Hi Folks, I am pretty certain I know the answer to this but I would like you thoughts on it. We have a number of residential care services for young people (not disability) and have small scale L1/L2 type fire alarm systems and emergency lighting fitted to our premises. Systems have been installed by a qualified electrican but he is not registered with any regulatory body. My question is can he test and pass installations without offical certification to the agreed schedule or must a registered electrican carry out this work? As a qualified electrican he demonstrates competency to carry out electrical work but must it be certified? My own thoughts are that it should. I have done a search of the forums but could not find an answer. By the way I am based in Ireland. KevKel

Not much information from insurers on this but will follow this up. Main drivers are the inspection body of the referral agents to our service- and rightly so! They need to ensure they place children in a safe environment. I just wonder if its an absolute necessity?