Getting much more work as an electrician than a plumber :(

[cr0ft]

Hi all,

I am starting to feel like an alien on here now. I haven't touched my plumbing tools for nearly a month now, been doing nothing but electrical work. Does that say that I'm a crap plumber or maybe just there's a lot more people wanting electrical work done. Strange!!

 

[grahamgas]

Your a crap plumber..... Only joking mate
Dont be a stranger. The plumbing forum is deffo a friendlier place.
Glad the sparky quals are paying off.
Got my 2391 exam in a few weeks

 

[cr0ft]

Good stuff mate. If you aren't sure about any of the questions or anything give me a call - 07572 613964.

Keiran.

 

[cr0ft]

The electricans forum is a horrible place to be. So I am going to lurk here

 

[WaterTight]

Good stuff mate. If you aren't sure about any of the questions or anything give me a call - 07572 613964.

Keiran.

Touching altruism. Kudos.

 

[SimonG]

Works work.

 

[WaterTight]

Ah but is it? Is unravelling the human genome tantamount to cooking burgers?

 

[SimonG]

So I take it that the plumber is the dna specialist and the maccy d's operative the electrician?

 

[WaterTight]

darn tooting

 

[Destroyer2813]

Have you done the job were you lost out on the plumbing but got the re-wire Croft, what was the heating install like

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Hi all,

I am starting to feel like an alien on here now. I haven't touched my plumbing tools for nearly a month now, been doing nothing but electrical work. Does that say that I'm a crap plumber or maybe just there's a lot more people wanting electrical work done. Strange!!

good for you your busy,just have a ...... cant fight it ...........sparkies ........hate them dont know why,barstewerds run cables in my way all the time........... arrrgghhh

 

[cr0ft]

Have you done the job were you lost out on the plumbing but got the re-wire Croft, what was the heating install like

Yes. I did my work before the install but I will let you know when I 2nd fix it next month. You never know, it might be a quality job

 

[moony]

Croft. How did you go about getting your sparks ticket - what course did you do? Work placement? Hard? Easy? I'm thinking of doing it.

 

[cr0ft]

Hi mate, I did a 5 week course full-time before I moved up to Lincoln. C&G 2391-10 Inspection and Testing plus all the other stuff like 17th Edition etc. You can do the 17th Edition 'Part P' course but if you want to go full scope you really need the Inspection and Testing qualification. Certainly NICEIC need it within 1 year of you registering with them.

 

[cr0ft]

Grr@not being able to edit. For the NICEIC assessment it's a half day and you just show them 2 jobs you've completed such as a domestic rewire or a consumer unit replacement. They run through the system and they get you to demonstrate inspection and testing and that's it really.

Of course, you have to notify those 2 jobs to building control and pay their rip-off fees before your assessment. I would never condone notifying them after the assessment for £1.80 each. NICEIC don't check you've notified them before work starts by the way.

 

[cr0ft]

The Inspection and Testing part of the course is quite tricky, mainly because the exam has no fixed pass rate. They pass a certain percentage (the top students so to speak) from each entry. Not sure of the reasoning behind that, it's a bit mad to me.

You would be surprised how much transferable skills you have as a plumber though, especially if you've wired boilers etc. Domestic electrics are pretty straight forward tbh.

 

[moony]

Cheers mate will defo look into it.

I think to offer both is a good thing.

 

[cr0ft]

Might help to get you a foot in the door doing some commercial work. I got a call from a director of a health service company who was fed up with the plumber blaming the sparky and vice versa.

Its working really well for me and if it helps a few mates on here get some extra work then good stuff