I feel your pain.

Even more so when having to deal with admin staff that have probably never terminated a cable in their life, suddenly deciding that they're important enough to tell you that you aren't qualified, just because some other admin person has produced a list for them. It's all 'bums on seats' for them and making sure they get a new list of paying customers regularly flowing through the door. There just isn't anything in it for them to spend time looking to scrutinise clearly erroneous and badly planned decisions that negatively impact the electrical contractors they supposedly represent.

Up until 2021 the CG2330 was deemed a perfectly acceptable qualification and no one can tell me why it was suddenly deemed inferior to the 236 (before) and 2360 (afterwards) - both of which are still acceptable level 3 technical certificates. So anyone that carried out the CG2330 between 2007 and 2012 and didn't complete an accompanying NVQ 3, suddenly has a piece of scrap paper instead of a qualification. This is despite them completing what all the training authorities told them was a recognised industry training programme. If they want to introduce new standards for electricians then fair enough, but they definitely shouldn't be allowed to unilaterally and retrospectively punish those that carried out their qualifications in an arbitrary window of time. 

Superb post.

I did the 2361 and 2362 as yourself starting mine in 1980 with the 14th then onto the 15th. Lost my 'letter' long ago.

And as with yourself I guess we all see those having completed AM2 with so little experience receive 'gradings' to work on sites that so many older electricians are prohibited!

Further to my last, I have had a look another look at the Equality Act 2010 and either S. 53 or S. 57 may come into play - provisions concerning qualifications bodies and trade associations respectively.

The principle of indirect discrimination is that somebody with one of the protected characteristics is less likely to be able to satisfy a requirement because of it. So if somebody who trained in the 1980s is at a disadvantage compared with somebody who trained say in the 1990s onwards, that may constitute unlawful discrimination because, self evidently, people who trained in the 1980s are older than those who trained later.

That may give rise to a claim in the County Court (if I understand the Act correctly), but who wants the palaver and expense of litigation? Moreover if one solution is to get the up to date qualifications, you will not get many hours of a solicitor's time for the same amount.

My advice would be to have a good look at the Act and write formally (on paper with a stamp on the envelope, not by e-mail) and complain about the discrimination. Good luck!