Why choose a NAPIT member?

Why choose a NAPIT Member?

WHY CHOOSE A NAPIT REGISTERED INSTALLER?

NAPIT registered installers are:

Able to complete work safely and to legally required standards

Regularly assessed to ensure their ongoing competence

Capable of working in line with the very latest Health & Safety regulations

Able to provide you with the necessary certificates to demonstrate the regulatory compliance of the work they do. These certificates may be requested by tenants, insurance providers and solicitors and may be needed if you are looking to let or sell your property.

ABOUT NAPIT

NAPIT is one of the leading Government authorised and United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) accredited membership scheme operators in the building services and fabric sector. There are currently more than 10,000 NAPIT registered installers in the electrical, heating, plumbing, ventilation and air conditioning, microgeneration and building fabric trades across the UK domestic, commercial and industrial markets.

For consumers this means access to installers who have demonstrated their competence and undertaken to comply with the requirements of particular schemes with regard to quality, safety and compliance.

Responsibility for compliant and safe work lies with the installer. NAPIT’s role is to monitor each scheme member and audit their work to ensure that they are fulfilling this responsibility. Installers do not carry out work on behalf of, or under the control of NAPIT and the extent to which inspections and audits are carried out is determined by the various scheme owner organisations.

AUTHORISATION, ACCREDITATION, REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION

A confusing number of terms are used across the various schemes that consumers come across.

Scheme members are usually both registered (i.e. on a register of approved installers such as that provided via the search facility on this website and those on the various scheme websites) and certificated (i.e. in receipt of a certificate approving them within the scope of a particular scheme). The search facility is a means of verifying the status of certification of a Scheme Member.

NAPIT registration is authorised by the Government to operate Competent Person Schemes in support of self-certification against the Building Regulations in England and Wales. The current scope of NAPIT’s Competent Person Scheme authorisation can be reviewed on the Government website Competent person scheme – current schemes and how schemes are authorised – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

NAPIT Certification is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to certify installers across a wide range of schemes. A current schedule of NAPIT’s accreditation is available on the UKAS website.