Electrical contractor registration

[ians]

Today i needed an online COC. Need i say say more.

[Dave A]

Need i say say more.

Yep - you can share how it went.

Or did you want to know where to go?

[ians]

I have all the paperwork, i got it from the ECB, but out of principle i will wait till the DOL send it to me, before i submit it, i would like them to make an example of me and take me to task with regards to issuing COC as an "unregistered contractor".

Anyone have an email address for them so i can send them an email requestng the paper work, it would work better if i have email proof of the request.

I operated as a pirate contractor for 10 years lets see how look it will take this time.

[RegElec]

ians.

You were lucky to get through on the phone. I have tried both numbers given to me - landline never gets answered and the mobile as well and I cant leave a message as the mailbox is full.

Is the paperwork the same as before which just has to go through the DOL or have they changed that as well.

[ians]

First time I have heard of it, I handed in a COC a week ago, still haven't got around registering, 2 years behind.

If it is the case just get one of your mates who are registered to hand in an application and use their number, or if you really want to be an Ahole get a contractor to quote had in the application forms then don't give him the jobs, that just sucks but someone did it to me a while back.

[ians]

Contacted the ECB, they dont have any controll over the registrations what so ever, but they will take R350 from you for registration so you can gain access to online COC, because the deptment of labour are still a couple years behind when it comes to paper work and the internet.

Then i contacted the ECA to see if i could some how register with them to make the proccess a little easier, not interested, they gave me a number to contact someone in the Royal building on the 10 th floor.

So i contacted the department of labour in the Royal building, they did answer the telephone, gave them my email address and now i wait. Apparently i have to go into Durban to hand in the forms, once i receive them, they dont accept them via email. They dont have a data base to record registered contractors, yet...mmm this is just gona get more interesting.

I went to the department of labours website but they dont have any details regarding electrical contractor registrations, not that i actually expected there to be any info, i just thought i would check.

So now the the industry takes yet another step back into the 3 rd world.

COC are becoming quick easy money, well done to the person who came up with the bright idea of leaving it up to the DOL to register contractors, i suppose the DOL also wanted a piece of the pie.

[Dave A]

Contacted the ECB, they dont have any controll over the registrations what so ever, but they will take R350 from you for registration so you can gain access to online COC

I'm already starting to think it's worth the money

It's going to be interesting to hear how this plays out for you in the end.

[Leecatt]

I am still using the paper document. I previously made an enquiry about a year ago and was told the price of online COC's. It was horrendously expensive, far more than the printed version which is strange when you consider there is no printing expense nor do you have to employ someone to sit and sell them.
The ECA now sells a 4 page document which I have yet to move onto

[ians]

Just cut the extra 2 pages off the 6 page COC and just tell people it is the ECA - COC who is gona know the difference.

I had to drop off a COC which was outstanding for about 2 or 3 years at Durban electricity department customer services and was rather impressed because they no longer just accept the COC document, it has to be checked by their technical staff. While waiting sorting out some other documentation another contractor arrived to drop off a COC, it was rejected because the contractor had not filled in the test result values, it makes you wonder if he even did the test or been to site. Bummer they now check, because now i cant use names like captain morgan or jack frost joe soap and numbers like 10810, when filling out the COCs anymore

[ians]

It just the government trying to get their piece of cake, everyone complains about unemployment in this country...mmm need I say more. "SKILLS" and "EDUCATION"