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C&G Indicates lack of qualifications for Electricians and EV charger installs

GTB

Morning All,

Just was made aware of this article and doesnt really surprise me to be honest:

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-11054445/Concerns-raised-safety-electric-car-charge-points.html

So goes back to the concerns I always have about what due diligence the "Duty Holder" or indeed the householder etc carry out to make sure the installer is competant for the task to be performed. I doubt this just relates to householders employing "electricians" direct themselves, but also to those charging companies and EVSE suppliers that send a man in a van out to do the install.

I appreaciate, those that do complete the C&G course can still go on and make mistakes and carry out dangerous and shoddy work, but logic indicates they should be less likley to do so than those with no training a flick thru Section 7 in the regs and carry on oblivious to what the results of their actions may be.

GTB

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  • A bit of a ramble.

    The cost of a self employed qualified electrician setting up to do EVSE installations is over two thousand pounds, in fact it’s probably nearer three thousand if you add everything up for doing it as it should be done.

    However with over half of qualified electricians no longer being able to do the C&G EVSE course there’s only two or less out of ten electricians who are likely do the new course as three in ten already have a C&G EVSE qualification, so “doing it as it should be done “ is unlikely to happen going forward for the majority of electricians; and that’s assuming the electricians that do are prepared to make the financial outlay.

    The European Social Fund Urban Regeneration-Redundant Buildings Fund paid for my C&G Photovoltaic Installation and Maintenance training, worth about £1200 as it included the additional C&G qualification for giving advice on renewable energy technology. Then they paid for other related training including Working at Heights and giving customers advice on reducing their heating and electric bills, so all in all over £1500 worth of training.

    Of course EU funding is no longer available, so for self employed electricians training is an expense they have to pay for themselves.

    So given the pper-qualification requirements stopping many self employed electricians now having access to C&G EVSE training and the cost, how many are likely to do it?

    On the other hand some EVSE installation companies are just giving their installers “in-house” training certificates as an alternative to recognised formal training.

  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    EVSE installation companies giving their installers “in-house” training certificates rather than a C&G reduces their employees ability to get a job with another company or to set up on a  self employed basis, in addition to the initial cost savings.

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  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    EVSE installation companies giving their installers “in-house” training certificates rather than a C&G reduces their employees ability to get a job with another company or to set up on a  self employed basis, in addition to the initial cost savings.

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