JIB Grading Definitions - Technician Grade

Qualifications and Training

Must satisfy the following three conditions:

1) Must have obtained the City & Guilds of London Institute Electrical Installation Work Part III Course Certificate (or approved equivalent).

2) Must have obtained an NVQ Level 3 in electrical installation work (or approved equivalent) - see Note 1.

3) Either

a) SITE TECHNICIAN

Must have at least five years' experience as an Approved Electrician with "responsibility money", including a minimum of three years in a supervisory capacity in charge of electrical installations of such complexity and dimension as to require wide technical experience and organisational ability. Where an operative can, subject to confirmation, demonstrate exceptional practical site supervisory skills and experience the requirements for formal qualifications set out in (1) above may be varied by the appropriate Regional Joint Industry Board.

Or

b) INSTALLATION TECHNICIAN

Must have, with the support of his present Employer, exceptional technical skill, ability and experience beyond that expected of an Approved Electrician, so that his value to the Employer would be as if he were qualified as a Technician under (a) above.

Note 1: If the operative meets the other two criteria but has not achieved an NVQ Level 3 in electrical installation, then a "Provisional" grading may be awarded.

Duties

Technicians must have knowledge of the most economical and effective layout of electrical installations together with the ability to achieve a high level of productivity in the work which they control. They must also be able to apply a thorough working knowledge of the National Working Rules for the Electrical Contracting Industry, of the current IEE Regulations for Electrical Installations, of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, the Electricity Supply Regulations, Installations (ie Regulations 22-29 inclusive and 31), of any Regulations dealing with Consumers' Installations which may be issued, relevant British Standards and Codes of Practice, and of the Construction Industry Safety Regulations.