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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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  • To put it more simply.

    If electricians are travelling long distances and some are staying away from home in hotels for the duration of the training course there’s several possibilities:

    • It is a specialist training course for which there is little demand.
    • The training provider has an excellent reputation for delivering quality training.
    • Local training providers are inadequate or nonexistent.
    • A combination of all three. 
  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    Indeed. And with high cost to value ratio comes low demand so 1&3 interact. I agree with your (2) a queue round the block for a really good course would be a good thing, but I'm not so sure. Nor am I too sure why it has to cost the equivalent of  2/3 of a term of university fees for something lasting a few days that is probably re-run repeatedly without a lot of new work for the presenters to prepare.
    Mike

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  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    Indeed. And with high cost to value ratio comes low demand so 1&3 interact. I agree with your (2) a queue round the block for a really good course would be a good thing, but I'm not so sure. Nor am I too sure why it has to cost the equivalent of  2/3 of a term of university fees for something lasting a few days that is probably re-run repeatedly without a lot of new work for the presenters to prepare.
    Mike

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