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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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  • David Phillips managing director of City and Guilds said "Electricians will need to rapidly upskill to safely manage the workload – but currently the training just isn’t available nationally and there isn’t an impetus to undertake it. 

    “We need industry to recognise this safety issue and ensure these EV charging points are installed in a way that is standardised and safe, to avoid a potential disaster in the near future.”

    No mention of C&G dramatically reducing the number of electrician being able to train with possibly more than half the work force no longer having the entry requirements for the C&G EVSE training course. 

    Are C&G making the situation worse rather than improving it?

    The OLEV/OZEV grant scheme made the situation worse dissuading electricians from training and installing due to the amount of paperwork and very late payments.

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  • David Phillips managing director of City and Guilds said "Electricians will need to rapidly upskill to safely manage the workload – but currently the training just isn’t available nationally and there isn’t an impetus to undertake it. 

    “We need industry to recognise this safety issue and ensure these EV charging points are installed in a way that is standardised and safe, to avoid a potential disaster in the near future.”

    No mention of C&G dramatically reducing the number of electrician being able to train with possibly more than half the work force no longer having the entry requirements for the C&G EVSE training course. 

    Are C&G making the situation worse rather than improving it?

    The OLEV/OZEV grant scheme made the situation worse dissuading electricians from training and installing due to the amount of paperwork and very late payments.

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