Yeah I think you're right in one way Luchio but with reservations . A few years ago I too would have said scrap the lot !
There has always been some sort of control over our trade. A few days ago I posted a form from the old area electricity board who were very picky about who they accept the old Contractor's Completion Certs from , usually to get a connection & meter .
I'd just become self employed and you had to notify them that you were trading etc. My JIB Approved grade card was immediatly accepted.
Now today everything has changed , not many sparks coming through the old fashioned apprentice systems and are of varying degrees of competence... a college course plus lots of bits of paper and a shiny van insn't the quite the same .
I don't like the way its gone now , I don't like Part Bloody Pee , ( Do Building Control REALLY store all the bumph that we send in ???) I submit , online , details of a new build or kitchen extension ....why do they want a copy of the EIC ? Then while the regulation is strict over those of us in the trade ...it would still appear that any Joe Soap can suddenly be an electrician . Firemen used to to be renowned for it .
I digress .
WOuld you want some bloke from the pub who was once a plumber's mate to come to commission your gas boiler or would you prefer a GasSafe man ?
I think there SHOULD be some kind of registration of electricians ...I don't think it should cost £500 odd a year ...I don't think the regs should be re- written every 3 years ...I don't think we need a surveilance visit every year once your standards have been observed etc. Details of insurance , calibrations etc could be sent electronically.
Could we not have a one off thing such as this ?