VoltiTECH – New qualifications for supervising electricians. Review of VoltiTECH 2010
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In 2010, Voltimum published 10 VoltiTECHs covering important topics identified by our technical experts and edited and introduced by James Hunt. We review them here and allow you to add to your all-important CPD hours for the year by taking the tests associated with eight of them and receiving your CPD certificate.
Newsletter | | | Round Up of 2010 | | | 
James Hunt
Managing Editor | | Dear Daniel TestUser In 2010, Voltimum published 10 VoltiTECHs covering important topics identified by our technical experts and edited and introduced by James Hunt. We review them here and allow you to add to your all-important CPD hours for the year by taking the tests associated with eight of them and receiving your CPD certificate.
The top three VoltiTECHs of 2010 were: March - Cable sizing for safety; September - Amendment to IEC 60947-7-1, in relation to Terminal blocks; and October - Photovoltaics.
Also in this issue, we bring you very important breaking news in relation to new qualifications required by supervising electricians. These come into effect in mid 2011.
James Hunt and the Voltimum Team wish you all a very Merry Christmas 2010. |  | | UK electrical industry introduces new vocational standards for supervising electricians
In an important move to raise the bar in maintaining safe practice for anyone working in the UK electrical industry, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced that all Qualified Supervisors will - from July 2011 - need to hold higher qualifications. An industry wide agreement means that a Level 3 qualification, or equivalent, will become the minimum technical requirement for all new applications for the position of Qualified Supervisor. All new applications for qualifying supervisors who are legally responsible for the day-to-day technical activities of electrical companies in scope to Part P of the Building Regulations will require the new QCF Level 3 NVQ Certificate in Installing, Testing and Ensuring Compliance of Electrical Installation Work in Dwellings. This qualification will include the requirement to undertake an occupational competence assessment.
This important decision, taken by an IET committee chaired by Giuliano Digilio and made up of representatives of trade associations including the ECA (click here to read their press announcment), the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Electrical Safety Council (ESC), the IET and the competent person scheme, sets the benchmark for ensuring safety standards within the electrical contracting sector. | | | | | | |
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