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Mandatory electrical safety checks required under the Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

20 May 2022

Mandatory electrical safety checks required under the Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

Regulations require landlords in England to have the electrical installations in properties inspecte...

Compliance Auditing – Reducing Client Risk and Improving Supply Chain Accountability

13 March 2022

Compliance Auditing – Reducing Client Risk and Improving Supply Chain Accountability

To date, SparkSafe has carried out almost 1000 independent compliance audits on behalf of Public Sec...

How would you defend yourself in court for using unqualified electrical workers on your construction project?

28 February 2022

How would you defend yourself in court for using unqualified electrical workers on your construction...

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What is the difference between 3rd party electrical certification schemes and SparkSafe Licence to Practise?

12 January 2022

What is the difference between 3rd party electrical certification schemes and SparkSafe Licence to P...

SparkSafe is a quality improvement measure aimed at reducing risks, which arise from using unqualifi...

The Industry’s Semi-Skilled Dilemma

3 December 2021

The Industry’s Semi-Skilled Dilemma

Categorising workers according to standards is an established and appropriate action of the UK elect...

What we set out to achieve

30 September 2021

What we set out to achieve

SparkSafe Licence to Practise (LtP) has been developed to improve quality and raise standards in the...

Our Online Solution

16 September 2021

Our Online Solution

The rationale behind the unique online solution was to design a system that would achieve the follow...

Licence to Practise and Part-Qualified Electrical Workers

7 July 2021

Licence to Practise and Part-Qualified Electrical Workers

Categorising workers according to standards is an established and appropriate action of the UK elect...

Pathways to becoming Qualified within the Electrical Industry

15 June 2021

Pathways to becoming Qualified within the Electrical Industry

Pathways to becoming Qualified

Ask no questions, tell no lies, the Client subbie dilemma

22 April 2021

Ask no questions, tell no lies, the Client subbie dilemma

Reduced SparkSafe Licence Fee

Reduced Electrical Worker Fee

20 April 2021

Reduced Electrical Worker Fee

Reduced SparkSafe Licence Fee

2021 Fake Electrical Qualifications Alert

1 April 2021

2021 Fake Electrical Qualifications Alert

2021 Fake Electrical Qualifications Alert