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The Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate covers additions and alterations to an existing circuit that do not include the provision of a new circuit. Adding a socket outlet to an existing ring, replacing an accessory, relocating a light switch, or a repair to existing circuit wiring are typical Minor Works jobs. It certifies that the work carried out complies with BS 7671 and that the circuit it was carried out on was left safe, but it does not cover a whole new circuit — that always needs an EIC or EIC-D instead, because a new circuit requires the fuller design, construction and inspection record those forms carry.
A Minor Works Certificate still records the tests appropriate to the work done — continuity, insulation resistance, polarity, and earth fault loop impedance or RCD operation where relevant — but it is a shorter form than an EIC because the scope of what it certifies is smaller.
The line is whether the job includes a new circuit. If it does, it needs an EIC or EIC-D, not Minor Works — see EIC (Domestic) for the common single-contractor case, or EIC where design, construction and inspection are split. If it is an addition or alteration to an existing circuit with no new circuit involved, Minor Works is the correct form.
These cover different things: Minor Works certifies new work carried out on an existing circuit. A Domestic Visual Condition Report does not certify any new work at all — it records a visual-only assessment of an installation's condition, with no testing. If nothing was actually installed or altered, Minor Works is the wrong form.
NexCert issues the Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate alongside EIC, EIC-D, EICR (domestic and commercial) and the Domestic Visual Condition Report, from the same workspace. The engineer completes the certificate on a phone or tablet, on site, at the end of the job, with the form working offline and resuming if signal drops. Because this is often quick, high-volume work, the certificate is built to be completed without a separate office step — issued from the same visit the job was carried out on, with the finished record delivered and an evidence trail kept of what was tested.
There are fields for your own NICEIC, NAPIT, SELECT or Gas Safe registration number, at both company and individual engineer level, on every certificate NexCert issues.
Minor Works is one of six electrical certificate types NexCert ships under BS 7671:2018+A4:2026: EIC (full form), EIC-D (domestic short form), EICR domestic, EICR commercial, Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate, and the Domestic Visual Condition Report.
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No. Any job that includes a new circuit needs a full EIC or the domestic EIC-D. Minor Works is only for additions and alterations that do not extend to a new circuit.
It records the tests appropriate to the specific work carried out — the same core electrical tests, applied to the circuit that was worked on rather than to a whole new installation. It is shorter because the scope of what it certifies is smaller, not because less care is taken.
Each certificate covers the work described on it. Whether separate visits or separate items of work need separate certificates is a judgement for the qualified person carrying out the work, not something this page can answer for a specific job.
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