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Competent Person Scheme and legacy NVQ3 Qualifications

Luke Marshall

Good evening

Without boring you with my education and career to date, I've decided after many years in the industry, to apply to a competent person scheme in order to allow me to self certify. 

In preparation for this I have just completed my 2391-52 inspection and testing qualification.

I spoke to NAPIT as the guys who I work for use them and recommended them, but I was told that as my NVQ3 isn't on their list I'd have to do the Experienced worker qual, and AM2E. I'm not the first in this position, and doubt I'll be the last, but when I told the guy on the phone I have no intention of paying £1500+ to do the experience worker course, he said to wait until September as there are big changes coming.

I pressed him on this and he said that the recent changes to the EAS Qualification Guidance has blocked around 25,000 electricians from registering to a scheme, and like me they are refusing to pay to get a qualification that is on the latest list.

As a result the IET are reviewing the criteria and will be allowing more electromechanical qualifications and the like in order to allow more people with relevant NVQ3 quaifications to access the scheme.

Has anybody else heard anything about this? I've no reason to doubt the guy, but it sounds too good to be true.

Thanks

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  • My notifications are probably costing me around seventy pounds each!

    When part P was introduced there was far more notifiable work in England as all work in kitchens and bathrooms was notifiable, so I made a lot more notifications which made scheme membership far more sensible from a financial point of view, so called “deregulation” actually made scheme membership far less attractive and expensive.

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  • My notifications are probably costing me around seventy pounds each!

    When part P was introduced there was far more notifiable work in England as all work in kitchens and bathrooms was notifiable, so I made a lot more notifications which made scheme membership far more sensible from a financial point of view, so called “deregulation” actually made scheme membership far less attractive and expensive.

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    Sparkingchip said:
    My notifications are probably costing me around seventy pounds each!

    Exactly, that's why I gave up my Scheme membership 5 years ago, I was doing so few notifiable jobs that , as you say, they were working out at £50 plus each. I still have all my insurances as before, I just cannot notify. However, it has come back to bite my ***, as I never finished an apprenticeship in the 80's due to redundancies (I worked in engineering/foundries, most of which were shutting down). I went to re-register last year, mainly to notify EV charger installs, but couldnt meet their (NIC/NAPIT) criteria, as I do not have an NVQ3.

    I'm going the 2346 route, which seems pretty simple, but far too expensive. I'm on  a great site now for it, blocks of flats, It ranges from 185mm cables terminated in bus bars down to single phase DBs with AFDDs and SPDs. Hopefully I can get enough pictures there to satisfy the needs of the NVQ. The slight downside is that I'm probably going to be promoted to Electrical Site Supervisor this week, but that doesnt help to show my competency to the JIB!

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