karmos

hi, i am a qualified electrician but understand i cannot work in spain without a spanish license, does anyone have any idea where to get one and do they do the test in english.

cheers mark

ps
i am in the jaen district

Hillybilly

If you Google "electricista curso jaen" you'll turn up loads and loads of info about the courses inc distance learning. Not v likely to be in English I'd imagine though! Also try a visit to your local ayuntamiento and/or job centre to ask about courses in your area.

NicCol

Are the laws the same as in England ie basic electrics like light fittings can be done by a competent person but anything more complicated has to be done by a certified electrician? Or does anything go?

Thanks

jdr

Dont be fooled by the competent person thing, if there was a problem, a fire say, H + S would give you a trade test, which no way would you pass as competent.
A similar thing with Corgi, a competent person can fit a gas boiler in their own house, but beware !
It cost me thousands to be able to do it as a business

mikelincs

The Spainish electrical system is totally different different form the UK system as there are no such thing as ring mains here. I was fairly competent at putting in new sockets etc in the UK, but wouldn't dare touch the spanish system. Same goes for a lot of things, had a new A/C unit put in last week, and even though he used a tester the chap putting it in managed to drill straight through a water pipe, where you would never expect a water pipe to be. :scared:

Solarwhizz

Its pretty well regulated, but most of the info you need is here,, in truth there aint much different from the UK systems other than the distribution methodology, which to a UK sparky at first site seems crazy but when you look at it, its all pretty logical,, ( The nature of electrics i guess!)

Must say I dont like the number of connectors used or the boxes all over the place,

http://www.mtas.es/insht/legislation....htm#articulo3

jdr

Sounds about right, typical Spanish plumbing

NicCol

Thanks for the info, I shall pass this on to the person who can understand it!! But it is legal for a qualified electrician from england (ie relative) to do anything with our electrics in Spain? Would we have top get any work certified by a registered person (like you say equivalent to corgi?)

Thanks again

(Hope I haven't Hijacked the thread)