I suspect I already know the answer to this question, but here goes anyway;
I live in a small South Lincolnshire village and properties which have either stood empty or run-down for some years are starting to come onto the market. Myself and Mrs B keep looking and wondering if ti would be worth trying to buy and flip one/more than one, as a way to help our two onto the property ladder. If this wasn't like a tenfold version of the labours of Hercules we might consider doing some more, it all depends.
As a toe in the water, I've been looking at doing a 17th Edition Part P course for non-electrical persons, what I want to know is am I wasting my time? I'm a time-served mechanical technician who is now a Shift Team Leader at an Energy From Waste plant and have always done my own domestic wiring, which I understand in most sparkies eyes puts me the wrong side of hazardous, but I never take risks, never knowingly bodge or jury-rig as it's my families safety at the end of the day.
Are there a body of persons out there who are not electricians but have received training in 17th/Part P and are thus qualified to carry out domestic installation and replacement work and are doing so e.g. a builder who's had the requisite training and what's the general opinion of them? Would it be enough to complete a non-electricians course for Part P or would this have to go hand-in-hand with experience gained working alongside a sparky full-time?
All answers welcomed.
I live in a small South Lincolnshire village and properties which have either stood empty or run-down for some years are starting to come onto the market. Myself and Mrs B keep looking and wondering if ti would be worth trying to buy and flip one/more than one, as a way to help our two onto the property ladder. If this wasn't like a tenfold version of the labours of Hercules we might consider doing some more, it all depends.
As a toe in the water, I've been looking at doing a 17th Edition Part P course for non-electrical persons, what I want to know is am I wasting my time? I'm a time-served mechanical technician who is now a Shift Team Leader at an Energy From Waste plant and have always done my own domestic wiring, which I understand in most sparkies eyes puts me the wrong side of hazardous, but I never take risks, never knowingly bodge or jury-rig as it's my families safety at the end of the day.
Are there a body of persons out there who are not electricians but have received training in 17th/Part P and are thus qualified to carry out domestic installation and replacement work and are doing so e.g. a builder who's had the requisite training and what's the general opinion of them? Would it be enough to complete a non-electricians course for Part P or would this have to go hand-in-hand with experience gained working alongside a sparky full-time?
All answers welcomed.
