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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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    Qualifications are only one method of checking on competency and integrity in whatever field. A company per se, is responsible for ensuring amongst other criteria, that employees with relevant qualifications are used for the work in hand, and that outdated qualifications and technical abilities are being monitored. (At a higher level and having been employed in many large engineering project companies, both in the UK and overseas; older titled engineers who have been appointed as directors and such like in the administrative field, will eventually lose their ability to function at the coal face in their chosen field), 

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    Another factor that I disapprove of is the annual assessment of companies, by assessing one individual only (or more for large companies), and the submission of selected jobs by the contractor .


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    Qualifications are only one method of checking on competency and integrity in whatever field. A company per se, is responsible for ensuring amongst other criteria, that employees with relevant qualifications are used for the work in hand, and that outdated qualifications and technical abilities are being monitored. (At a higher level and having been employed in many large engineering project companies, both in the UK and overseas; older titled engineers who have been appointed as directors and such like in the administrative field, will eventually lose their ability to function at the coal face in their chosen field), 

    .

    Another factor that I disapprove of is the annual assessment of companies, by assessing one individual only (or more for large companies), and the submission of selected jobs by the contractor .


    Jaymack
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