Serving Bristol & the South West

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CREDENTIALS · INSURANCE · ACCREDITATIONS

Registered, insured and qualified

Everything a homeowner, letting agent or main contractor normally asks for, on one page. Every entry is taken straight from the certificate itself, and we hold a copy of all of them.

ECS Gold Card
NAPIT Approved
★★★★★ over 100 five star reviews
£10m employers' liability
20 years
as Amberley Construction's electrical subcontractor
Since 2014
continuously scheme registered, without a break
5.0
on Google, from over 100 five star reviews
£10m
employers' liability cover
WHO WE ALREADY WORK FOR

Builders keep us

Nobody keeps the same electrician for twenty years by accident. We turn up when we say we will, we work to your programme, and we deal with your customer directly so you are never stuck in the middle relaying messages.

20 years
Amberley Construction
15 years
Whewall Construction
5 years
Hasell Stonework and Development
ECS GOLD CARD

Card number C0092657

Luke Hawker holds an Electrotechnical Certification Scheme gold card as an Installation Electrician, JIB grade Electrician, endorsed BS 7671:2018. It is CSCS affiliated, so it is accepted on CSCS controlled sites, and it is carried on site.

You can verify it yourself at ECS Check on ecscard.org.uk using card number C0092657. You do not have to take our word for it.

SCHEME REGISTRATION

NAPIT membership 23603

Competent Person Scheme
Assessed as competent to self-certify installation of fixed low and extra-low voltage electrical work under Building Regulations Part P.
Electrotechnical Assessment Scheme
Category A1.1, electrical installations up to and including 1000V AC in dwellings covered by BS 7671.

Registered since 14 November 2014, twelve years without a break, and subject to periodic surveillance throughout.

INSURANCE

Covered properly, underwritten by Hiscox

Placed through NAPIT Insurance. A broker's letter confirming all three covers is available on request, and most managing agents and main contractors will want it for their file.

£10m
Employers' liability
£2m
Public liability
£500k
Professional liability
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Up to date with Amendment 4

BS 7671 Amendment 4 was published in 2026 and it changes how a lot of work has to be designed and tested. Luke has completed the entire update programme, all five modules, every one of them this year.

Navigating BS 7671
Parts 1 to 4
Parts 5 to 6
Parts 7 to 8
Appendices

Amendment 4 was published by the IET and BSI on 15 April 2026, and the previous edition of the wiring regulations is withdrawn six months later, on 15 October 2026 (IET and BSI, 15 April 2026). After that date every new certificate has to be issued against the new amendment, so we got the training done in the same year it was published rather than waiting for the deadline.

LANDLORDS, AGENTS AND MANAGING AGENTS

Recurring compliance work

If you manage property, these are the certificates that have to stay in date. We handle the lot, and we watch the dates so you do not have to.

Fire alarm servicing
Communal and single property systems, serviced and certificated.
Emergency lighting
Six monthly function tests and the annual three hour discharge, run properly so the certificate is actually valid.
Landlord EICRs
Condition reports on the five year cycle, with any remedials priced from the same visit.

Fire alarm and emergency lighting obligations usually fall in the same month. Whenever you book one we check whether the other is due, which saves you a second visit and keeps both certificates in date.

The five year cycle is not just good practice, it is the law for rented property. Under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, an inspection is required at intervals of no more than five years, and this has applied to every existing tenancy since 1 April 2021 (IET Wiring Matters). See our electrical testing page for how we run the inspection itself.

HOW WE WORK

The practical detail

Certification
Electrical Installation Certificates, Minor Works Certificates and EICRs issued to BS 7671. Notifiable work is registered with Building Control under the Competent Person Scheme, and your Building Regulations compliance certificate follows within 30 days.
On site
Branded uniform, branded van, photo ID carried and available on request. Dust sheets down and everything cleaned up after.
Working with builders
First fix, second fix, testing and certification to your programme. Rewires within a refurbishment or extension, electrics for new kitchens and loft conversions, consumer unit replacements.
Estimates and payment
Free estimates, and online estimates where the job allows. Cash, bank transfer and card accepted.
TEST EQUIPMENT AND CALIBRATION

Our tester is calibrated and traceable to NPL

A test result is only as good as the instrument that produced it. Ours is a Megger MFT1741 multi-function tester, calibrated every 52 weeks by Test Instrument Calibrations Ltd, with measurements traceable to the National Physical Laboratory.

CERTIFICATE

Number SCN-JV30977, issued by an ISO 9001 registered laboratory, registration 2100450. Complies with ISO 10012:2003.

INSTRUMENT

Megger MFT1741, serial number 102056193. Recalibration period 52 weeks, so it never drifts out of date without us knowing.

RESULT

Every parameter passed. Earth loop impedance, RCD trip current and time, mains voltage, low ohms, continuity and insulation resistance at 250V, 500V and 1000V.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

A written policy, even though we do not have to have one

Below five employees there is no legal duty to write a health and safety policy down. Main contractors ask for one anyway, so we wrote one properly: a statement of intent, who is responsible, and seventeen sets of practical arrangements covering everything from safe isolation to asbestos to waste.

Safe isolation

Circuits treated as live until proved dead. Lock off, warning notice, prove, test, re-prove. Instruments to GS38. We do not work live.

Risk assessments and method statements

Written for the specific task and sent to you before we attend, whenever you ask for one. Our RAMS template is downloadable below, with twelve common hazards already assessed and a briefing record to sign.

Asbestos

We do not disturb suspect materials. In a pre-2000 building we ask for the register first, and if something turns up mid job we stop and report it in writing.

CDM 2015

We attend induction, work to the construction phase plan and co-operate with the principal contractor. Where we are the only contractor we take on the duties ourselves.

WHICH CERTIFICATE DO YOU NEED

Three certificates, three different jobs

Which one you get is not our choice to make, it is set by what was actually done on site.

CERTIFICATEISSUED FORWHAT IT CONFIRMS
EIC
Electrical Installation Certificate
New circuits, rewires and consumer unit changesThe new work meets BS 7671, design through to test
MEIWC
Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate
A small addition to an existing circuit, such as an extra socketThe addition is safe and does not compromise the circuit it joins
EICR
Electrical Installation Condition Report
A periodic check of wiring already in service, landlord or otherwiseWhether the existing installation remains safe, with any issues coded and explained

Definitions per Electrical Safety First's technical guidance. Not sure which one your job needs? Ask us before we start and we will confirm it on the quote.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About our credentials

What does NAPIT approved actually mean?

It means we are assessed under the Competent Person Scheme and the Electrotechnical Assessment Scheme, which lets us self-certify notifiable work under Building Regulations Part P rather than involving your local authority's building control separately. NAPIT still posts out the Building Regulations compliance certificate within 30 days, so the paperwork trail exists either way (NAPIT, Competent Person Scheme).

How do I check your registration is genuine, not just claimed?

Look us up yourself rather than take our word for it. NAPIT membership checks at napit.org.uk under number 23603, and the ECS gold card checks at ecscard.org.uk under card number C0092657. You can also read what past clients say on our reviews page.

Does a rented property legally need an EICR, and how often?

Yes, if it is let in England. The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 require an inspection at intervals of no more than five years, and this has applied to every existing tenancy since 1 April 2021. An owner occupied home carries no equivalent legal duty, though the same five year interval is the usual advice.

Are you insured for main contractor and commercial work, not just domestic?

Yes. The £10m employers' liability, £2m public liability and £500k professional liability cover above applies across our domestic, landlord and subcontract work alike, which is one reason Amberley Construction and our other builder clients have kept us on for years rather than needing a separate policy per contract.

DOWNLOAD OUR PAPERWORK

Take what you need for your file

No sign in, no form, no waiting for us to email back. These links always point at the current version, so a link saved last year still opens the document that is in force today.

Our NAPIT scheme certificates and our employers' liability certificate carry our correspondence address, so we send those two direct on request rather than publish them. Scheme registration can be checked independently at napit.org.uk under number 23603, and the ECS card at ecscard.org.uk under C0092657.

Need our paperwork for your file?

Most of it is downloadable above. If you need something that is not there, or a risk assessment for a specific job, ask and we will send it over the same day.