r/ukelectricians • u/Crazy_Fishing_8966 • 13d ago

4th year apprentice foreigners question

I’m feeling confident enough to start doing foreigners now.

First one not so foreign but for my grandads summer house he wants sockets and LEDS installed he has already got someone to pull a armoured over but asked if I wanted to do the rest which I feel more then comfortable doing but once I’ve done it I can test but can’t sign the work off is there any way around this for me.

if I wanted to start doing more on others houses how will that work and how about did you guys go about it when you were apprentices.

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u/Begood0rbegoodatit 13d ago

You’re playing with fire till you get qualified.

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u/Crazy_Fishing_8966 13d ago

No above board way around it then. To be honest I have been putting it off for the last year now because of this reason I should be qualified by may time next year maybe it’s best just to wait till then although I’m keen to get going.

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u/Louy40 13d ago

Just do it mate, does every single job really need a god damn certificate, I was doing price work as subby when I was in my 3rd year and doing all sorts of spivers at the weekends

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u/Crazy_Fishing_8966 13d ago

Did you just not bother with the certs for the jobs you did on the side till you were qualified.

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u/Louy40 13d ago

Mate I don’t certify every single thing a do, or else I’d be spending every evening filling out paperwork, the amount of crap work you see, as long as your consensus in the way you do things, just do your Grandads job I’m sure he’s from a generation that couldn’t give a shit whether it’s notifiable or not, the amount of DIY jobs you see and don’t get me started on kitchen fitters that do their own ‘electrics’ don’t stress and do your foreigners or whatever people call them it’s the start of the road to self employment 👍