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C&G 2919 EV Charging. What a con.

alanblaby

I've had the misfortune today to do the C&G 2919 course, well actually half of it, as it is a 2 day course, done in one day. £354 inc. vat. 

What did I learn. Very little. I could have passed the exam without any instruction. We were supposed to do a practical, but that wasnt done, "as you all know how to do it anyway". 

Why did I do it? Because I need the C&G 2919 Cert to show I am competent, and being allowed to apply for the Government Grants that are given out to many EV Chargers fitters/householders. 

The design 'projects' were done together by the 9 people there, with mostly the Tutor giving the input, then we all put down the same details in the Assessment form. How is this allowed to happen? The course was conducted so that no one fails before the final 40 question multi choice exam, which was done correctly. 

My cynicism meter has been off the scale today. 

Oh, and it appears that the IET has a counterfeit problem with the Code of Practice, as 3 of us had loose leaf ring bound copies, which the tutor had never seen before.None for sale on the IET site that I can see. I got mine off Amazon.

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    A better day today, yes, as I was earning money rather than giving it away for a useless certificate.

    Yes, the Course was only held to make people pass. It gave very little insight into any of the details required to be a good installer of these things.

    One of the points that lured me to this course was the line “We will also provide you with a ‘Guide to EV Grant Funding and OLEV Registration’  on completion of the course to give you assistance on gaining the ‘Manufacturers Approval’ and how to complete your OLEV Registration.”

    Yes, they did give us a ‘guide’. it was 4 sheets of A4 with a list of manufacturers and web addresses to get more information.

    The Supervisor at work today told me about his course, the Tutor got them to completely install a charge point, and then got a car in to see what the display says, and went through varying scenarios to show them faults with the charger/interface. We did not even see inside an EV charger, never mind one that was powered up. And now I'm ‘competent’ to fit them.

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    A better day today, yes, as I was earning money rather than giving it away for a useless certificate.

    Yes, the Course was only held to make people pass. It gave very little insight into any of the details required to be a good installer of these things.

    One of the points that lured me to this course was the line “We will also provide you with a ‘Guide to EV Grant Funding and OLEV Registration’  on completion of the course to give you assistance on gaining the ‘Manufacturers Approval’ and how to complete your OLEV Registration.”

    Yes, they did give us a ‘guide’. it was 4 sheets of A4 with a list of manufacturers and web addresses to get more information.

    The Supervisor at work today told me about his course, the Tutor got them to completely install a charge point, and then got a car in to see what the display says, and went through varying scenarios to show them faults with the charger/interface. We did not even see inside an EV charger, never mind one that was powered up. And now I'm ‘competent’ to fit them.

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