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Roll up! Roll up!

lyledunn

So they are all at it, NICEIC, IET, even the training organisation I tutor for! Only £199 plus vat will bring you up to speed with the “major”developments about to be rolled out in Amendment two. Emails shot out to prospective clients in the electrical industry who have been persuaded, nay, brainwashed, into thinking that they can’t be without the critical information contained in every cough and splutter of a change to BS7671. For certain we have to keep on our toes about technical issues but the oligarchs don’t need to ram their hands into our pockets at every opportunity.
No one needs a dedicated course for the changes. There will be plenty of free information in technical magazines and places like YouTube. Keep your money, the way things are going, you’ll need £199 to fill the van with diesel!

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  • Hmm, I've had the misfortune, yet again, to have to do my Asbestos and Manual Handling refreshers. If you have done these before, then there really is no need to do them every year, yet many Employers expect the Certificate to be valid.

    I was given a link to do these online yesterday, around £30 to do both. Really? If they were worthwhile, they would be a lot more than £30. The Asbestos took me 23 minutes to finish, including 3min 45s to do the 15 question 'assessment'. I got 15 out of 15. It would have been quicker, but the screen took ages to load between slides.

    The Manual Handling was done in 14 minutes. 2mins 33 secs for the 10 question assessment, with questions that an intelligent 10 year old could answer correctly.

    Now, both of those are a total rip off, zero knowledge gained, questions are written to allow everyone to pass. If anyone was doing it for the first time, they would only be slightly more clued up than before, there is so little content, it is a joke, and they know it, yet Employers gladly accept this sham of a Certificate to show the person is competent to be aware of what may contain asbestos and how to lift a box. Of course they accept it, and know it isnt worth the paper it is printed on, but they have now passed liability to the Worker, who 'has done the course, so should know these things'.

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  • Hmm, I've had the misfortune, yet again, to have to do my Asbestos and Manual Handling refreshers. If you have done these before, then there really is no need to do them every year, yet many Employers expect the Certificate to be valid.

    I was given a link to do these online yesterday, around £30 to do both. Really? If they were worthwhile, they would be a lot more than £30. The Asbestos took me 23 minutes to finish, including 3min 45s to do the 15 question 'assessment'. I got 15 out of 15. It would have been quicker, but the screen took ages to load between slides.

    The Manual Handling was done in 14 minutes. 2mins 33 secs for the 10 question assessment, with questions that an intelligent 10 year old could answer correctly.

    Now, both of those are a total rip off, zero knowledge gained, questions are written to allow everyone to pass. If anyone was doing it for the first time, they would only be slightly more clued up than before, there is so little content, it is a joke, and they know it, yet Employers gladly accept this sham of a Certificate to show the person is competent to be aware of what may contain asbestos and how to lift a box. Of course they accept it, and know it isnt worth the paper it is printed on, but they have now passed liability to the Worker, who 'has done the course, so should know these things'.

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