About Us

Certelec Ltd is a specialist, independent company of Electrical Inspectors providing a service covering East & West Sussex, Surrey, Kent, London, Suffolk and Norfolk.

The culmination of 30 years experience within the Electrical Industry in Design, Construction and Consultancy prompted the development of this independent Test House by Keith Simpson. Our BSi Kitemark licence is specifically defined to allow us to inspect, test and certify any electrical contractor’s work and conduct periodic inspection and testing.We do not carry out remedial works, so you can be sure that we will give you an impartial and accurate report. Certelec Inspectors only find faults that do need fixing. We are also licenced by BSi for commercial/industrial electrical design and emergency lighting design, inspection and testing.

Our Work

Our work is mainly on Low to Medium voltage systems. Our main categories of work include - New Installations, additions or alterations - Inspection and Testing for 'notifiable works' ( Electrical Installation Certificate), Periodic Inspection Reports, Landlord reports, Homebuyers/sellers Reports, Emergency Lighting Design & Certification, Commercial/industrial electrical design and Portable Appliance Testing (PAT).

• British Standards Institution (BSi) Kitemark licenced to BS7671
• East Sussex County Council’s Trading Standards ‘Approved Trader’ List (Buy With Confidence)
• High quality service
• Safe working practice
• Thorough, accurate inspection and testing process
• Regularly calibrated test equipment
• Use of latest technology to input test results direct to PC to generate Certification
• £5m public liability insurance
• £2m professional indemnity insurance
• Inspectors are CRB checked (enhanced disclosure) for client protection

Our Qualified Supervisor’s qualifications are:

• ECUK .( Engineering Council UK): Professional Engineers Register
• MIET: Member, Institution of Engineering & Technology
• Member: Institute of Measurement and Control
• Registered Electrical Inspector to BS7671, (BSi)
• ICEL/BSi Emergency Lighting Competent Engineer
• BFPA: Fire Detection Design, Unit 1, BS 5839 Part 1 (2002)
• City & Guilds 2381, 2391, 2377-04 (Insp) 2377-03 (Management)
• Joint Industry Board Registered Grade - Site Technician
• ECS; Health & Safety Assessed.
• College Lecturer; (Electrical Engineering)..

All our test engineers are trained to the high standards laid down by the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE). Our staff have all obtained passes in the City & Guilds courses for Inspection & Testing and Portable Appliance Testing (PAT). All Certelec test engineers are required to pass our rigorous in-house training courses before starting an extensive field training programme with our Qualified Supervisor. Even when our engineers obtain the highest standards required by Certelec they will be constantly monitored for quality. Every year all our engineers sit a refresher course to ensure the latest specifications and standards are maintained, allowing us to pass on this high level of service to our clients.

We do not undertake electrical installation contracts so we avoid any conflicts of interest that might otherwise arise - we are therefore, able to guarantee complete independence and impartial reporting.

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Our Postal Address: Certelec Ltd, The Mews, 5c Watts Lane, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 1NP.

Registered in England Company No 5329522. Registered Office: 18 Hyde Gardens Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4PT.

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