Competent person scheme assessment
An annual assessment visit from NICEIC, NAPIT or ELECSA, with the fee due beforehand and the certificate held on file to keep the registration live.
For electricians
The certificates, assessments and renewal dates an electrician carries all year
Scheme registration, calibration dates and fixed-wire test cycles all fall due while the van is out on the day's jobs.
No account needed to see the proposed desk.
The recurring work
What electricians have to keep on top of
Every one of these has a date attached, a document behind it, and somebody who notices when it slips. This is what goes on the desk.
Wiring regulations qualification
The 18th Edition qualification, updated as amendments to BS 7671 are published, and often required again before a scheme assessment will pass.
Part P notification
Building control notification for each notifiable job in a dwelling, raised at the start of the work and completed once the certificate has been issued.
EICR due dates
Five-yearly electrical installation condition reports on rented and commercial property, with each certificate tracked until its own expiry date.
Test instrument calibration
Annual calibration of the multifunction tester, loop tester and insulation resistance tester, with the certificates kept for scheme assessments.
Public liability and professional indemnity renewal
Annual renewal of both policies, usually required at the level the scheme and the main contractors insist on.
Van insurance, MOT and tax
Yearly policy renewal, the annual MOT test and the tax date, with the van off the road if any of the three is missed.
ECS card renewal
The ECS or JIB card, renewed every three years, and often refused on site once it has expired.
Apprentice and mate certification
Keeping the apprentice's NVQ units, AM2 date and site log moving, since the evidence falls out of date rather than waiting.
Main contractor documentation
RAMS, insurance certificates and qualification evidence resubmitted each time a site or a buyer's portal asks for the current versions.
What it costs to carry it
The paperwork sits behind an eight-hour day of first and second fix, so it gets done in the evening or not at all. The usual failure is an assessment booked too late in the year, or a calibration certificate that cannot be found on the morning of one. A lapsed scheme registration takes the notifiable work with it, and a missed EICR date on a managed block lands on whoever signed for it.
What the desk takes over
The desk works this list to its own schedule and reports what it did.
The renewal calendar
Scheme, calibration, card and policy dates held with the body, the fee and the renewal reference recorded against each one.
Assessment preparation
The certificate bundle for the scheme assessor assembled ahead of the visit, with anything missing chased before the day.
Test record filing
Certificates issued and their re-test dates entered against the property, so the next EICR is raised before the current one expires.
Portal returns
Qualification, insurance and RAMS documents resubmitted to contractor and buyer portals when a new version is due.
The dated record
A note of what was issued, notified and filed, with the reference, retrievable when a client or an assessor asks.
What stays with the electrician
The testing, the fault-finding and the signing of the certificate stay with the electrician, because the name on the document is the person accountable for it. The desk moves the dates, the files and the chase around that signature.
Questions
Can OutcomeDev notify building control for Part P work?
It records each notifiable job, prepares the notification and works the date until it is closed. Where the scheme's own portal needs a login or a signature, the step is handed to the electrician with the details ready.
Does it keep the certificates for the scheme assessment?
Yes. Certificates, calibration records and insurance documents are held against their dates, and the bundle is assembled before the assessor arrives.
What happens when an EICR date is coming up?
The desk raises it as work with the property, the client and the previous report to hand, so the inspection can be booked with time to spare.
Put the electrician's recurring work on the desk
Start with a name, a website and one sentence about what the business does. The desk proposes the list; the electrician corrects it.