Thomas describes the process: "Essentially, you find a fake qualifications seller online, pay them and get whatever documentation you require to be 'qualified' as an electrician. It's that easy and quick."

Paul, who says he's been doing some investigative journalism, informs that getting a fake card costs £700.

It's not just gold cards, from CSCS to operative and plant certification, every possible qualification is for sale. Thomas reveals that he came recently across a post on Instagram advertising the sale of such.

"Any type of card you need to get onto a site is now allegedly incredibly easy to obtain," Paul says with much disdain.

"You can get any qualification you want - NVQ Level 3, 4, 7," He reiterates. "This is a serious matter and it will kill someone."

Paul warns: "There is so little control, it's become a mad plague all of a sudden and it's all over social media. It undermines the hard work that people have to put in to get a genuine qualification." 

While steps are being taken to curb this, Paul says that due to the industry not having an official direct oversight there's little that can be done.

When asked what could be done to prevent this from happening. His suggestion is that the industry needs to be licensed.

"I would like one industry body to set up an independent not-for-profit arm and license electricians," he says.

He adds: "Everybody in the industry should be onboard, which will mean that you're either licensed or unlicensed to work. If you are time served, you're not then breaking the bank to get all the NVQs and everything else to prove competency.

"Qualifications only make up one part of competency. We shouldn't bankrupt people from trying to attain capability."

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