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Posted by Anne Monks, on Mon 24 Apr 2017 07:48am

We recently used an Electrician from your site who fitted a ne fuse board. We constantly asked him for a certificat which you have to have now, but he hasn't got back to us. Do you check traders, Qualifications

Adam Raye

Wed 26 Apr 2017 07:52am

Hi Anne. RatedPeople do not check qualifications at all. I defiantly wasn't checked anyway. But the answer to your question: Even a qualified electrician although would be able to carry out a fuse board change, they would not be able to sign it off or notify building control which has to be done for replacement consumer unit unless they are registered with the local authority's (Council), or one of the body's such as NICEIC, Elecsa, Napit. You should revive your certificates no later than 18 days after work is complete.

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Dalton Thompson

Mon 24 Apr 2017 01:27pm

Hi Anne, All tradespeople who sign up to Rated People are screened through several verification processes. More information on this can be found at rated.co.uk/screening. We always encourage homeowners to carry out their own checks and read ratings of several tradespeople before they make the decision to employ them. If you haven’t contacted us regarding this already, please email support(at(ratedpeople.com for further assistance. Thanks, Josh Ask an expert team

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