Working on your own? Need some technical advice? Don’t know where to turn? The technical team at Megger answers the latest technical query from end users.
YOU ASK:
DO MEGGER CERTSUITE CERTIFICATES COMPLY WITH THE LATEST AMENDMENT TO THE BRITISH STANDARD FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS, BS7671: 2018: AMENDMENT 2, RELEASED AT THE END OF MARCH?
MEGGER SAYS:
YES. Amendment 2 includes changes to certificates issued for new electrical work (EIC, MEW), and to condition reports for existing installations (EICR). These changes are now included in CertSuite. CertSuite lets you choose whether to continue using Amendment 1 or switch straight away to Amendment 2. You make this choice in the ‘Job Details’ screen for each job.
If you choose ‘BS 7671: 2018 (Amendment 2: 2022)’ from the ‘Compliance to BS Code of Practice’ drop-down list, CertSuite will use the new Schedules of Inspection. All of the existing example departures have been mapped to the new Schedule Items and, where necessary, new departures have been added.
The changes to the layout of the EICR are not that major, but the EIC has changed significantly. The EIC now has a greatly simplified schedule of inspections, though some new sections have been added, and this is shown as a brief summary table in the certificate itself instead of two separate pages following it. Until now, CertSuite has given you the choice of a simple MEW or an extended version for any electricians who wanted to record more information about the job.
Amendment 2 is very similar to our old ‘Extended MEW’, so we’ve adjusted it to match. For the next few months, CertSuite will let you choose between the basic ‘Amendment 1’ MEW, or use the new, more detailed MEW aligned to Amendment 2.
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