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Not really Danny, just puts a different rap on it!
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LOL.
Well I'm pretty chuffed, and look forward to adorning the van with a new green sticker!
As said, I've done a bit of oil work for years, so it's nice to be registered.
Now when people ask me am I certified, I can say, oh yes madame. LOL
SimonG - Do not despair; I am led to believe that this will soon be changing (I too had my reservations about becoming an OFTEC registered technician). OFTEC are going to be launching a media campaign, hopefully informing and educating the public of the need to have competent, registered tradesmen/companies to complete their servicing and installations needs etc. By doing this, and making the public more aware (as they are with regards to the requirement for Gas Safe engineers), then perhaps we will start to see a drop in the usage of non registered engineers.............................................................maybe!!Waste of money. Too many people without it doing work and oftec doing sweet fa to do anything about it.
SimonG - Do not despair; I am led to believe that this will soon be changing (I too had my reservations about becoming an OFTEC registered technician). OFTEC are going to be launching a media campaign, hopefully informing and educating the public of the need to have competent, registered tradesmen/companies to complete their servicing and installations needs etc. By doing this, and making the public more aware (as they are with regards to the requirement for Gas Safe engineers), then perhaps we will start to see a drop in the usage of non registered engineers.............................................................maybe!!
SimonG - Do not despair; I am led to believe that this will soon be changing (I too had my reservations about becoming an OFTEC registered technician). OFTEC are going to be launching a media campaign, hopefully informing and educating the public of the need to have competent, registered tradesmen/companies to complete their servicing and installations needs etc. By doing this, and making the public more aware (as they are with regards to the requirement for Gas Safe engineers), then perhaps we will start to see a drop in the usage of non registered engineers.............................................................maybe!!
In my opinion oftec, like other registrations, has put loads of people, many with no links to heating or plumbing, out there servicing & installing oil boilers etc. The people with these "qualifications" tell the public they are engineers. Cant see how this raises standards.
I have a friend who is not from a building trade background & without any prior research he got the 101 & the more technical 105 exams no bother. He comes very much under the "get a fully qualified oftec engineer" term, yet he hasn't much of a clue.
Still, a nice badge does look well on a van! :smile:
That's probably true.
In my instance, I have been working with oil since I started, as I live in a rural area (Cowden Village) and it's nice to finally have the qualifications to go with the experience.
I've done pressure jets, and tanks. I haven't bothered with vapourising as I don't have any experience of them and having the ticket doesn't mean that over night I would be an expert. So I still decline Aga's and Rayburns.
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