To become Part-P self certified, you need to have your electrical installations inspected by one of the certification body's found below. BUT before you can apply to these organisations you must meet a range of training and competence criteria.
DO YOU FULFILL THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA?
• Competence in designing, installing, inspecting, testing and certifying domestic electrical work in accordance with BS7671 (the IEE Wiring Regulations)
• Compliance with the relevant Building Regulations

• Persons proposed as Qualified Supervisors, who must be a full-time principal or employee of the business, and have at least a City & Guilds 2381 qualification or equivalent. (See below for equivalent qualifications)

Other qualifications that will satisfy this requirement are:

• Domestic Electrical Installer Qualification - (National Accredited Qualification)*
• City & Guilds 2380 (16th Edition) Certificate
• City and Guilds 2400 – (Design, Erection and Verifications of Electrical Installations)
• City & Guilds 2360 Part 2 (Electrical Installation Competencies) awarded in 1993 or later
• NVQ/SVQ level 3 in Electrical Installation work awarded in 1993 or later
• The Scottish Qualification Authority Tailored Award in Design and Verification of Electrical Installation

• At least £2 million Public Liability insurance cover

• Customers must be offered a warranty

If you can meet these requirements; please see our list of certification body's in step 3 (here)

If you cannot meet these requirements, find information about training courses suitable to meet the requirements in step 2 (here)
Central to getting your work approved is meeting BS 7671 wiring regulations. To achieve this you can undertake a suitably accredited training course, the internet links below provide you with information on courses and where you can attend them. Most of the rrequired courses are under 5 days and thier costs vary.

CITY AND GUILDS Courses. These courses are available throughout the UK, often at higher education establishments. Details of all the courses and where to attend are available on www.city-and-guilds.co.uk.

Information on:
• City and Guilds 2360
• City and Guilds 2381
• City and Guilds 2400

A Learners Guide to City and Guilds Electrotechnical courses is available in PDF format

DOMESTIC Electrical Installer Qualification and NVQ/SVQ's. This National Accredited Qualification is operated by a range of independent training initiatives. For details on what they are and who runs them visit:

• Government Direct learning website
• the Qualifications Curriculum Authority website
• www.techniquetraining.co.uk runs one such course.

SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY, also run courses in electrical installation, visit their website for more information.
If you are able to meet the requirements in step one, you can apply to one of the government approved schemes below to have your work inspected and determined suitable for meeting Part-P. Only after this process will you be able to SELF-CERTIFY your own installations.
BRE Certification Ltd
Tel: 0870 609 6093
Email: partp@eca.co.uk
Web: www.partp.co.uk
BSI - British Standards Institution
Tel: 01442 230 442
Email: product.services@bsi-global.com
Web:www.bsi-global.com/kitemark
ELECSA Ltd
Tel: 0870 749 0080
Email: elecsa@fensa.org.uk
Web: www.elecsa.org.uk
NAPIT Certification Ltd
Tel: 0870 444 1392
Email: derrick@napit.org.uk
Web: www.napit.org.uk
NICEIC Certification Services Ltd
Tel: 0800 013 0900
Email: partp@niceic.org.uk
Web: www.niceic.org.uk
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