, who just want a handle on what is required to be done. We relish having such people on the course because it brings a different perspective. Your local college might have a 2391 evening course that is run over a period of 16 weeks. 

    By the way, I was late to the party myself. I started when I was 25. I soon came to realise that even if I had two lifetimes to devote to it, I still wouldn’t know all I wanted to know about electrical installation work. That’s the joy! Good luck!
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