Hi Guys,

I went to the local college looking for a P Reg course.
Two differant people in the place (electric type lecturers) said they didn't run the course as the P reg doesn't actually apply in Scotland - or if it does... is extremely watered down. Anyway... because of that, they don't run the courses.

If it was Joe Bloggs off the street i would have said... 'away and pish', but as it came from the college, i'm well surprised.

Can anyone confirm?

Cheers

J

They're right, Part P doesn't apply in Scotland- YET!!!

Wow... didn't think/expect that!

I was looking to get it done. I work/assist my father in law - he's installs solar heating systems. We use control boards, pumps etc which need a wired in for powering them, so expected we'd need to be getting all off the sparky type work signed off.

Any idea when it's due to come in? It'd be an idea for us to get a jump start on it nearer the time.

Cheers!

Wow... didn't think/expect that!

I was looking to get it done. I work/assist my father in law - he's installs solar heating systems. We use control boards, pumps etc which need a wired in for powering them, so expected we'd need to be getting all off the sparky type work signed off.

Any idea when it's due to come in? It'd be an idea for us to get a jump start on it nearer the time.

Cheers!


You'll still need to get all the electrical work signed off using either New Installation or Minor Installation certificates. The difference between the 2 is:- New Installation= If your wiring in a brand new circuit from the dist board. Minor Work= Alteration to an existing circuit.

In order to write your own test certificates and sign them off, you will have to do both BS 2391 Inspection & Testing and BS 7671 (2001) 16th IEE Regulations (changing to 17th edition early 2008) courses. I know for the BS2391 most if not all training bodies insist that you must have a sound knowledge of electrical fundamentals and electrical systems, basically you need to be a spark to start with.

I take it that your father in law is a plumber/heating engineer, we have a few companies up my way that do similar work and they all get electrical firms in to do all the electrical work for the above reason.

Scott

Cheers for the info - will point him in that direction

Cheers

J

(only do alteration to existing circuit)