becoming gas safe registered

[cudney1]

Hi everyone,

i passed my ASC gas a couple of months ago and i am now in the process of being registered with the the company i work for. i want to get my own personal registration so i can sign off my private jobs. is it possible to get registered if you dont have your own business?

my problem is i want to leave my company and start up on my own but in order to get my name around i need to carry out private jobs, if i cant register with gas safe until i have a business then its a big risk to take if i dont get any work.

can anyone help with my enquiry PLEASE

Thank you

 

[JAP&H]

Hi cudney1

Have you chatted with Gas Safe, they could probably point you in the right direction.

 

[petfenn]

Hi If you have all your certificates you can join Gas Safe either through thier website or phoning them direct the cost i think about £450 for first year then £186 per year,once enrolled a Gas Safe inspector will come out to you and instect your work hope that helps

 

[Simon F]

you could try first to build up a customer base through plumbing jobs.
then mention that you can do the gas, you could get some jobs lined up before going solo, plan a few services etc for a few weeks time.
once you register with gas safe you are on probation for 3 months, during this time they will contact you to arrange to come to see you and look at work that you have done or are in the middle of doing, so you will need the work.
and as well if you set up as self employed don't forget to tell the inland revenue and national insurance.

 

[Agasman]

No problem in regestering in your own name,
Even think they do a reduced rate,

Speak with gas safe, or visit their web site
Good Luck Chudney

 

[cudney1]

Thanks for all the advice i will take on all your advice

 

[Barry98]

Thanks for all the advice i will take on all your advice

What is in you contract with your employers , if you were an employee of mine trying to do this I'd be showing you the door. Same as if mine leave two years after passing , of I've paid them through college they have to pay me back.

 

[cudney1]

Hi Bod, I paid for my college nvq my plumbing training, my unvented, my water regs my part L an my ACS as I've been on the company for 3 years and they haven't offered me any training so they got a qualified engineer from a boy for nothing. I have worked hard and done all the crap jobs without complaining and now I'm qualified I'm still treated the same even though I am quicker neater and have haveore qualifications. Also I am still paid apprentice rate even though I have asked for a pay rise 3 times so far so to be honest I think their getting a good deal. Don't mean to sound arrogant but I've put so much work in to get to where I aam without the companies help. I even had to take unpaid leave for my training.
This is why I want to go out on my own

 

[jtsplumbing]

Understand were you are comeing from, but its not a good time to go solo just now ! unless lots of work in your area, dont forget once you go solo you will have lots of overheads and will have to increse price's, now you can keep costs down due to being employed, but once on the streets you will be competing with everyone else, Grass is not greener on this side of the hill just now, and it's a dog eat dog world, Best of luck in what you want to do ! But think B4 you jump into the fire !!

 

[cudney1]

Your absolutely right jtsplumbing, a lot of people i know who have gone out on their own are finding it hard. i want to stay at my current place till the new year then move on if there is enough work coming in. i have 4 bathrooms to fit coming up coming up over the next 2 months, ones a huge job which ive taken a couple of days holiday for the others are like for like so only minor alterations to the wastes/hots and colds. But im getting a lot of people asking me about boilers but when i say not gas safe registered yet it puts them off. but i really appreciate everything everyone has said and i will give it some deep thought

 

[Rickster123]

I left the moment I qualified. If you don't then you will always be the boy and you won't be treated as an engineer. That's my opinion. Do what you feel is right. If you paid for your training then you don't owe them anything.

 

[julesverne]

get your own registration whilst your still working for the company and build up customers before offing it. in this instance i would say you are more than within your rights to work as a gas engineer in your own time if you have paid for all your own training and quals. even if you have studied in their time it just means they have right to your skills in your working day with them.

 

[Millsy 82]

Hi Bod, I paid for my college nvq my plumbing training, my unvented, my water regs my part L an my ACS as I've been on the company for 3 years and they haven't offered me any training so they got a qualified engineer from a boy for nothing. I have worked hard and done all the crap jobs without complaining and now I'm qualified I'm still treated the same even though I am quicker neater and have haveore qualifications. Also I am still paid apprentice rate even though I have asked for a pay rise 3 times so far so to be honest I think their getting a good deal. Don't mean to sound arrogant but I've put so much work in to get to where I aam without the companies help. I even had to take unpaid leave for my training.
This is why I want to go out on my own

When I finished my apprenticeship I left shortly after as I was fed up of earning a poor wage and being treated as a lad who does not know what they are on about (Even though the bloke who trained me spent alot of time explaining things to me so I had a good idea) I changed jobs (Had to pay my acs fee back which was the best thing I did) felt out of my depth for a bit but learnt alot more as I had the support of 6-7 good breakdown engineers and within the space of 2 years I was earning as much as the top blokes at my old company. I then swapped again as a company dangled a nice juicy carrot (£4K payrise) enjoyed it again learnt more from a different load of installers this time. They went under after a year so I went self employed taking on a 3 month job that was left behind from that company, I now wish that I had left it until I am at the age I am now as my installing is good and my knowledge of breakdowns is good so everything would have worked out alot better.

So what I guess I am saying is dont rush into going self employed there is alot to learn even when you have been working on gas for over 10 years work for different companies gain experiance and then you will make life alot easier.

If you do make sure you have insurance (I would imagine that it is also a condition of joining gas safe it was with corgi £2m minimum I think) As you dont want to flood a place then have to pay it out of your own pocket.