electrical

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…

SJIB, SECTT and SELECT hail ‘stunning victory’ as Scottish electrical apprentices take gold and silver in UK event

Scotland’s major electrical bodies have congratulated two apprentices from north of the border who have triumphed in a prestigious UK-wide competition. The Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB), Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) and electrical trade association SELECT have all saluted Craig Fairweather and Andrew Horne for clinching gold and silver respectively in the SkillELECTRIC contest. Craig, 23, was crowned 2022 SkillELECTRIC champion after a challenging two-day final which saw the cream of young electrical talent from across…

New EV charge point preparation CPD available at the Luceco Academy

Never is this more true than when it comes to installing an EV charge point. There are a number of things to think about before installing an EV charger. This free CPD training course considers a few points that will make sure your installation runs smoothly, helping you to avoid common problems during the process, including: – Verification of the incoming supply– How to calculate maximum demand– How and when…