£186 poorer

[mountainman]

Oh well!
No choice in the matter really so I just renewed my Gas Safe registration. :banghead:

 

[dancinplumba]

comes to us all

 

[SafeGasInstall]

I am due on 14/02/2013 and I got there renew letter 1 week ago , ..........

they cant wait to get

my hardly earned

hardly saved money

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

its the same with re assessments i got my core + appliances on the 7 jan i really begrudge paying that its disgusting we have to do it every 5 years major con

 

[Barry98]

Even dick Turpin wore a mask

 

[SafeGasInstall]

how much ist Lee ?

 

[Barry98]

186 by the looks though it was only 140 lol

 

[SafeGasInstall]

186 by the looks though it was only 140 lol

so sorry , did mean Mark ?

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Assessment Dates (start time 8.00am)

Thursday 17[SUP]th[/SUP] January 2013
Friday 18[SUP]th[/SUP] January 2013

The charges are as follows:-

ACS Training (£90.00 per day) £90.00
Core Gas – CCN1 £365.00
Central Heating and Water Heating - CENWAT £25.00
Fire and Wall Heaters – HTR1 £25.00
Cookers – CKR1 £25.00
Admin fee £25.00
Constructions Skills/Gas Safe Fee £45.00

Total £600.00

Please note that a Core Gas & Appliance Manual will be available to purchase at a cost of £45.00.

plus loss of earnings

 

[vern]

its the same with re assessments i got my core + appliances on the 7 jan i really begrudge paying that its disgusting we have to do it every 5 years major con

Snap Mark.....same dates got my UV DHW to do also! Loss of earnings does my head in, especially after Christmas holidays etc....

 

[Barry98]

Where you doing yours vern ?

 

[vern]

Where you doing yours vern ?

NGST IN Leeds pal, I have known them years, the thing I like is they mark and give all the self employed guys priority for practical assessments, if they are busy which they usually are! BG & E.ON boys etc are made to wait, which suits them lol but not their field managers!

Our time is money or lost work!

 

[chris watkins]

How many of you gas guy's take the training before sitting the ACS ????

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

how many of you gas guy's take the training before sitting the acs ????

i normally book one day

 

[chris watkins]

i normally book one day

Why ? I see it's £90 cost & a loss of a days earnings !!

 

[Barry98]

Gets you back into the mind set of been in the class room and not in the real world

 

[mountainman]

How many of you gas guy's take the training before sitting the ACS ????

I do, it gives me a chance to brush up on new regs.
Mind you, I did mine last christmas so hopefully I'll have a decent next four years and retire before I do it again

 

[chris watkins]

Gets you back into the mind set of been in the class room and not in the real world

I still don't understand why you need to get back into a "mind set" ? if you know your stuff & keep up to date, surly it doesn't make any difference if you are on site or being assessed? and you would save the £90 + the loss of a day's money.

 

[Barry98]

Well my opinion is , and it might not make sense but like the answer they want in written isn't what you get doing the job out in the big bad world it's almost like a different language .

 

[vern]

Why ? I see it's £90 cost & a loss of a days earnings !!

I don't Chris .....just dive straight in cold lol, but they know my track record and experience, if they see anyone struggle, they recommend they do a bit of training even part way through, I saw this on my LPG last time, there were 6 of us one guy had clearly never touched the stuff, he was blagging it for his ticket, he was referred for training and we all got done for 14.00 job done!

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

I still don't understand why you need to get back into a "mind set" ? if you know your stuff & keep up to date, surly it doesn't make any difference if you are on site or being assessed? and you would save the £90 + the loss of a day's money.

i dont feel complacent enough to say i know it all,the days training helps to refresh your memory

 

[chris watkins]

Do you take the training Vern or go straight in ??

 

[gazzamikes]

I know it's a point of Argument between plumbers and sparks oh and sparks and sparks my part p renewal just cost near on £400 and got to do it every year. This whole registration certification thing for both of us is a pain!

 

[Barry98]

Part p renewal ? Its a building reg

 

[gazzamikes]

Sorry yes I membership renewal for the part p side of things

 

[Barry98]

Rrrrrrr with ya

 

[chris watkins]

I don't Chris .....just dive straight in cold lol, but they know my track record and experience, if they see anyone struggle, they recommend they do a bit of training even part way through, I saw this on my LPG last time, there were 6 of us one guy had clearly never touched the stuff, he was blagging it for his ticket, he was referred for training and we all got done for 14.00 job done!

As it should be !!
(but perhaps that guy should have been failed & made to have undertaken some training before he was allowed to take it again ?)

 

[vern]

Do you take the training Vern or go straight in ??

Lol Chris see above, sorry if I come over big headed it was not the intention or to seem complacent, I know what Bod means the language can be a huge problem, E.G a guy was saying I would bubble it, the answer had to be nothing but " spray with leak detection fluid"

 

[vern]

As it should be !!
(but perhaps that guy should have been failed & made to have undertaken some training before he was allowed to take it again ?)

Yeah he was sent home Chris, he was asking questions which were basic and holding us all up, so failed and had to attend training before reassessment!

 

[chris watkins]

Lol Chris see above, sorry if I come over big headed it was not the intention or to seem complacent, I know what Bod means the language can be a huge problem, E.G a guy was saying I would bubble it, the answer had to be nothing but " spray with leak detection fluid"

Sorry to confuse, I am far to slow Vern you had already posted before I got around to it.
I am not having a go at anyone, just interested as to how many do take the training (I must admit that I use to but that was mainly because I was offices based).

 

[Barry98]

There's no right or wrong way , each to his/her own I suppose

 

[vern]

Sorry to confuse, I am far to slow Vern you had already posted before I got around to it.
I am not having a go at anyone, just interested as to how many do take the training (I must admit that I use to but that was mainly because I was offices based).

No problem pal, my reply was poor, that bit was aimed at Mark and Lee, as he says everyone to their own!

 

[Barry98]

Am old and thick so need the extra time lol

 

[chris watkins]

All's well that ends well as they say.

Looks like a couple of well known myth's have been debunked first we have found out that people do fail !!!! & that some training is done during (CPD) this propose every 5 years so not a complete waste of time & money !!

SHOCK HORROR !!!!! now I don't want this to get out, you must all swear on pain of death to keep the secret. Promise ??

 

[Orry Clayton]

Where you doing yours vern ?

Where do you, do yours Lee? I've tried two centres so far, one did Logic and other CSkills, both very different assessments.