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Use an EIC for a new installation, a new circuit or a consumer unit replacement. Minor Works records an addition or alteration to an existing circuit without a new circuit. An EICR records inspection of an existing installation; it does not replace the EIC for new work. The IET publishes the model forms at IET model forms.

The free blank PDF below has six pages. Page 1 contains client/scope and supply details; page 2 installation particulars; page 3 inspections, departures and the recommended interval; page 4 circuit details; page 5 test results; and page 6 the combined declaration. Use the completed certificate with its schedules as one handover record.

Start with the certificate number, client name/address, installation address and completion date. The client address and installation address can differ. Record the installation type, description and extent covered by the certificate so the customer can identify the work.

Fictional record example: the client address is an office, while the work is a new circuit at a different property. The description and extent identify that new circuit and the installation address. This is a paperwork example; no test values or declaration have been invented. The responsible electrician supplies those from the actual work.

The supply section records the earthing arrangement, conductor configuration, nominal voltage/frequency, prospective fault current, external earth fault loop impedance and supply protective device. It also records whether other sources of supply are present and their details. Copy verified particulars and measured results from the actual work, with the correct units.

The installation particulars cover maximum demand, means of earthing, conductor and bonding details and the main switch/RCD particulars. Identify the relevant equipment from the installation record. A scope description or a previous customer's certificate is not evidence for these fields.

Complete the inspection schedule from the actual inspection and record comments on the existing installation. Declare relevant departures or permitted exceptions and the recommended next inspection interval in the appropriate fields. The responsible electrician decides and supports those entries.

The circuit-details schedule includes the distribution-board reference/location, circuit number and description, wiring/conductor particulars and protective-device details. The test schedule uses the circuit number to connect each result to that circuit. Keep the identifiers consistent across both schedules.

The test-results header records the instruments and calibration information. The rows provide continuity, insulation resistance, polarity, earth fault loop impedance, RCD and other applicable results, plus remarks. Record actual results and explain relevant missing evidence rather than filling an empty field with an assumed pass. This walkthrough explains the record; the responsible competent person performs and evaluates the inspection and testing.

Tradehand's EIC uses one combined signature for design, construction, inspection and testing. The signatory takes responsibility for all four parts of the work described. Enter the name, company/on-behalf-of details, address, contact details, relevant registration particulars, position, signature and date.

Where different people hold those responsibilities, choose the appropriate multi-signature model form instead. A customer accepting a quote is not signing this technical declaration. Qualification, competence and scheme membership are established through their respective routes, not by creating an account or issuing a blank form.

For notifiable work under Part P in England, the IET describes self-certification by a registered competent person, registered third-party certification or building control. Choose the applicable route before starting. The EIC and the Building Regulations compliance or completion document are separate records. See IET Part P certification routes.

Give the person ordering the work the completed, signed EIC with the inspection and circuit/test schedules, and retain a copy. Keep the agreed scope, variations and supporting work evidence with the job. Retain the separate building compliance/notification record where required; an EIC does not submit that notification.

Before handover, check the addresses and extent, consistent circuit references, actual results, declared departures and the signer's responsibility. The first-job pack connects those documents to scope and agreement: First paid job and handover pack. For the qualification route and evidence questions, use Electrician qualification routes and evidence.