Prysmian the UK’s largest cable manufacturer with over 100 years of experience, recently asked our tutor Mark Longley MIET to write an article on what a cable safe zone is. Mark has worked in the electrical installation sector for just short of 30 years as an apprentice, an electrician, a maintenance electrician and an educator. […]
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What is Inspection and Testing?
You may hear it called it test and inspect by many people in the industry, however the correct terminology you should be using is inspection and testing. This is because it makes sense to inspect first and then test. It’s quite simple really, how can you test something that you haven’t inspected? In layman’s terms […]
What is the 17th Edition and Why is it Important?
** Please note that the 17th Edition was replaced in July 2018 by the 18th edition. Visit our 3 Day 18th Edition Course page for more info.** For those of us already working in the industry this will sound like a strange question because every electrician in the UK needs to hold and work to […]
What is an ECS Card and How do I Get One?
If you work in the electrical industry, it will make sense to get your hands on an ECS card as it will be virtually impossible to find work on a construction site without one. The ECS card is similar to cards found in other industries such as CSCS cards and is a great way to […]
What is the Purpose of an EICR? (Electrical Installation Condition Report)
An EICR is an Electrical Installation Condition Report. It is a formal document that is produced following an assessment of the electrical installation within a property. It must be carried out by an experienced qualified electrician or approved contractor. Usuaully this means they will have taken a course covering peridoic inspection and testing and are […]
What Happens if a Customer Doesn’t Pay!
Practically every person who is self-employed will at some point in their career come across a person or company who doesn’t pay their bill. Generally non-payers fall into one of the following categories: Will pay eventually (but it makes no difference to them whether they pay you now or next month) Have no intention of […]
What’s the Average Day Rate for Domestic Electrical Work?
This is exactly the question we asked to a large group of UK electricians, and whilst we knew we were taking a ‘leap of faith’ when asking this question, we had not prepared ourselves fully for the thoughts that followed from the electricians. We had such an interesting response, it would have been a total […]
EV Charging Point Installation – What’s the Big Deal?
EV charging and grants seminar This year we introduced a range of seminars designed to help those working in the industry maximise the opportunities out there, and to share information about how EV charging point grants can be accessed and how installers can register with OLEV. The first EV seminars have now been run, and […]