Give customers confidence in your work with the NICEIC Approved Contractor Scheme.
The NICEIC Approved Contractor Scheme is a stamp of quality for your electrical installation business. Approved Contractors are electrical contractors who have been assessed as competent to carry out electrical work against the requirements of BS 7671.
The NICEIC Approved Contractor Scheme is open to businesses carrying out electrical work in :
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commercial and industrial installations
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domestic installations
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installation condition reporting (including testing, inspection and PIRs)
Scheme requirements
Electrical
- Have work available for assessment that represents the electrical work you typically undertake. The work should comply with BS 7671 and relevant codes of practice, and must have been undertaken in the previous 12 months under your business’ current trading title
- Hold current edition of BS 7671 and other technical reference documents relevant to the range and scale of electrical work you undertake
- Have a safe isolation and re-energisation of installations procedure in place
Business
- Appoint an appropriate person as a Principal Duty Holder and nominate one or more Qualified Supervisors
- Have premises and equipment appropriate to the range and scale of electrical work you undertake, including test instruments suitable for carrying out the range of tests required by BS 7671
- Records of the ongoing accuracy and consistency of test equipment used for certification and reporting purposes
- Maintain a record of any complaints made about the technical standard of electrical work carried out by your business, together with details of the remedial action taken
- Have a written Health and Safety Policy Statement and carry out risk assessments as appropriate
- Maintain records for a minimum of six years, inclusive but not limited to; specifications, certificates, competence records and complaints
Experience & Qualifications
- Your proposed Qualified Supervisor has at least two years' responsibility for electrical work
- Evidence of relevant qualifications, training (including Continuous Professional Development) and experience for all employed persons undertaking electrical work
Insurance
- Hold at least £2 million Public Liability Insurance
- Have £250k Professional Indemnity Insurance (for AC's who undertake Periodic Inspection)
Approved Contractor Scheme Fees
Application Fees | Fee | VAT | Total |
| Application review fee for each address requiring assessment (e.g. head office and each contracting branch) | £95 | £19 | £114 |
| Assessment and Certification fee (inc full day assessment) | £1105 | £221 | £1326 |
| Fee for each additional half day assessment relating to an application | £400 | £80 | £480 |
| Fee for pre-assessment | £400 | £80 | £480 |
| Non contracting branch application fee (if applicable; inc half day assessment) | £420 | £84 | £504 |
Annual certification renewal | Fee | VAT | Total |
| Head office and contracting branches only; payment by single direct debit (inc half day assessment) | £555 | £111 | £666 |
| Payment by other methods (inc half day assessment) | £575 | £115 | £690 |
| Fee for each additional half day assessment relating to continued certification (if applicable) | £400 | £80 | £480 |
| Annual fee non contracting branch (if applicable) | £240 | £48 | £288 |
*Full day assessment = approx 6 hrs; half day assessment = approx 3 hrs.
Cancellation fees |
Fee |
VAT |
Total |
| Cancellation of scheduled assessment with 2 or less than 2 days notice (per half day assessment) | £355 | £71 | £426 |
| Cancellation of scheduled assessment with more than 2 and less than 21 days notice (per half day assessment) | £245 | £49 | £294 |
| Void fee for failure to be present or available for assessment when the assessor has attended at the scheduled time and date and no previous cancellation has been recieved (per half day) | £400 | £80 | £480 |
Extension to certification - hazardous area work |
Fee |
VAT |
Total |
| Pre-assessment application fee | £400 | £80 | £480 |
| Site assessment application fee | £790 | £158 | £948 |
| Annual fee (per half day required) | £400 | £80 | £480 |
Other fees |
Fee |
VAT |
Total |
| Pre-assessment | £400 | £80 | £480 |
| Additional half day assessment (or multiples of) | £400 | £80 | £480 |
| Administrative fees (for example change of company details, not involving change of ownership; not including additional assessment) | £65 | £13 | £78 |
| Change of Qualified Supervisor (not including additional assessment) | £65 | £13 | £78 |
| NICEIC Online certificates and reports | £1.50 | £0.30 | £1.80 |