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What qualification is required to inspect against Edition 18?

Tim Coker

In order to be able to inspect against Edition 18, what qualification is required? I've been referred to City & Guilds 2391-52 Level 3 Award in Inspection and Testing...

One of my Engineers is IEng with IET, and has various C&G qualifications including City & Guilds/NICEIC – BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 (18th Edition Wiring Regulations). Through these and associated experience he is qualified to higher than Level 3 (Manager/Coordinator Level I'm told).

Is this sufficient to be able to sign the inspection forms? I did see in a previous thread that there isnt an actual formal qualification, so I think the above would be sufficient, but that thread was 2 year ago.

Thanks...

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    Tim Coker said:
    One of my Engineers is IEng with IET, and has various C&G qualifications including City & Guilds/NICEIC – BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 (18th Edition Wiring Regulations).

    As a side note, just to add that I'd put these the other way around: the C&G qualifications are the most relevant. Having IEng (or EngTech or CEng) with the IET doesn't necessarily demonstrate that this person knows anything at all about electrical installation, although it should give confidence that that they are professional enough not to sign for anything where they are not competent to do so.

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    Tim Coker said:
    One of my Engineers is IEng with IET, and has various C&G qualifications including City & Guilds/NICEIC – BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 (18th Edition Wiring Regulations).

    As a side note, just to add that I'd put these the other way around: the C&G qualifications are the most relevant. Having IEng (or EngTech or CEng) with the IET doesn't necessarily demonstrate that this person knows anything at all about electrical installation, although it should give confidence that that they are professional enough not to sign for anything where they are not competent to do so.

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    Indeed! As I understand it, great debate was had about candidate entry requirements for the 2391 and the equivalent EAL qualification, some arguing that only those with a recognised NVQ L3 qualification in electrical installation work should be allowed to take the course.

    The recently introduced electrician + courses in PV and battery does restrict entry to only those practicing electricians with the L3 NVQ. So that's me out but it might also exclude the authors of the COPs that the courses are predicated on?!

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