unvented cylinders on gas safe card

[plumbster3456]

in my opinion all these tickets you need and having to sit them every five years is only going to make the legitimate company's more expensive and give the fly bye nights and unqualified more chance.
I can see it coming eventually they will want a ticket to install hot water a ticket to do drainage a ticket for every part of plumbing.
I am fed up doing courses as it is and certainly dont want to do water byelaws again when you pass your plumbing you have proved you already have the knowledge to work on water pipes why water byelaws? defo money making exercise

 

[GQuigley67]

it is ridiculous the amount of stuff we get shafted with compared to other trades, spoke to a joiner today where his PLI is much much much cheaper than mine

 

[plumbster3456]

you dont need energy efficiency in scotland is this not where you train?

 

[CES]

I had to get it for a company I was working for previously, I didn't know it expires next year..

 

[plumbster3456]

I had to get it for a company I was working for previously, I didn't know it expires next year..

are you going to bother resiting it? if you dont need it why resit it you are sort of paying for nothing as know one asks for it and i mean know one.

 

[kirkgas]

you dont need energy efficiency in scotland is this not where you train?

you do need energy efficiency and unvented to do solar courses

 

[GQuigley67]

my mate done solar course without energy efficiency

 

[kirkgas]

my mate done solar course without energy efficiency

bpec require candidate to have unvented and energy efficiency, where did he do it?

 

[plumbster3456]

would make sense if energy efficiency was linked to solar but i honestly dont think this is the case up here probably should be though.
the general feeling among installers is that energy efficiency is a waste of time until it is required up here.
solar is expensive anyway very few getting it done.

I have never had any problems without energy efficiency

 

[GQuigley67]

unless energy efficiency is included at college, because that is what we worked on new worcesters

 

[plumbster3456]

yes i only fit energy efficient boilers what i mean is the energy efficient course

 

[noleaksihope]

spoke to gas safe, they told me to scan jib card front and back and send it to them, ive done that now so think they'll update it for me

they charging you to update your gs card with g3 mate ?

few years ago snipef were wanting £45 for a CSCS card, phoned corgi and they updated my card with with the H&S qual for £10.

 

[kirkgas]

my mate done solar course without energy efficiency

where did your mate do solar?

 

[GQuigley67]

they charging you to update your gs card with g3 mate ?

few years ago snipef were wanting £45 for a CSCS card, phoned corgi and they updated my card with with the H&S qual for £10.

its £12 for a new card so doubt I will be doing it

kirkgas:

"where did your mate do solar? "

cardonald college, but I'm not sure if energy efficiency is coverd in college nowadays as that is pretty much what we had in the workshops HE boilers etc

 

[plumbster3456]

its £12 for a new card so doubt I will be doing it

kirkgas:

"where did your mate do solar? "

cardonald college, but I'm not sure if energy efficiency is coverd in college nowadays as that is pretty much what we had in the workshops HE boilers etc

are you getting confused between working on he boilers and actually having the energy efficient qual

 

[GQuigley67]

as i said im not sure, i know of the energy efficiency course but i know my friend hasnt done it and has done solar