And none of these schemes have any direct relation to electrical installation work. wow!

Only two references to electrical in the whole 100+ page document, energy saving light bulbs and dodge consumer electrical goods that don't meet safety standards!

Govt version -

"The Government held a Home Improvement Summit on 8 June 2009 to explore possible solutions to the issues facing those considering having work done in their home.

The objectives were to identify ways in which consumer awareness of problems in the sector can be improved, to improve awareness of recognised “Good Trader” schemes and to raise the profile of these schemes among business to encourage wider participation."

Remove the 'spin' and we get -

The Government held a Home Improvement Summit on 8 June 2009 to explore possible solutions to the issues facing those considering having work done in their home.

The objectives were to identify ways in which ......

...more revenue (taxes) can be raised from the unsuspecting Public in order to keep the now-legions of the otherwise unemployable non-jobs in meaningless work.

Sounds about right.

"I'm from the Government and I'm here to help....."

Gawd 'elp us.

TT

I've heard ducks fart before.

This is just another last-gasp initiative from a dying Govt, and one which will never grow legs because it costs money - and the Public purse is well empty.

Just wait till Cameron gets in Chubbs - Part P will be GONE!!

Along with your Part P training courses!!!

Time for a long overdue BIG RED TAPE BONFIRE!

Hilarious! I had no idea they were still performing: http://www.thechucklebrothersontour.co.uk/

Put it this way,

Whenever you hear the words 'Government' & 'Scheme' used in the same sentence, you just know it's gonna be bad.

This is particularly true for any form of Socialist-leaning Govt.

Part Pi$$ isn't working, the number of annual fatalities has actually risen since Jan 2005.

It has become so embarrassing that the Govt no longer records these numbers themselves.

The ESC (the propaganda arm of the NIC to you and me) has now undertaken this task in order to gather enough data to screw the UK electrical industry completely.

There now seems to be even more impetus to drive the industry towards becoming a 'Closed Shop'.

Paid-up Scam members-only if you please.

After all, it's in the name of enhanced safety for the consumer isn't it?
(Laughs his bollerks off)

So why, after new legislation, millions of items of test kit being bought, millions of training courses being sold, and more inspection & testing being carried out than ever before, have more lives been lost on a per annum basis since Jan 2005?

Well let's have a look shall we.

One 5 day course and you can become 'an electrician with the potential to earn upwards of £40+K per year'!

In reality, your '5 day wonder' is simply another semi-skilled dilutee but without the requisite experience to help him blunder through.

So it's like -

PCSO  (Police Community Support Officer) instead of real Policeman.
HLTA (Higher Level Teaching Assistant) instead of real Teacher.

The Govt and it's quango cohorts seem hell-bent on dumbing down and screwing up every aspect of the UKs daily economic life.

I just hope that Cameron puts a stop to all this nonsense and lifts the dead hand of Govt off our backs once and for all.

TT

thanks for the response.

There now seems to be even more impetus to drive the industry towards becoming a 'Closed Shop'.

what you mean by that?

i see what you are saying.

If you are talking about improving standards and decreasing the number of deaths, how do we go about this?

Where did you get the fatality stats from, TT?  When I enquired I found only one death attributable to faulty wiring and that was the MPs daughter which kicked the whole thing off.  

RoSPA had no stats available either.