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Summary of Condition of Installation

lyledunn

"Detached 2 story property is approximately 30-40 years old and has PVC fixtures and fittings throughout. Separate from the property is a garage which was tested also. Some defects were found and these have been attended to by the Electrician"

The above comment was all that was inserted under the summary section of an EICR relating to a large property which also has a a swimming pool. Reason for report; property being sold.

Now I am not deriding the contractor as there is no encouragement on the template EICR in Appendix 6 to be more expansive. The space allocation for the summary is only a couple of lines. Even looking at the example given in the new GN3 on page 164, for a non-technical recipient, the comment made there could be filed under chocolate fire guards. 

Communicating a succinct, meaningful comment to a client can be difficult, even for those with wordsmith capabilities. Apart from conveying a summary, I have also noticed that many comments made are poorly constructed with grammar and spelling at a low level. For those reading the report who may have a more academic background but no technical understanding of electrical installations, it must call the quality of the whole report into question. It certainly does nothing for the esteem of the electrical installation industry! 

Perhaps the summary section should be dumped. It's either satisfactory or not and if not the comments can elucidate on why not!  

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  • When I did the City and Guilds carpentry craft course forty-eight years ago, I had to do "General studies", I also had to do it again when I did the C&G Construction Technicians course forty-six years ago, this included writing letters and similar exercises.

    When I did the City and Guilds 2360 twenty-two years ago there was some General Studies sessions, but it was very limited compared with what I had done twenty years before hand. 

    What, if any, General Studies are included in the syllabus of the current electrical training courses?

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  • When I did the City and Guilds carpentry craft course forty-eight years ago, I had to do "General studies", I also had to do it again when I did the C&G Construction Technicians course forty-six years ago, this included writing letters and similar exercises.

    When I did the City and Guilds 2360 twenty-two years ago there was some General Studies sessions, but it was very limited compared with what I had done twenty years before hand. 

    What, if any, General Studies are included in the syllabus of the current electrical training courses?

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  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    hah. I remember during my apprenticeship (70s) we did "Liberal Studies" on the college day release course maybe same thing. We did, Drama, Art, Pottery and other such daft subjects

  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    Also in General Studies, we had to present a subject to the whole class in the form of a short talk.

    Z.

  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    Now, forty-eight years later, I typed my preceding post on my Microsoft Surface Pro all in one tablet, laptop and desktop computer as I am this one.

    As I type predictive text is trying to complete the sentence for me, offering suggestions for the next word, which it will insert if I hit the tab key. It is also correcting my spelling and grammar; some words are corrected automatically whilst others get a red wiggly line under them and if I right click on the word, it offers suggestions of what the correct spelling is. At the same time grammatical errors are double underlined with blue lines, again if I right click it suggests where there should be commas, semicolons and hyphens and will insert them for me.

    Ther's not much of an excuse for spelling and grammar mistakes when using this particular device, though it all seems to get cocked up when I try and post using mobile devices.

  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    I hate predictive text. How do you stand it?

    Z.

  • in reply to Zoomup
    Zoomup said:
    I hate predictive text.

    Me too ...

  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    There is a spelling mistake in my last post saying there is much of an excuse for them,

    Mind you, if you try typing an extract from the Wiring Regulations there are apparently grammatical errors all over the place.

  • in reply to Zoomup

    It can be very useful. If I write in French on my iPad, I can be lazy and it will put the accents in for me. (It is v. easy to put them in manually too.) Problem is that when writing in English, it sometimes drops in a French word or two.

  • in reply to Sparkingchip
    Sparkingchip said:
    Mind you, if you try typing an extract from the Wiring Regulations there are apparently grammatical errors all over the place.

    Illustrates what I said earlier, about the spelling and grammar checking, and predictive text, being a minefield for technical writers of all kinds.

    There are also limitations ... a common typo that often goes undetected for obvious reasons is writing 'manger' instead of 'manager'.

  • in reply to gkenyon

    I'm sure you meant 'mangler' -- the person that gets between you and a bonus..

    Mike.

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