Route to becoming Domestic Installer with NIC EIC

[experience]

I don't think you need 2 different sites, you just have to:

make available for inspection sufficient domestic electrical installation work to enable an assessment to be completed

You need 2 different sites. On my 1st year with them i thought i could show them 2 jobs @ one site but the assessor said we needed 2 different supplies to test and had to ring his own helpline to confirm.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I'll try and give you ball park figure of what'll cost you in your situation to join a scheme, using Elecsa as that's the route I know:

Elecsa fees - £440
Insurance - £120 (first year assumed)
DI qualification - £700
17th Edition wiring regs - £400
2392 Inpsection & testing - £500 (if you can't test, you can't join)
Test equipment - £400 (min)
Books - £100 (BS7671, OSG, EGBR, GN3, EAWR)

That £2800 or so is just the basics, there's obviously plenty more consumables to add.
Subsequent years will be cheaper of course but that's a big outlay if you're only planning on doing 2-3 notifiable jobs a year

If he's renovating properties as a business (must be - surely can't be moving house 2-3 times a year) he should have liability insurance anyway.

If he's doing electrical work as part of a business he should have test equipment anyway, and the books.

Does the EAL DI NVQ cost £700 at a college?

Ditto 2382? (Although that should be obtainable without needing to pay for any training - what does just sitting the exam cost?)

2392 - do all the schemes ask for this?

 

[JohnnyG]

He should have test equipment & books, chances are he hasn't though.

My local college (Uxbridge) charge £650 for 2392, £395 for 2382 (full course) or £213 for the update course & £745 for the EAL.
In comparison, a reputable commercial training centre charge £525 - 2392, £495 & £175 for the 2 2382 variants & £785 for EAL, I'm sure they're available cheaper but I never found anyone considerably cheaper when I was looking to enrol.
I know you can just do the 2382 test on it's own if needed (if you fail for instance) but I've never investigated it & whilst it's not a difficult exam to be fair I don't think it's possible to pass without a decent understanding of the regs, you'd need the update course as a min.
A 2392 (or any other testing) qualification isn't a requirement, but being able to isolate & test correctly is and the best way to make sure you can do that is by doing the 2392, it's another easy exam & course but at least you learn the correct procedures.
He could try one of the 'skills update' courses available (c£225) as they cover testing but I'm not sure how thorough they are considering the courses generally last about 2 days and have lots of other stuff to get through

 

[davelx]

Given some knowledge of basic electrical theory, you can just do 2382 just by reading the regs, no need for a course - I did. It's an open book multiple choice and really only checks that you know your way around the book.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Yo.

I guess that without training you might not be able to post a scan of your results here showing 100%, but you should have no trouble comfortably passing it.

 

[bongos]

Ditto 2382? (Although that should be obtainable without needing to pay for any training - what does just sitting the exam cost?)

About £130 to sit the exam on it's own.