** RED TAPE ** What we have to know

[SimonG]

Oil this time:

Five books (938 pages) on rules and explanations. Each book costs £31.50+VAT (£37.80) and another book of 150 pages costing £25.20+VAT (£30.24). Three types of form to complete, depending on the job £9.95+VAT (£11.94) per form pad.

One week induction course (no earning during this time) £511
One week course, to be repeated every five years £659
Cost of registering to OFTEC (for five years) £598
Compulsory cost of public liability insurance around £300

Cost of analyser £475
Cost of tools around £350

Annual cost of calibration £100 including postage

Total for first year of servicing/installing oil boilers: £3,250
Annual cost around £500 (insurance, calibration, replacing of tools)

Above are for domestic only and not including large boilers nor tanks
More for commercial installations

I cheat, get the pads from heating world of spares, have a wet analyser kit, and carry round me little 'oil for idiots' booklet that summarises the 5 books, including tanks.

But I also fork out to oftec for my unvented competent person scheme.

I think a big thing for 'red tape' would be a 'quick' system available to pursue difficult payers. Rather than the long winded and payed back 2p a month pullava.

 

[SimonG]

I think you need a chef's NVQ and a Health and Safety certificate to cook that

:dupe:

If I cook it with my blow torch, will I need a 'permit to work'?