What is required to do work in a commercial or industrial setting? a follow up to my question about CPS's...

So, being part of a CPS allows you to do work in a dwelling consisting of the following and notify local authority:

Work in the zones of a bathroom.

Carry out a CU replacement, installation

install a new circuit.

any other work in a dwelling, you do not need to be part of a CPS. correct?

so my question is: what is required of you to be legally allowed to install and test electrical installations in a commercial, or industrial environment?

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  • There are no legal requirements for qualifications, certifications or memberships in such environments. Just general "be skilled enough to be safe"  admonishments in places like the Electricity at Work Regulations. But such things are useful to wave at prospective employers, clients and insurance companies to convince them that you're suitably competent. Or to show a jury if you ever got prosecuted.

  • is there a requirement to notify anyone such as building control for any works carried out? like there is in a dwelling?

    thanks for the info and advice on this post and my previous mate, much appreciated. 

  • No, nothing in law. Well, in E&W - I'm not so familiar with Scotland or NI. Of course there might be a contractual obligation to notify a landlord or insurance company, but those are more likely to be obligations on the person ordering the work rather than the person doing the work.

  • Awesome thanks again mate. I already had that feeling but i wanted to be definitely sure.

    cheers!

  • one other thing, installation of an EV charge point in a dwelling is obviously going to be notifiable.

    is there any rules etc about EVCP in industrial/ commercial settings?

    I want to do be able to install them in commercial and industrial settings (and hopefully domestic once i can join a CPS) and im going to do the EVCP course. Is that all i would need to be able to install EVCP's in these applications? I'm guessing there is no other rules so long as the charge point is installed as per Regs?

    thanks!

  • I suggest you get the no of one or more of your DNO area engineers on speed dial - if anything some commercial sites are much closer  to full load than domestic, and advance warning of  the extra KWs for converting the car-park to charge points may avoid a problem.

    Nothing is notifiable to building control or the council, but for all but the smallest thing, the DNO ought to be forewarned.

    Mike.

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  • I suggest you get the no of one or more of your DNO area engineers on speed dial - if anything some commercial sites are much closer  to full load than domestic, and advance warning of  the extra KWs for converting the car-park to charge points may avoid a problem.

    Nothing is notifiable to building control or the council, but for all but the smallest thing, the DNO ought to be forewarned.

    Mike.

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