Are the IET restricting electrical contractors

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The IET define the EAS. As I have observed they have removed the competent person from Sept 21 from being acceptable with just an 18th edition qualification. 
 Now they have removed that and the acceptable verification for this level is beyond what most 48 year old plus contractors have. 
 there are contractors out there who have experience and older quals (anyone who says grandad rights is in bed with these lot) who can no longer be a QS should they lose them, forcing them to employ people who aren&rsquo;t really QS level but satisfy EAS set out by IET. 
 From my experience in assessing tue EAS, this is a money making agenda. 
 IET is restricting the electrical contract industry to make money. 
 kind regards 
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John Peckham · Answer

Firstly let me declare my interest. I have been a member of the IET since 1986. I am also a member of the IET Council. This is my personal view on the EAS scheme. 
 The IET are one of the Professional Engineering Institutions (PEI) governed by a Royal Charter. 
 The IET does not write the EAS document but does attend the EAS meetings. The IET does not, and would not, seek to restrict the electrical installation industry in order to make money. 
 You may wish to note that the EAS document does not recognize IET members being qualified or competent to be QSs. 
 The IETs stated policy is for individual competence and supports Dame Judith Hacketts stated view on individual competence. 
 The competent person schemes are not individual competence schemes and do not register register individuals, only enterprises. The competent persons schemes, and their emanations, write the EAS document. 
 The new Building Safety Regulator is a department inside the Health and Safety Executive. The BSR now regulates the competent person schemes. If you wish to complain about the EAS scheme you should write to the Building Safety Regulator. 
 In respect of CPD the IET requires it's members to do CPD each year and to submit annually a record of CPD undertaken. I submitted mine last month. 
 I hope this clarifies the misunderstanding about the EAS document? 
 
 JP

Sparkingchip · Answer

Unknown said: The IET define the EAS. As I have observed they have removed the competent person from Sept 21 from being acceptable with just an 18th edition qualification. 
 I suggest everyone reads this article written by a training company explaining the changes to the EAS back in September 2021, it will make things clearer and hopefully is written from a fairly independent viewpoint without any bias. 
 https://theelectricalacademy.co.uk/important-update-major-changes-to-dei-and-cps-this-september/ 
 I am not clear as to why a discussion about JIB registration is actually relevant? Comparisons can be made, but does JIB registration fall under the requirements of the EAS? 
 The JIB contributes to the EAS, just like the other committee members, but I thought they set their own requirements for their own registration scheme?

gkenyon · Answer

Unknown said: The IET define the EAS. 
 That is incorrect, the IET do NOT define the EAS. The EAS Management Committee defines the EAS, and the IET has agreed to host the published documents. This is discussed on the following web-page: https://electrical.theiet.org/bs-7671/building-regulations/electrotechnical-assessment-specification/ 
 The organizations involved in production of the EAS specification are discussed in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 of the specification. 
 Unknown said: EAS set out by IET 
 As above, set out by the cross-industry EAS Management Committee. 
 
 Unknown said: there are contractors out there who have experience and older quals 
 Agreed, the Qualifications Guide provides further clarity in this regard. This also includes the following:

Are the IET restricting electrical contractors

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