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NG Bailey’s Matthew Pickering wins trip to Australia with the JIB Apprentice Exchange Programme

Matthew Pickering, of NG Bailey, has been announced as the winner of the JIB Apprentice Exchange Programme and will spend six weeks living and working as an electrician in Brisbane, Australia. The JIB relaunched its Apprentice Exchange Programme last year after it was suspended in 2020 following the outbreak of Covid. As part of the trip, Matthew will also visit the contractors’ association, union and leading training providers to get a…

JTL reaches out to employers with new campaign: Employers like YOU hire apprentices

JTL, one of the leading apprenticeship providers in the building services engineering sector in England and Wales, is reminding those in the trade industry of the advantages of taking on an apprentice with a new campaign exploring employers’ experience of apprenticeships. The ‘Employers like YOU hire apprentices’ campaign encourages employers to take on apprentices by sharing the first-hand experiences of employers who have already done so. The campaign, which uses video interviews, will continue to evolve as…

As electrical industry in Scotland attracts record number of apprentices, SELECT MD makes appeal to Deputy First Minister to provide appropriate funding

Campaigning electrical trade association SELECT has issued an urgent appeal to Deputy First Minister John Swinney, asking him to allocate additional funding for apprenticeships to prevent a shortfall in essential training. Scotland’s voice of the electrical industry is calling on Mr Swinney to use some of the £46 million of extra money announced for colleges and universities in December’s Scottish Budget for apprenticeship training. In a letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery, Alan Wilson, Managing…

Alex’s Global Skills Success

Electrician Alex Rendall has been awarded a prestigious Medallion for Excellence after an outstanding performance at the WorldSkills 2023 competition in Salzburg, Austria. Alex, who works for J Norris Electrical Contractor in Somerset, went up against 23 other electricians from around the world in an extremely complex design and installation project which included the wiring of a control panel and programming of various building automation functions. To meet the international…

JTL seeks to help employers access over £3.3 billion of unused training funds

JTL, one of the leading apprenticeship providers in the building services engineering sector in England and Wales, is spreading the word on how Apprenticeship Levy funds can be transferred between employers to help pay for apprenticeship training. The Apprenticeship Levy is a government mandated levy that must be paid by any company with a payroll of over £3 million. It asks that these companies contribute 0.5% of their annual payroll to…

The importance of skilled workers in a Net Zero World

JTL, one of the leading apprenticeship providers in the building services engineering sector in England and Wales, is raising awareness of the essential role apprenticeships play in achieving net zero, and how that relates to the government’s route out of the cost of living crisis. Both the UK Chancellor’s autumn statement and the Prime Minister’s words at Cop27 have confirmed that net zero is essential to the government’s strategy of…

Luceco Academy launches new 18th edition AMD2 Circuit Protection CPD

Update your knowledge on the new 18th edition AMD2 circuit protection changes and earn CPD points. Not sure what RCDs are acceptable now? Are SPDs and AFDDs required in all installations? Take the stress out of updating your Amendment 2 knowledge with the Luceco Academy. This free training CPD course covers all the key changes to circuit protection, in the updated Amendment 2 of the 18th Edition of BS 7671…