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Before anyone works on your electrics you should know who they are and what they are qualified to do. These are the electrician accreditations our engineers hold, what each one means for you and how to check them independently.
TRACEFORM electrician accreditations cover registration and skills: our contracting work is NICEIC-registered, and the team holds City & Guilds 2391 inspection and testing, the 18th Edition wiring regulations (BS 7671) and the AM2 practical assessment. We carry public liability insurance and issue the certificate your job requires.
TRACEFORM engineers work to BS 7671, test before they certify and give you the paperwork your job needs. This page lists the registrations and qualifications behind that promise.
Registered and qualified
Listed from our accreditation records. Registration numbers are available on request and on the scheme's own register.
Issued by NICEIC
Issued by City & Guilds
Issued by City & Guilds / IET
Issued by NET (National Electrotechnical Training)
Registrations are held by our electricians. Details
Our contracting work is assessed by NICEIC, which checks the standard of installations and the paperwork that goes with them. Registration also lets us notify building control of notifiable work in England, so you receive a Building Regulations compliance certificate without a separate application.
The qualification for inspecting, testing and certifying installations. It is the skill behind every Electrical Installation Condition Report we issue and the testing we carry out before any new or altered circuit is handed back to you.
BS 7671 is the national standard for electrical installations in the UK. Our engineers are qualified in the current 18th Edition and keep up with its amendments, including Amendment 4 published in April 2026.
AM2 is the independent hands-on assessment that electricians complete at the end of their training. It tests safe isolation, installation, inspection, testing and fault-finding under exam conditions.
How we work
Anyone can put a badge on a van. What protects you is a registration that is checked by an outside body and qualifications that cover the work being done. NICEIC assessment looks at real installations and real certificates, not just exam results, and the register shows whether a contractor is currently listed. Before you book a NICEIC registered electrician or any other contractor, ask which scheme they belong to and check it on the scheme's own register before work starts.
Registration also changes what happens after notifiable work in England, such as a new circuit, a consumer unit replacement or work in a bathroom. A registered installer notifies building control on your behalf and you receive a compliance certificate later. Without registration the work has to go through building control separately, usually before it starts. Our guide to Part P building regulations explains which jobs are notifiable.
Every job ends with testing and the right document. New circuits and consumer units get an Electrical Installation Certificate with the test results. Smaller additions to an existing circuit get a Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate. Condition inspections for homeowners, landlords and buyers get an Electrical Installation Condition Report with coded observations and the limits of the inspection written down.
TRACEFORM carries public liability insurance for the work we do in homes and businesses. If you are a landlord, letting agent or commercial client and need to see the certificate before a job, ask when you book and we will send a copy. Our founder, Ali Vahidi, is accountable for the company and its published guidance; the technical work and every certificate are carried out and signed by our qualified electricians.
If something about a job is not right, tell us first so we can put it right. If you are not satisfied with our response, our complaints page explains how to escalate, including to the registration scheme where that applies.
Every job
Before touching a circuit the engineer isolates it, locks it off where possible and proves it dead with a voltage indicator that is itself checked on a proving unit before and after.
Insulation resistance, continuity, polarity, earth fault loop impedance and RCD operation are measured with instruments that are calibrated on a regular schedule.
Readings go into the certificate or report as they are taken, so the paperwork reflects what was actually measured on your installation.
You get the certificate, an explanation of anything we found and, for notifiable work, the building control notification made on your behalf.
Questions
Search the contractor's business name on the NICEIC website's find-a-contractor register rather than relying on a logo on a van or a website. The register shows whether the business is currently listed and the type of registration it holds. Electrical Safety First also links to the government-approved scheme registers.
A qualification, such as City & Guilds 2391 or the 18th Edition, shows an individual has passed an assessment. A registration such as NICEIC applies to the contracting business and involves ongoing assessment of its installations and paperwork. You want both: qualified people working for a registered business.
Yes, when the work alters the installation. Adding a socket or light to an existing circuit is recorded on a Minor Works Certificate, while a new circuit or consumer unit gets a full Electrical Installation Certificate. Simple like-for-like swaps of an accessory may not need one, and we will tell you which applies before we start.
For notifiable work in England, such as new circuits, consumer unit replacements and many bathroom jobs, our registration lets us notify building control after completion. You then receive a Building Regulations compliance certificate. Keep it with your house documents; buyers' solicitors often ask for it.
Yes. Landlords, letting agents, managing agents and businesses often need a copy for their records. Ask when you book and we will send the current public liability insurance certificate before the visit.
No. Ali Vahidi founded and runs TRACEFORM and is accountable for the company and its published guides. All electrical work, testing and certification is carried out by our qualified, registered electricians.
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