More New Rules

Discussion in 'Electricians' Talk' started by LSpark, Apr 7, 2004.

  1. LSpark

    LSpark New Member

    currently theres a ban on colour blind people working on electrical systems, this is now planned to be removed!, due to disability rights commission ideas, and also down to the new cable colours!, this apparantly helping colour blind people.

    thought this might interest 1 or 2 people who might already by colour blind and are or are not alrdy working in electrics,be interesting to see what comes of this aswell.

    LS
     
  2. plugwash

    plugwash New Member

    seems dangerous to me

    while the new codes may be better in this regard the old codes are still in wide use and will remain so for many years
     
  3. Rabbit Rabbit

    Rabbit Rabbit New Member

    LS can you re-write that meesage in a different colour I can't see what ya writing! lol
     
  4. LSpark

    LSpark New Member

    true pluggles, np big ears lol
     
  5. ban-all-sheds

    ban-all-sheds New Member

    Fcuknig madness.

    Whilst it is regrettable that some disabilities preclude some fields of employment, going all PC and trying not to upset people by admitting that they can't do something because of their disability is stupid. Particularly with something safety related like cable colours. So on the one hand we have Part P which will save 1 life every 2 years, and colourblind sparkies which will.....??

    What next? Registered blind airline pilots? Steeplejacks with vertigo? Paraplegic roofers? Plumbers with "severe learning disability"? Hang on - we've already got those.....
     
  6. ban-all-sheds

    ban-all-sheds New Member

    Of course, it's always possible that LS's calendar is 6 days slow... ;)
     
  7. LSpark

    LSpark New Member

    my calendar is not wrong ty lol, this is quite simple. its ment to be that any 1 witha disability IF they can complete there job and are capable etc with no problems, they employers CANNOT discriminate, letting people with colour blindess work is not the same, i completely agree with disabilty discrimination if people can do there job, with regard to this new rule coming in i DONT!
     
  8. Rabbit Rabbit

    Rabbit Rabbit New Member

    LMAO BAS!! a have a lot of plumber friends do ya - or is DID have?
     
  9. ban-all-sheds

    ban-all-sheds New Member

    It's OK - they can't read.
     
  10. ColG

    ColG New Member

    I once knew a colour blind painter - he used to get the customer to put a mark on the colour chart and corresponding wall so he knew which paint went where!!!

    Col
     
  11. LSpark

    LSpark New Member

    lol, that has to have causes problems somewhere or another
     
  12. LSpark

    LSpark New Member

    caused* problems someplace* or another :/
     
  13. The Trician

    The Trician New Member

    Two guys I was at school with were turned down for sparkie apprentiships because they were colour-blind.

    Just wondering how colour-blind drivers fare at traffic lights?
     
  14. LSpark

    LSpark New Member

    dont ask my why or how i know this, but apparantly its OK for them because UK traffic lights are always same postion I.E 3 in a row, the top is always going to be RED etc etc. so normaly this is not an issue.
     
  15. LSpark

    LSpark New Member

    and and we got a chap turned down because the teacher found out he was colour blind to some degree
     
  16. tellondon

    tellondon New Member

    Isn't it only some similar colours they get confused with? don't ask me which ones but something like blue and purple, i know thats no good if your a sparks but red ,amber and green may be ok
     
  17. The Trician

    The Trician New Member

    Not sure but we were tested at every annual company medical.

    Red and green colur-blindness is quite common, hence being a sparkie if you have this complaint is a no-no.
     
  18. LSpark

    LSpark New Member

    i actualy have no idea since im not colour blind nor do i personaly know any 1 who is, but i do know that it varies in differnt people, (source IEE) <-- says that 1 in 10 have some minor discrepency with colour, but like the proper colour blind is like 1 in 10,000. no idea which colours tho......
     
  19. Fumbletrumpet

    Fumbletrumpet New Member

    Someone I once knew, who was colourblind, told me that he saw reds and greens as grey, but slightly different shades. So, if we replace the red/blue/yellow phases with brown/black/grey, could this mean that a whole lot of problems ? or just more mixed phases ? Black looks like black, so I'll connect that to the neutral, grey looks like red, so these two together, brown might be like yellow, but might be like something else. Hang on, that 'other' blue one is a neutral isn't it ? oh well, here goes. Slam the door. Right, off to plumb the blue water main to the yellow gas line now........, or is that the brown oil feed pipe.... hey, its hard to know what's what these days isn't it. Sorry folks, but brown/grey/black seem like they might be seen as three different shades of grey ? Can anyone shed some light on the grey area ?
     
  20. LSpark

    LSpark New Member

    lol fumple, exactly!
     

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