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Insurance requirement for 3phase competence for a single phase building

Hamish Bell

I've just taken over the running of a community building which is single phase and is no more complex than a large 4-bedroomed bungalow in terms of space, load and number of socket outlets. The electrical test electrician currently conducting the test is qualified for single phase only. The new insurance company specifies the tester must be qualified for 3-phase. While they have a right to do this, is it reasonable and based upon a real need? Can I contest it and on what technical basis?

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    It might be better to ask exactly what qualifications they are expecting and what they will not accept. It is not unreasonable to expect someone to have a reasonably recent  test and inspection qualification, in addition to the basic  knowledge of BS7671, which hopefully ensures you can read the regs  and design stuff that meets them. However to inspect the work of others is rather harder as it needs the ability to reverse engineer the previous work, and then decide if it is working properly.
    I'm not really sure from the description however what qualifications this chap has and what they are objecting too. 'Three phase' is a wiring system, not a level of qualification - you should expect them to indicate some city and guilds course codes or equivalent.

    Mike.

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    It might be better to ask exactly what qualifications they are expecting and what they will not accept. It is not unreasonable to expect someone to have a reasonably recent  test and inspection qualification, in addition to the basic  knowledge of BS7671, which hopefully ensures you can read the regs  and design stuff that meets them. However to inspect the work of others is rather harder as it needs the ability to reverse engineer the previous work, and then decide if it is working properly.
    I'm not really sure from the description however what qualifications this chap has and what they are objecting too. 'Three phase' is a wiring system, not a level of qualification - you should expect them to indicate some city and guilds course codes or equivalent.

    Mike.

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