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C&G 2919 EV Charging. What a con.

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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  • Alan, firstly I would ask for my money back, I would then inform City and Guilds of your experience. Clearly the Centre is not adhering to the scheme requirements and this needs to be  vigorously rooted out. 
    Further, I do not think that OZEV specifically requires the 2919, merely that you have attended some kind of training in EVSE installation.

    Having set the 2919 programme up in my own Centre at it’s inception, I expressed my disdain for the quality of the assessment to the EQA who relayed my concerns to City and Guilds. In particular, I thought the multiple choice paper to be nothing short of a joke! 
     

    Sparkingchips wife is on the money!
     

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  • Alan, firstly I would ask for my money back, I would then inform City and Guilds of your experience. Clearly the Centre is not adhering to the scheme requirements and this needs to be  vigorously rooted out. 
    Further, I do not think that OZEV specifically requires the 2919, merely that you have attended some kind of training in EVSE installation.

    Having set the 2919 programme up in my own Centre at it’s inception, I expressed my disdain for the quality of the assessment to the EQA who relayed my concerns to City and Guilds. In particular, I thought the multiple choice paper to be nothing short of a joke! 
     

    Sparkingchips wife is on the money!
     

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