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Your safe form sia, I'm not

How are you not safe from SIA,   I know our response team need SIA Licence for some reason.   again not my area of expertise 

[Uk Security Limited - Glasgow]

They have many contracts up here and their installs are good. Took one over last week and the wiring was excellent in the panel.

 I saw some our own installs and it just takes one bad engineer!    I take it you mean over in sunny Fife

[How Much Roughly Would You Charge?]

I say Price at £250 + Full Fry Up

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In days gone by, it was. For CCTV no SIA = a trip to court.

For CCTV install no badge means err nuffink

 

I don't think you need SIA licence to install CCTV but to Watch if your not paid directly by company you need a SIA Licence. 

 

I must admit I spend most my days installing CCTV system to companies which many are just updating their systems from older systems.   I do have to laugh at some comments like today I had one which said 'Client asked for Camera in Changing Room.  DO NOT INSTALL CAMERA IN CHANGING ROOM' 

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matts trying to win friends and influence people. crack on and piss me off

 I think my company got loads of BS certificates.   Our work can be inspected at random by some Standards guy and we been pulled up for not using enough or not enough cable clips to which they are THAT fussy. 

 I think my company got loads of BS certificates.   Our work can be inspected at random by some Standards guy and we been pulled up for not using enough or not enough cable clips to which they are THAT fussy. 

 When I say I think,  I know our paper works has loads of BS XXXX and BS XXXX I know we have a Investor in People.   Unsure what that is but thats on all the Group stuff

[Uk Security Limited - Glasgow]

Was not my job but saw one my colleagues pictures of the system and it was like a huge mess. 

 

They even just fitted 2 PIR sensors without actully connecting them.   I will ask him if he can send me a copy but this was in January 2014 when I saw it. 

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Interesting and a story I hear often. There was a day that no badge meant no decent work. Think that ship has sailed. So far this year we have done 2 jobs that needed any approval. At £40k though it was worth SSAIB fees to get it.

Bulk of what we do, no one cares.

Super successful alarms inspection board wouldn't be so successful without recruitment of companies

We had issues at first as people thought SSAIB badge was like SIA but once we educated them and explained we setting our own high standards people soon understand

[Uk Security Limited - Glasgow]

Nacoss approved monitoring http://www.uksecurityltd.com/24hr-nacoss-monitoring/

 

Never mind there Nacoss,   you should see there wiring on one their jobs

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Funny you should mention that. I share the view if inspected and they meet standards, as a certification body SSAIB (not nsi) would be able to say no or they could face trouble however I have my own discussions with SSAIB at the minute where they refuse to give us a badge despite being compliant with a scheme because we aren't doing it in a traditional way.

I pushed back to them on the grounds that as long as it was compliant on what grounds were try saying no. Discussions continuing . . .

 

Just do what our company do and refuse to be part them.   Have we saw work dry up? = No, we actully got busier i say. 

As engineers we still are expected to meet same standards but we just can't display logos. 

 

I have heard SSAIB have begged them to join again thou

[Ghost stories]

I must admit I have saw these sort of things happen example is a Well Known Department Store always calls us as there Fire Door always used to open at random points.   My method is that it was due to it was wood,   We since fitted new doors and now never get calls.   The staff used to blame the Ghost of the old Shop Manager who is known for moving displays and etc.

[Ghost stories]

I have to go to a Regular Haunt in a Army Office.   Always have to work after 5pm and I am sure that place is haunted as I keep hearing feet noises on the floor above and when I ask if I was the only person their they say yes,   However I just say 'Oh they must been playing about' and few other contractors and staff have said that funny things do happen when they are working like filing cabinets in middle of floors and chairs just moving.      

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Most Scary thing I ever saw was in my Trainee Monkey Days A*T trainee. 

We were at a Old mental Hospital being converted into a Posh Spa and Hotel,  So we were taking out the Old Alarms and fitting new ones.  During this we had a Onsite Security and that morning when going in as normal there was the Area Manager in Cabin looking like he saw a ghost and they never said nothing.  Until 9 weeks later when doing a walk thru to check all the alarms are working and all I saw was pair of Ladders fly across one side of a room.    I thought oh must be one the plasters or etc trying scare me however found out everyone left apart from us to do the Walkthru.    I did ask the site foremen who explained that that area was for the mentally insane and that there was a fire in the 1930s who killed 6 people and they apartly haunt the land.   We then found out that the Security Guards did see a ghost and the guard swore never to return to that site and never talks about what he saw.   The site has now been knocked down due to the Spa & Hotel closed down due to it was too active and is 5 a side pitches & Leisure centre is going there.    However I sworn I never ever go back there! 

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I must admit our company would of said 

 

We will replace this part however X months and you would of had to pay £XXXs however if you pay £30 a month we will repair unlimited parts and unlimited call outs.   Most clients take it.