Why should your electrician be NICEIC accredited?

June 18, 2012 - PRLog -- NICEIC stands for the National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting. It's the must-have safety accreditation for all professional electricians within the industry. What does being NICEIC accredited actually mean though? Briefly, it ensures quality workmanship and that health and safety standards are abided by.

Badly installed electrics are still a main cause of domestic fires, so having high quality electrical work carried out is really crucial for your safety within your own home.

At PGS Electricians, every engineer we employ has to be NICEIC accredited. We have a strict recruitment process that ensures our staff are quite simply the best engineers in London, and having the engineer registered with the NICEIC is crucial to this.

The benefits you'll get from hiring an electrician that's registered to the NICEIC will be:

Knowledge of building regulations:-
If the electrician is registered to the NICEIC Building regulation schemes, they will have in depth knowledge of current building regulations. This means that they can self assess any building work that might need to be carried out prior to starting your job.

Guaranteed standards:-
If the contractor is NICEIC registered it means they have to give you a quality service, which will be guaranteed. If you make a complaint about the work undertaken then it is up to the electricial firm to resolve all issues in regard to the technical standard of their work.

If no resolution is come to, then you have the option of raising a complaint directly to the NICEIC. Raising a complaint this way will ensure that you - the consumer - will not have to pay out anything additional to resolve the technical issues of the work. It basically covers your back, to a certain extent.

Independent complaints:-
The NICEIC also helps you raise independent complaints with electricians. Meaning that if you think the work is unacceptable, you can file an individual complaint against the engineer and if the NICEIC deem acceptable - you will not have to pay to get the work fixed.

Safety standards are met:-
A big part of the NICEIC is to ensure that safety standards are met when undertaking work. The NICEIC insist of assessing electricians on their competency on a regular basis, so you can be sure that the electrician is running by the latest safety standards and rules.

As you can see, there are many benefits to recruiting an NICEIC accredited engineer - for the sake of your own peace of mind. On the PGS Electricians website you can read more about our Electricians in London: http://www.pgs-electricians.co.uk