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Exposed: Cash for logos and drive by inspections

Former Community Member
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Inadequate inspections on the safety of wiring in buildings across England are increasing the risk of fires, E&T has found. A flawed regulatory system has sparked a race to the bottom, with some businesses profiting at the expense of the public’s safety. 

eandt.theiet.org/.../

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  • Quote: "One retired electrician, who wishes to remain anonymous and has carried out hundreds of EICR inspections and testing when registered with an approved competency body, tells E&T he has seen “a number of dubious reports and poor practice including guys sitting in cafes filling in page after page from a pad containing report sheets and certificates”."

    In reality I went and did a landlords EICR and the tenant went to work to be told he had failed a Covid test, so I then had to self isolate because I had been a contact, electricians were not sitting in cafes writing out landlords EICRs and I would have been better off if I had never done that job as I then lost over a weeks income.

    The retired electrician was talking about historical events that may actually be myths and that were definitely not relevant to the period that most of the landlords inspections were being done.

    The clue is in his title "Retired electrician" that is not someone who is out and about seeing what is going on.

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  • Quote: "One retired electrician, who wishes to remain anonymous and has carried out hundreds of EICR inspections and testing when registered with an approved competency body, tells E&T he has seen “a number of dubious reports and poor practice including guys sitting in cafes filling in page after page from a pad containing report sheets and certificates”."

    In reality I went and did a landlords EICR and the tenant went to work to be told he had failed a Covid test, so I then had to self isolate because I had been a contact, electricians were not sitting in cafes writing out landlords EICRs and I would have been better off if I had never done that job as I then lost over a weeks income.

    The retired electrician was talking about historical events that may actually be myths and that were definitely not relevant to the period that most of the landlords inspections were being done.

    The clue is in his title "Retired electrician" that is not someone who is out and about seeing what is going on.

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