During an a assessment does the assessor watch you do a job from start to finish, or do they assess a job that you have already completed and make you explain what you did and why?
There would still appear to be some confusion when it comes to assesments.
For clarification, an assesment for the Domestic installer scheme is carried out on two jobs that you have done in the last twelve months.
These Jobs can be chosen by you, after all you have to ensure excess on the day of assesment.
The jobs you have done will have to be completed, and the relative electrical installation or minor works certificates will have had to be completed.
The assesment will always follow a strict guidline.
A Safe working practice.
B Safe isolation
C Knowledge of the wiring and construction methods
D Selection and use of protection devises
E Position and use of switching for emergency or functional isolation.
F labbeling and instructions including danger notices.
G Testing procedures, and recorded details
H filling out the required electrical certificate, with all fields completed.
One of the assesment jobs will have to show
A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H
The other one will have to show
A,B,D,F and H
This is just a guidline and should never be taken as a rule of thumb, as every assesor would require different things.
To comply with the regulations for assesment purposes, the assesor has to be able to see your potential, your knowledge, and the use of your knowledge.
If you give the assesor a limited job, with very little electrical know how, the job of assesing your potential, or your knowledge is diminished.
Having said that, it is by no means impossible.
I always show full rewires, it shows my capability for design, use of all the relevent building regs Part B, part L, Part p, Part ??? and others.
Testing is far easier for a full rewire or a new build, because part of the testing is done before its connected to the supply.( or if not should be).