Well I think it all down to in the end what the client will and wont accept if you look back 10 years ago very few people knew any thing about the HV cert . But now days having a HV cert is a standard requirement .
As we all know IMCA just set the guide lines as none of this is a mandatory requirement . However many of the clients are implementing these new requirements . To put it all in a nut your about to go out on a project and your told
" Sorry Your Competence assessment cert is out of date and we cant use you "
I know and I fully agree its a pile of crap if people were to be assessed it should only be done in house for a current or past IMCA member since they know you and not a school . I did check with other schools like Fort William and they are not doing it .
It seems the only people doing it are MTCS I think the way the industry is at the moment MTCS are looking to make any extra revenue they all this seems to be supported by IMCA , If you PM me I will forward the emails I got from them .
Many experienced guys have been sitting on the beach for over a year and the last thing they want to hear is they require more certs to work at a cost of £300 . Every year someone seems to come out with a new requirement
I think all we can do is wait and see or go to a past employer who is a IMCA member and get them to write you out a Competence assessment letter then your good to go for 5 years as per emails from IMCA .
But like I keep saying its all down to what the client will and wont accept .
As we all know IMCA just set the guide lines as none of this is a mandatory requirement . However many of the clients are implementing these new requirements . To put it all in a nut your about to go out on a project and your told
" Sorry Your Competence assessment cert is out of date and we cant use you "
I know and I fully agree its a pile of crap if people were to be assessed it should only be done in house for a current or past IMCA member since they know you and not a school . I did check with other schools like Fort William and they are not doing it .
It seems the only people doing it are MTCS I think the way the industry is at the moment MTCS are looking to make any extra revenue they all this seems to be supported by IMCA , If you PM me I will forward the emails I got from them .
Many experienced guys have been sitting on the beach for over a year and the last thing they want to hear is they require more certs to work at a cost of £300 . Every year someone seems to come out with a new requirement
I think all we can do is wait and see or go to a past employer who is a IMCA member and get them to write you out a Competence assessment letter then your good to go for 5 years as per emails from IMCA .
But like I keep saying its all down to what the client will and wont accept .
