Talented electrotechnical apprentices are being encouraged to register for this year’s SkillELECTRIC competition. The application window is now open and runs until 07 April 2018. During the competition, entrants will be judged on a series of challenging practical tests in a bid to be named the 2018 SkillELECTRIC champion. The event, which is run in…
Cleric, broadcaster and former Communard, the Reverend Richard Coles, helped celebrate the 2018 Electrical Distributors’ Association Education & Training Awards recently, where outstanding managers from wholesalers and manufacturers were presented with their trophies in front of 550 guests at the Associations’ Annual Dinner on Park Lane. Nine managers, some of whom travelled from as far…
Understanding the products you sell is crucial to delivering great customer service. That’s why the Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA) has invested in the development of a brand new set of 12 distance-learning product knowledge modules to be launched exclusively to members in 2018. Developing the 12 EDA Product Knowledge Modules, which have achieved City &…
Industry unites behind Peter Aldous MP’s efforts to reform damaging payment practices and abuse in the construction industry In the wake of the Carillion collapse an industry coalition of over 60 construction and maintenance trade bodies now back the ‘Aldous Bill;’ proposing cash retentions owed to the supply chain be held in trust. By far…
Since the EDA launched ETIM-UK a year ago, it has entered a crucial ‘anglicisation phase’ with product data experts from across the UK’s electro-technical manufacturing base collaborating to translate the classification into correct technical English for use in the UK. In November 2017, to manage this transaction process, the EDA embarked upon a series od…
It’s full steam ahead for managers keen to attract talented trainee wholesalers to their teams as the employer-created Trade Supplier Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard (ST0334) cleared its final hurdle recently when the Institute for Apprenticeships confirmed the funding band which sets the cost of training and assessment on the Standard. Training providers are now gearing…
ECA, BESA, SELECT and SNIPEF research shows industry sees steady growth in Q4 2017 Eight in 10 (80 per cent) engineering services firms say turnover increased or remained steady during the final quarter of 2017, according to new findings from the sector-wide ‘Building Engineering Business Survey’, sponsored by Scolmore. The survey, run in partnership by…
NICEIC is setting up an industry scheme to help women in the electrical industry, to celebrate International Women’s Day (8th March). A long supporter of women in the electrical sector, NICEIC is progressing further by offering grants to women already working in the industry or looking for a helping hand at the beginning of their…
Studies show than one in every thousand electrical contractors in the UK is female. One woman from Dagenham is unfazed and ready to take the electrical sector by storm. 22-year-old apprentice electrician, Gemma Scarlett studies at Barking and Dagenham College one day a week and spends the other four days on the job as an…
Alastair McGowan, popular comedian and TV personality, is set to perform live at this year’s ECA Industry Awards Dinner, set for Friday 8th June. McGowan’s most notable appearance was on his BBC show ‘The Big Impression’ which won a BAFTA in 2003. He has also done voice-overs on ITV show ‘Spitting Image’. Alastair is also…