electrical

JTL proud to provide one of the country’s only gold-standard green apprenticeships

JTL is pleased to announce that the Installation Electrician and Maintenance Electrician apprenticeship that it provides has been handpicked by the Department for Education (DfE) as one of six ‘gold-standard’ green apprenticeships to mark the King’s coronation. The apprenticeship course now receives a new coronation emblem to permanently mark it as a leading course. The course, which is delivered by training providers nationally, was selected by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical…

Net Zero not possible without right skills, says ECA

ECA has welcomed the report by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) urging government to prioritise workforce development and avoid a looming Net Zero skills crisis. The body highlights the CCC’s calls for stronger investment and governance in further education and the wider skills and learning system. This echoes ECA’s own work with Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs). Here we have highlighted severe mismatches throughout England between the courses and qualifications which many…

JTL reaches out to employers with new campaign: Just the Job!

JTL, one of the leading apprenticeship providers in the building services engineering sector in England and Wales, is reminding employers that apprentices can bring new talent and skills into their businesses with the launch of its new campaign. The Just the Job! campaign highlights the benefits that an apprentice can bring to businesses, particularly those in the building services engineering sector. Offering apprenticeships across the electrotechnical and mechanical engineering services sectors, JTL trains over 8,000 apprentices each…

Electrotechnical Apprenticeship sets gold standard for green skills

The Installation & Maintenance Electrician Apprenticeship has been hailed by the Government as a ‘gold standard for green skills’, one of just six apprenticeships selected for their sustainability credentials and delivering the skills needed to support the transition to net zero. To mark the announcement, electrical apprentices and representatives from industry employers Clarkson Evans and SJD Electrical met with the Secretary of State for Education, the Rt Hon Gillian Keegan…

JTL Regional Award winners announced ahead of National Awards ceremony

JTL, one of the leading apprenticeship providers in the building services engineering sector in England and Wales, has announced all of its winners for the JTL Regional Awards. The annual Regional Awards celebrate apprentices who demonstrate outstanding levels of achievement and commitment to learning throughout their apprenticeships. The award winners were each presented with an engraved trophy and £100 in prize money. They now go ‘head-to-head’ in the hope of…

Electrical apprentices reveal hilarious pranks and behind-the-scenes secrets in first episode of fun new podcast from SECTT and SELECT

Walking around with invisible wheelbarrows and being sent to look for fallopian tubes and left-handed screwdrivers are among the highlights of a fun new podcast from the Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) and electrical trade association SELECT. The first episode of Sparks’ Remarks sees five Scottish apprentices sharing laughs and stories about some of the pranks they and their colleagues have experienced during their time in the classroom and on-site. Aimed at existing and…

TESP partners with JobsAware to tackle rogue trainers

The industry’s fight against ‘rogue trainers’ offering inadequate and unethical training packages has been boosted by a partnership between The Electrotechnical Skills Partnership (TESP) and JobsAware, a government-backed organisation set up to prevent job scams and labour market abuses. TESP’s Rogue Trainers campaign was launched in 2021 to warn against training providers who offer expensive packages that are not industry-recognised, targeting those wishing to retrain in skilled trades such as electrical work.…