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Certificates: EICR, EIC and minor works

Fill in condition reports and installation certificates on your phone, check the readings, sign and send the PDF.

WireFlow fills in four certificates, laid out like the BS 7671:2018+A4:2026 model forms:

• EICR, the electrical installation condition report, for periodic inspections
• EIC, the electrical installation certificate, for new circuits, rewires and consumer unit changes
• Minor works, for an addition or alteration that doesn't add a new circuit
• EV charger, the electric vehicle charging installation certificate for a new chargepoint on its own circuit, with the Section 722 checks (open PEN protection on PME, RCD type and DC detection, IP rating, mounting height), the chargepoint's details and the DNO notification
• Solar PV, the solar PV installation certificate for a grid-connected system: the array and inverter details, battery storage if fitted, the DNO notification (G98, G99 or G100), the Section 712 checks, a DC test table for up to six strings (Voc, Isc, polarity and insulation resistance, with a warning when matching strings differ by more than 5%) and the AC circuit's test results

Each one belongs to a customer, the site and (if you pick one) the job, and shows on all three pages.

Start one

1. Open the job and click New certificate under Certificates, or go to Certificates and click New certificate.
2. Pick the type, then start typing the customer's name, phone or postcode. If they're not found, click Add as a new customer, fill in their details and they're saved to your customers. You're then asked whether to add a job for them too, for your records.
3. Pick the installation address and the job.
4. If the site has a certificate already, WireFlow offers to start from the last certificate here. The supply, earthing and bonding, boards and circuit details come across; the readings are left empty for your new tests. Tick Bring the old test results too if you want them.
5. Click Start.

Fill it in

The client's name, address, phone and email come from the Customers page. Change them there and the certificate follows until it's issued.

The certificate is split into sections. Work through them with Save and next, or jump between them with the row of section names at the top. Anything you've typed is saved when you move to another section.

• Supply and particulars: earthing arrangement, Ze, Ipf, the main switch and bonding. Earthing and each bonding connection (water, gas, oil, structural steel, lightning protection, other) get PASS, FAIL, LIM or N/A.
• Schedule of inspections: tap a code against anything that isn't right (C1, C2, C3, FI, N/V or LIM on an EICR), then Mark the rest OK. Tap R next to an item to see a summary of what it covers, its parts and the regulation numbers. The EIC uses the A4:2026 new work schedule, items 1.0 to 14.0, plus 15.0 Other sources of supply, answered Yes or No. All N/A marks a whole group, such as a property with no bath or shower.
• Circuits and test results: one schedule per distribution board. The board details (Zs and Ipf at the board, polarity, location, the supply's protective device, the main switch, any RCD on the board and the phases) are filled in from the supply and particulars pages, and your test instruments from your last certificate. Change anything that's different at a sub-board. Once filled in, the board details fold away; anything still blank (such as the manufacturer or SPD type) and the test instruments stay on show. Tick Save these test instruments for my future certificates to have them offered next time. The schedule is shown as a table on a computer or tablet and as cards on a phone (switch with Table and Cards). See Fill it in faster below.
• Observations (EICR): what you found, its code, where it is and the schedule item it relates to.
• Declaration: pick who's signing from your team and their name, position and enrolment numbers (NAPIT, NICEIC, ECS and so on) fill in. The enrolment numbers print under their signature. They come from each person's user details, so if someone's numbers change, update them under Users and every draft they're signing picks up the new ones. Once a certificate is issued its numbers don't change. Today puts in the date. Your company name, address and scheme registration (set under Settings, Company) print with the declaration. Your signature is written from your name automatically. Choose Draw it to sign with your finger or mouse instead. Tick Save this as my signature for next time and next time just tick Use my saved signature.
• Photos (the certificate's page): add photos of the board or the defects with a caption. They print on their own pages at the back.

Fill it in faster

• N/A, LIM and N/V in number boxes. Type n, na, l, lim or nv into any reading and it becomes N/A, LIM or N/V. Insulation readings take >200 or >999 too. Fields that often have no reading (Ze, Ipf, rated current, maximum demand) also have buttons for these.
• Presets. Boxes such as the extent of the work, the reason for the report and the comments have a Presets button with common wording. Tap one to add it. Type your own wording and click Save what's typed as a preset and the whole team can use it next time.
• Circuit names. Start typing a description and common names (Lighting, Ring final, Cooker, Immersion heater, Smoke alarms and so on) are offered. Type anything else you like.
• Zs and R1+R2 work each other out. On each circuit, type R1+R2 and Zs is filled in from Zs at the board (or Ze); type a measured Zs instead and R1+R2 is worked out. Change either one later and the other follows. Worked out values are shaded so you can see which ones you typed.
• Maximum Zs at 100% or 80%. Choose which one the board records. At 80%, the figure printed is already the corrected one.
• RCBOs fill themselves in. Pick BS EN 61009 and the RCD columns copy the device type and rating, with 30 mA and 0.4 s disconnection time.
• Quick add adds several circuits at once, Spare adds a spare way, and Renumber puts the circuit numbers back in order after you move rows up or down.
• Right-click any cell to copy it down to every row below, only to the empty cells below, to the whole column or the rows you've ticked, across the rest of its group on that row (handy for N/A across ring readings), or to copy the whole row to the next one. It also puts N/A or LIM in the cell or clears it. Shift and right-click gives the browser's own menu.
• Fill column puts one value in a whole column (wiring type A, reference method C, insulation >200, test voltage 500), either in every row or only the empty ones.
• Autofill N/A puts N/A where a reading doesn't apply: ring readings on radial circuits, R2 when you've measured R1+R2, RCD readings on circuits without an RCD.
• N/A on a radial. Type N/A in r1 and rn and r2 get N/A too. Readings in r1, rn and r2 are kept separate.
• Insulation resistance boxes offer the usual off-scale readings (>200, >299, >499, >500, >999, >1000, >1999, >2000) or take the reading you type.
• Keyboard. In the table, Enter moves down the column and Ctrl+D copies the value from the row above.
• Copy a circuit with the copy button at the end of its row.

Let WireFlow fill it in

These helpers do the typing for you. Each one shows what it found on a Check screen first: untick anything that's wrong, correct the rest, then click Use the ticked ones. Nothing is saved until you do.

• Fill in from an old certificate (first section, or More on the certificate): upload the last certificate for the installation as a PDF or photos, from any company or software. The supply, earthing and bonding, boards and circuit details come across. Its old readings are shown for reference only, and names and addresses aren't taken from it.
• Fill from a photo of the board (Circuits and test results): photograph the consumer unit straight on with the cover open. Each device's type, rating and breaking capacity, and the circuit chart labels, come back as circuits. Devices it couldn't read clearly are unticked. If the board already has circuits, they're matched by number: the devices are updated and the cable details and readings stay.
• Import test results (Circuits and test results): export the results from your tester's software as a CSV file. Rows are matched to the board's circuits by circuit number. This one doesn't use AI.
• Write up my notes (Observations): type your rough notes the way you'd write them in a notebook. Each defect comes back as a professional observation with a suggested code, schedule item and regulation number.
• Suggest (Schedule of inspections): items your observations cover get their code. With Flow AI, items that the boards, particulars and your notes show to be fine or not applicable (no bath, no generator, RCBOs throughout) are suggested too. Flow AI never codes an item: codes only come from your observations.

About Flow AI

Flow AI is WireFlow's AI help. It's powered by Claude, made by Anthropic. What you send (the photos, the old certificate, your notes, and a summary of the installation with no names or addresses) goes through WireFlow HQ to Claude, and the answer comes straight back. WireFlow HQ keeps only a count of requests, never the content.

Each request uses 1 credit; an EICR usually takes 4 to 6. Accounts with certificates get free credits each month, and more can be bought in packs under Settings, Licence. The certificate screens show how many are left. An admin can switch Flow AI off under Settings, Licence. Flow AI needs an activated licence.

Checks on the readings

While you type, WireFlow:

• fills in the maximum Zs for MCBs and RCBOs from Table 41.3, at 100% or 80% (enter it yourself for fuses)
• checks R1+R2 against r1 and r2 on a ring final circuit (it never fills R1+R2 or Zs in from the ring readings)
• warns when a circuit has no continuity, insulation, polarity or Zs result (spare ways are skipped)
• flags a circuit when Zs is over the maximum (or over 80% of it), insulation resistance is below the minimum, an RCD is too slow, a test button fails, or the readings can't all be right (R1+R2 higher than Zs, ring ends that don't match)

The certificate's page shows Before you issue: things still to fill in, readings outside the limits, and things worth a second look. Click one to go straight to it.

• An EICR can be issued with readings outside the limits, as long as the overall assessment is Unsatisfactory and they're covered by observations. It can't be Satisfactory with a C1, C2 or FI recorded.
• An EIC or minor works can't be issued with failing readings. Put the work right and test again.

Issue and send

1. Click Preview PDF to check it.
2. Click Issue. Issued certificates are locked so they can't be changed afterwards. The job gets a note, and the next inspection date is worked out from the interval you chose.
3. Click Email to send the PDF to the customer (add a landlord or agent separated by a comma).

Sixty days before the next inspection is due, the office gets a notification so you can book it in. Certificates, Due for inspection lists them.

From a condition report to the remedial work

On an EICR, click More, Start another certificate from this one and choose Electrical installation certificate or Minor works (pick the circuit you worked on). The installation details come across and the C1, C2 and FI observations become the description of the work.

Mistakes after issuing

Click More, Void and say why. The certificate stays on record but no longer counts, and its reminder stops. Then use Start another certificate from this one to issue a corrected one without typing it all again.

Who can sign

Each user has a setting under Users for what they can sign:

• Can sign off: a qualified supervisor or approved electrician. Signs any part of a certificate and issues it.
• Can inspect and test: fills in the certificate and signs the inspection and testing (or the construction on an EIC). Someone who can sign off signs the rest and issues it.
• Doesn't sign: can't sign or issue, but can still fill certificates in if their role allows.

Their position and enrolment numbers are set there too.

Every certificate has a unique reference, such as FMELECTRIC-S9FVFRDDLY / ZUX2C5UDF8, printed at the foot of every page.

Who can do what

Under Roles & permissions: View certificates, Fill in certificates, Sign, issue and send certificates and Void issued certificates and delete drafts. Engineers can fill in, sign and issue; the office can view and start them.

WireFlow doesn't notify your scheme for you. Notify notifiable work through your scheme's own portal as usual.