GASSAFE / RGII

Billy Bunting

I was hoping some of you lads could fill me in on the following.

After recently loosing work on a pricing issue to a "GAS SAFE" Engineer it got me wondering whether it's legal for these guys to operate in the south under the "GAS SAFE" banner when we're told that "anyone" working on gas in Ireland must be RGI "registered", the gas safe website also states anyone working on gas in Northern Ireland must be Gas safe registered, knowwhere have i read that we can both cross boarders.
Looking into the standards Gassafe operate under I note differences to our IS813 so is their work being done to our standards? Do these guys have their work inspected here? And just how much do they pay for registration?

GASMANN

to work on gas in ROI you have to a RGI, when a N.I company began doing council work in dublin a few years back they were sending down N.I crews who had to become registered with RGII. The reverse is also true that RGI's cant work in the UK unless also gassafe registered. Although as an RGI/gassafe engineer you are equally competent (debateable) id say you could run into problems if something went wrong and you were working in a jurisdiction other than the one you were registered.

To go from the north to the south you must sit a cross over paper covering the Irish Regs not found in Uk regs, then you must become RGI registered using the same paperwork etc...

To go from the South to the North you must sit all relevant ACS papers as There is no cross over paper, then you must become Gas Safe registered.

Gas engineers in the North tend to be gas qualified i.e. City and Guilds, NVQ etc... So that's why they get the crossover paper.

From my understanding the fella that got fined by Rgi in Dublin was gas safe but not RGI.

Billy Bunting

Thanks Chaps. So i presume they must also work to RGI standards, be named on the RGI website and carry RGI ID along with their vehicle being marked with the RGI logo?

DoneDL

Yes to that BB, RGII will recognise northern qualifications but you still need to register, Gassafe would require that you do the ACS and associated elements to register to work in the north.

DoneDL

DoneDL wrote: »

, RGII will recognise northern qualifications

No, you pay a small fortune:mad: to sit crossover papers, receive a cert in the post, the cert is recognised by Rgi as your Gid/Gis, that cert is dated:( and runs out when your Acs does so you have to pay a bigger fortune :mad:to sit everything again:eek:

DoneDL

Sorry I forgot about the conversion exam.

Micky Dolenz

Billy Bunting wrote: »

Thanks Chaps. So i presume they must also work to RGI standards, be named on the RGI website and carry RGI ID along with their vehicle being marked with the RGI logo?

They are working illegally if they are not RGII's.