Can I get an electrician to sign off my work?

The simple answer is, You CAN’T. It is illegal for any person to sign off work and say he had done the work when he clearly did not. If that person is a fully fledged registered and accredited Electrician or Gas Engineer and he lies about the installation he can pretty much kiss his career goodbye.

What qualifications does an electrician need to sign off work?

5 Answers from MyBuilder Electricians To be part p registered, the person concerned needs to have relevant city and guilds electrical qualifications, i.e 2330 level 3 or others. Also the person needs to be up to date with the current wiring regulations, the 17th edition (city and guilds 2382).

How do you sign off electrical work?

To certify your own work you will need to either join a Government Approved Part P Scheme Provider or work with your local building control.

Is it a legal requirement to have an electrical certificate?

The electrical safety certificate which can only be issued by a registered electrician is now mandatory for home owners and landlords who have any new electrical work carried out and includes switches, sockets, fuse boxes and any new or altered wiring circuits. It can only be issued by a registered electrician.

Where do I go to sign off electrical work in my home?

Until the recent changes to Part P came into force (in England only), if you carried out an electrical task in your home your only option was to notify the work to the local building control office. Building control would then get a qualified electrician to come and test your work and issue the relevant certification.

How to obtain a qualified electrician sign off and?

But to register requires me to do work, whilst non qualified, that can be subsequently visited by the NIC assessor so that he can view my workmanship (two sites ofr domestic and five for commercial). But as I am a sole trader I do not work for any electrical company, so how do I obtain sign off for my work.

Can a self employed electrician sign off an extension?

By kevc, September 2, 2009 in Electrical Inspection & Testing Forum. hi guys im a electrician – 17th edition, 2391 self employed electrician working for agencys etc.i have been asked if i could sign off a extension that a retired spark has wired, can i do it or do i need to be registed with niceic etc? hope to hear from your opinions

Do you need to sign off private work?

Discuss Sign off private work in the Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations area at ElectriciansForums.net I’ve heard that at the moment you don’t NEED 2392 or 2391 to join some electrical bodies? Is this true?? Can anyone confirm exactly what qualifications you need to be able to fill out the testing “form 4” and sign off electrical work?