2391 Examination

[Ian Richardson]

Has any one taken the 2391 examination recently, I did. Did you find the questions poorly wrote, with the intent of tripping you up. I qualified 25 years ago, having served an apprentiship. Have Got 10 years of experience in Inspection & Testing, in COMPEX/ATEX Domestic, Commercial & Retail.

Passed the Practical exam with flying colours, but failed the written. What confuses me is the fact that 20 persons took the exam, and only 2 passed, I'm not thick by a long chalk. But get that feeling like part P. were being exploted and ripped off. It would be interesting to see the results.

But the select few who have marked the papers deny us.

Question:

Did we really fail? or is there a policy out there to print of lots of money. Any one else feel Like I Do.

Ian R

[Knipex]

I sat the Febuary exam and found it tricky. The very first question had me stumped, and others relied on common sense rather than quoting Guidance Note 3. For example it asked how to carry out continuity testing of a ring final when the isolated consumer unit was inaccessible. You would not find the answer in GN3 but common sense says remove a socket faceplate and carry out tests from there.
I passed the exam but was not confident that I had

[solo3uk]

hi Ian: I passed 2391 last year. There is nothing wrong with you or the exam really. Like you I have been in the electrical trade for over 20 years but till now the emphasis has been on practical work till the Government changed things and tightened up the regs. Like in every trade nowadays the emphasis is not on what yo can do, but what you know.
When you think about it the actual practical electrical work is very simple and every average DIY can do it because, after all, most of the time we are dealing with just 3 F***ing wires. However these wires are subjected to so many regs that nowadays you are a good electrician, not just because you can do the physical electrical work, but mainly because you know the regs.
What you have to do is to go back to the books and keep learning more theory, there is no other solution, otherwise you`re left behind.

The same has happened to other trades. Remember the printers?, their 500 year skill disappeared overnight, replaced by office boys who knew how to use a computer.