Advise on Part P

[Paul_C]

This has been horribly morphed so that anyone can do electrcial works for reward for a third party and can do this if LABC has been pre-advised.

I'm not sure there was ever any intention for that not to be the case. Has a similar restriction ever applied to other parts of the building regulations?

I really don't think the authorities cared one way or another about that, just so long as they saw a way to grab more money and control.

 

[chapeau]

Morning Tommy.

People are getting a bit confused about what 'part p course' means. You will not find this in any statutory document, or in the definitions of BS7671, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The English Language is a bit more sophisticated than that.

Google 'Part P Course' and you will get a load of companies that provide just that. The qualifications you will get will satisfy an organisation like NICEIC that you have the basic knowledge to get onto their membership schemes. Apply for membership with your part p course qualifications and they will test you again and if you satisfy them (there are other things you need like insurance and test kit etc, google NICEIC) you will gain membership. Once you have membership you can self certify the
works above satisfy the requirments of Part P of the building regs.

In a lot of ways a Part P course is more than you need, funnily enough, you can get in with less.

Cost you about 2-3 grand probably, give or take.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I really don't think the authorities cared one way or another about that, just so long as they saw a way to grab more money and control.

The local authorities did not lobby for Part P, or any form of statutory control over electrical work.

They did not decide to introduce Part P.

And all the time we see people complaining about LABCs doing their level best to act as if it wasn't enacted.

But don't let that dissuade you from giving us another one of your tiresome it's-all-a-socialist-big-government-plot-to-run-our-entire-lives whinges.

 

[Paul_C]

The local authorities did not lobby for Part P, or any form of statutory control over electrical work.

They did not decide to introduce Part P.

But after Part P was introduced, they've been quite happy to try and enforce their own rules without any legal authority to do so in order to rake in more money from it.