The previous post was entirely in jest. I have more to do than sit around poking fun at parasites.
Now for the serious content.
Since the NEC is a standard for safe installation of electrical equipment I do not believe it should get into requirements for the workers. The use of the term qualified as it is defined now should be enough. If safety traing is required to be considered qualified by the NFPA in 2002, what will be required in 2005, 2008, 2011....? Local authorities already have requirements for licensing. If they feel safety training is required for journeymen or apprentices let them mandate it and enforce as they see proper on their own or leave it to OSHA. If NFPA wants to require safety training in 70E let them define qualified to require safety training for the purposes and scope of that document or require it in some other way. The purpose of the NEC does not include protecting persons from themselves or maintaining electrical eequipment. What in the scope of the NEC requires working on or with energized equipment other than power tools? And if "safety training" includes use of ladders and other non-electrical equipment, what concern is that for a standard making body whose purpose is the "safeguarding of persons and property from the hazards arising from the use of ELECTRICITY"?
