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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

Parents

  • We have a problem with the exam and 2346 in general. The portfolio of work is mad, it proves nothing and is complicated and very time consuming to assess, as Lyle says. Some domestic electricians probably cannot complete it because their work only shows a small area of possibilities. Alan is doing quite a range of stuff, so may well be OK, but many would struggle.

    Why should one not just be able to take the written exam, and a practical assessment in one or 2 days?

    I am afraid I think this is all a stich-up to make money, for both schemes and C&G. Basically we are paying hundreds of pounds for a scheme that has no noticable effect on anything.

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  • We have a problem with the exam and 2346 in general. The portfolio of work is mad, it proves nothing and is complicated and very time consuming to assess, as Lyle says. Some domestic electricians probably cannot complete it because their work only shows a small area of possibilities. Alan is doing quite a range of stuff, so may well be OK, but many would struggle.

    Why should one not just be able to take the written exam, and a practical assessment in one or 2 days?

    I am afraid I think this is all a stich-up to make money, for both schemes and C&G. Basically we are paying hundreds of pounds for a scheme that has no noticable effect on anything.

Children
  • in reply to David Stone

    This is exactly right.  I took my son on as an apprentice 3 or 4  years ago, as it happens he didn't enjoy it and moved on but we had constant problems with college as they wanted photographic evidence of him doing certain types of works that i just don't do as a domestic electrician.  I often get enquiries from lads or lasses asking if i am looking to take on an apprentice and i can't for that reason.  

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