The BS 7671 Expert Behind Shine Forms - Meet Gary Gundry
When your software checks a value against BS 7671, where does that knowledge come from?
For most electrical certification software, it’s a reference guide. Perhaps someone read the regulations, typed them into a database, and hoped they got it right. Or worse, it’s what AI scraped together from outdated forum posts and old PDFs – or simply someone’s best guess from 2019.
For Shine Forms, the knowledge comes from Gary Gundry.
Gary doesn’t just know BS 7671. He’s on the national committee that helps write the standard.
Who is Gary Gundry?
If you’ve been in the electrical industry for a while, you might already know Gary. Whether you’ve seen him present at NICEIC TechTalks or Elex shows, caught one of his presentations, or attended one of his training courses, he is one of the UK’s leading figures in electrical safety.
He has over 40 years of experience in the industry, and he’s spent most of that time helping electricians understand the regulations to get things right.
He’s been a member of the IET’s Wiring Regulations Policy Committee, and now regularly serves on JPEL/64, the decision-making committee for BS 7671.
When the Wiring Regulations change, Gary is one of the key people in the room shaping those decisions.
He also serves on the national committee for BS 5266, the emergency lighting standard. And more recently, he’s been he serving as a UK technical expert on several International IEC technical committees, helping shape global electrical safety standards.
Gary doesn’t just read the Wiring Regulations. He helps update and proofread them.
He is someone who shapes the regulations, often many years before they become the standards you work with.
40 Years in Electrical Safety
Gary has worked in every part of the electrical industry.
He started his career as an apprentice electrician at SEEBoard Plc. Then, having qualified, he transferred to Eastern Electricity to be a Service Engineer and a trainer before setting up an electrical contracting business, where he took the company to NICEIC Approved Contractor status.
In the late 90s, he took a job at the NICEIC as a Technical Author. He was quickly promoted to Senior Engineer, where he produced training course material and technical guidance for Approved Contractors.
He then joined Electrical Safety First, serving for several years as Senior Electrical Engineer and then Electrical Installation Safety Manager. In these vital roles, he championed electrical safety and best practices and influenced stakeholders on consumer needs.
Since 2015, Gary has run his own consultancy, working with organisations including Electrical Safety First, the IET, the ECA, and CORGI Technical Services. He’s a respected technical author, a regular guest speaker at industry events, and has appeared on radio and TV. You might have seen him in YouTube videos or partnering with Learninglounge.com on their award-winning 18th Edition and EV online training courses.
If you’ve met Gary at an event, you’ll know he’s easy to talk to. He’ll happily chat through a regulation question over a coffee, and he’s been known to make a room laugh during a technical presentation. That’s just how he is.
What This Means for Your Electrical Forms & Certificates
You know your job. You know how to test an installation, how to interpret results, and how to complete a form. Shine Forms doesn’t replace that knowledge.
What it does is check the values you enter against current BS 7671 requirements. When something doesn’t comply, the software flags it so you can decide on how to proceed.
Not interpreted. Not guessed. Correct.
Gary has been working behind the scenes to ensure our authentic regulation intelligence is verified directly against BS 7671. They’re the real thing, direct from someone who helps write it. And, more are planned.
And because Gary also serves on the BS 5266 committee, the same applies to your emergency lighting certificates.
Verified Regulation Knowledge
The electrical industry has a problem with knowledge of the Wiring Regulations.
BS 7671 is complex. It’s regularly updated. Different electricians interpret it differently. And forum discussions are full of confident answers that contradict each other. Even training courses sometimes teach outdated information. (Not Gary’s, of course! 😉)
Shine Forms gives you regulation knowledge direct from the source. Gary was in the room when the 18th, Amd 1, Amd 2, Amd 3, and Amd 4 were finalised. When BS 7671 changes, Shine Forms will be ready.
Use Gary’s Knowledge for Your Benefit
Gary has spent 40 years helping electricians understand and apply regulations correctly. He’s written and delivered training courses, produced technical guidance, presented at events, and answered thousands of questions along the way.
Now that knowledge is being built directly into Shine Forms.
In the lead-up to the launch of Amd 4 on 15 April 2026, Gary is happy to explain the key changes and what they mean to you and your forms and certificates. So, sign up today to find out what’s been added, deleted or updated!
Every engineer on your team gets the same guidance that Gary would give them. Consistent, accurate, and direct from the source.
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