Registration Requirements

To be eligible for registration with BESCA, you must prove that your business activities are carried out in accordance with the specific scheme requirements issued or adopted by BESCA. To register with a BESCA scheme you must meet the criteria listed below.


Competent Persons Scheme

  • Allow BESCA to audit your business before being accepted into the scheme. This is to make sure that your business produces work that meets the standards set in the Building Regulations, and that your business complies with the requirements of the BESCA scheme.
  • Have access to the BESCA Business, Commercial and Technical standards, and Building Regulations that are appropriate to the work carried out by your business.
  • Have one or more persons that are approved by BESCA as an Accredited Certifier, who are able to confirm that the work carried out complies with the Building Regulations
  • Have at least two million pounds public liability insurance
  • Submit an application for registration for each business address carrying out the Building Regulations work
  • Employ or use competent persons to carry out work so that it complies with the Building Regulations
  • Report to BESCA, in a timely fashion, all work that is within the scope of the Building Regulations, which has been certified as being compliant
  • Provide, or offer, domestic consumers with a warranty that can come into effect if the work is subsequently found to be non-compliant
  • Allow BESCA access to your business for routine auditing
  • Accept and then abide by the relevant scheme’s Terms of Registration

Competent Persons Scheme Accredited Certifier
A proposed Accredited Certifier must meet the Minimum Technical Competency standards by either:

  • hold an S/NVQ level 3 or higher in a related building services discipline; or
  • be registered as a Gold SKILLcard holder (or higher) under the Engineering Services SKILLcard Scheme. This will be accepted as proof of competence for the purposes of the scheme, or
  • hold a craft-based or technical/supervisory qualification within a related building services discipline that demonstrates the required level of ‘underpinning knowledge’ at equivalent to Level 3 or higher, or
  • hold a relevant higher level qualification e.g. national certificate, higher national certificate or degree in building services engineering or related discipline.
  • In addition - all Accredited Certifiers must have successfully completed an B&ES Accredited Certifier (Building Regulations) training course, which covers the necessary elements of the Building Regulations and the self-certification/notification process.

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Energy Assessors Scheme
For the Inspection of Simple and Complex Air Conditioning Systems:
  • Specific refrigeration and air-conditioning works experience
  • Qualifications and training
  • Evidence of your Professional Indemnity cover
  • A copy of your Public Liability Insurance certificate
  • APEL route for experienced Energy Assessors

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Green Deal Installer Scheme - [Coming Soon]
  • Allow BESCA to audit your business before being accepted into the scheme. This is to make sure that your business produces work that meets the standards set in PAS2030, and that your business complies with the requirements of the particular BESCA scheme.
  • Have access to PAS2030, the BESCA Business, Commercial and Technical standards, and Building Regulations that are appropriate to the work carried out by your business.
  • Have one or more persons that are approved by BESCA as Qualified Installers, who are able to confirm that the work carried out complies with PAS2030 and the Building Regulations (where appropriate)
  • Have at least two million pounds public liability insurance
  • Submit an application for registration for each business address carrying out the Green Deal Installation work
  • Employ or use competent persons to carry out work so that it complies with the Green Deal Code of Practice and Building Regulations (where appropriate)
  • Report to BESCA, in a timely fashion, all work that is within the scope of the Building Regulations, which has been certified as being compliant
  • Provide, or offer, domestic consumers with a warranty that can come into effect if the work is subsequently found to be non-compliant
  • Allow BESCA access to your business for routine auditing
  • Accept and then abide by the relevant scheme’s Terms of Registration.

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Microgeneration Certification Scheme
NICEIC will certify an enterprise if all of the following requirements are met. The applicant enterprise:
  • is an installation company
  • can demonstrate a minimum of two installations within the appropriate technology being applied for. The standard of work shall be not less than that affording conformity with MCS 001, and appropriate British Standard and other Industry Codes of Practice
  • has premises appropriate for its contracting address(es)
  • has documentation and records appropriate to the range and scale of work undertaken
  • which shall include associated guidance material, appropriate British Standards and other Industry Codes of Practice and prescribed forms of certification and reporting
  • has evidence of the prescribed public liability insurance cover for the range of work undertaken
  • has a system in place to ensure that appropriate prescribed forms of certification and reporting are issued for all completed installation work in accordance with the requirements of MCS 001
  • employs only Competent Persons to carry out work who are adequately and appropriately supervised
  • has test instruments appropriate to the range and scale of work undertaken, maintains and records the accuracy and consistency of all test instruments used for certification and reporting purposes
  • has a written health and safety policy statement and carries out risk assessments as appropriate
  • has access to appropriate access equipment, personal protective equipment and complies with all relevant health & safety legislation
  • maintains a record of all complaints received about the technical standard of work undertaken, together with a record of the remedial action, if any, taken to resolve those complaints
  • has appointed a Principal Duty Holder and has proposed one or more Qualified Supervisors, as may be required by NICEIC. An applicant may propose the Principal Duty Holder also to be a Qualified Supervisor.

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