National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (Approved Contractor)

The NICEIC maintains a register of electrical contractors, assessed every year by one of the Council's Area Engineers to confirm that their business and the technical standard of their electrical work complies with the Council's rules.

Where a consumer is not satisfied with the technical standard of an Approved Contractor's electrical work, the NICEIC offers a complaints resolution service.

National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (Domestic Installer)

The NICEIC maintains a register of electrical contractors, assessed every year by one of the Council's Area Engineers to confirm that their business and the technical standard of their electrical work complies with the Council's rules.

Where a consumer is not satisfied with the technical standard of an Approved Contractor's electrical work, the NICEIC offers a complaints resolution service.

NICEIC Domestic Installers are registered to self-certify domestic electrical installation work in England and Wales

Scottish Building Services Approved Certifier

SBSC exists to support the Scottish building services industry delivery of the Certification requirements of The Building (Scotland) Act 2003, which introduced a new building standards system for Scotland that raises standards and simplifies the approval of many design and construction activities for building owners, verifiers (local authorities) and the industry.

The 2003 Act allows competent individuals to be appointed as Approved Certifiers of Design and Approved Certifiers of Construction. Properly qualified professionals who become Approved Certifiers have the authority to certify work they do as part of a building warrant is compliant with building regulations.

There are more than 1700 Approved Certifiers in Scotland and a comprehensive list is available online from the Scottish Government Building Standards Division website. This is the only authoritative list of all Approved Certifiers in Scotland and is updated weekly with information provided by Scheme Providers.

TrustMark

TrustMark is a not for profit organisation, licensed by Government and supported by consumer protection groups, helping you find local, trustworthy & reliable tradesmen, operating to Government endorsed standards.

TrustMark is a quality mark which operates a framework under which 30 plus scheme operators working in the Repair, Maintenance and Improvement sectors are approved to carry the TrustMark logo and recruit reputable and trustworthy tradesmen.

All of these scheme operators are audited annually by TrustMark, to ensure processes, standards and complaints procedures are being maintained.