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Cabletalk | Leading the way
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SELECT’s Electrotechnical Committee met at The Walled Garden in April for its Spring meeting. SELECT Past President Alick Smith was in the Chair for this meeting, which was attended by a range of major industry stakeholders as well as representatives from SELECT Member companies. May 12, 2015. Dave Forrester, Head of Technical Services, SELECT. The IET has confirmed that the next change to BS 7671 is likely to be a new edition, probably in 3-4 years’ time. JPEL/64’s Panel A is currently dealing with ...
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Cabletalk | The Road Ahead
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SELECT meets with Minister to call for action on Approved Certifier of Construction scheme. May 12, 2015. Recently met with Marco Biagi, MSP, Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment, who is responsible for Building Standards in Scotland. SELECT was represented by Immediate Past President, John Noble and Keith Groom, Past Chairman of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland Branch. John and Keith were both winners of the 2014 SELECT Award for Best Promotion of the Certification scheme. He ref...
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Cabletalk | EETF Grant funding rises to 40%
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EETF Grant funding rises to 40%. May 12, 2015. Who have undertaken training with SELECT will be aware of the Electrical Engineering Training Foundation (EETF) and their grant payments. The EETF mission is:. To advance education and training, in particular in providing or assisting with the provision of vocational, business and personal development training in all aspects of the electrotechnical industries with a view to promoting, fostering and improving knowledge in the industries. Newell McGuiness, Man...
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Cabletalk | Shared parental leave
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Shared parental leave is designed to give working parents more choice in how they care for their child in the first year after the child’s birth. Its purpose is to enable fathers to take a greater parenting role where this suits the family’s circumstances. May 12, 2015. Fiona Harper, Head of Employment Affairs, SELECT, and Secretary of the SJIB. Right to take shared parental leave and pay was introduced for parents with children due on or after 5 April 2015. Communicate about shared parental leave. You s...
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Cabletalk | The ‘gamechanger’
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CEF’s new website - www.cef.co.uk - is a vast database of almost 27,000 electrical products, providing full order tracking, end-to-end fulfilment and next day delivery service. With a multimillion pound investment in cutting edge technology, the firm has well and truly joined the e-commerce revolution. May 12, 2015. Launching a new website it wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect an electrical distributor to take its cues from competitors. That would sit comfortably alongside any household e-commerce giants.
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Cabletalk | Training Scotland’s industry, delivering for government
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Training Scotland’s industry, delivering for government. May 12, 2015. SELECT Members contribute directly by working hard within their communities and with local colleges to promote. Megger: Loop testing demystified. M2 Electrical: Fire safety. Periodic inspection and testing Electrical installation condition reports. SELECT Industry Awards 2014 – WINNERS.
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Cabletalk | Praise for Highways Agency for adopting Project Bank Accounts
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Praise for Highways Agency for adopting Project Bank Accounts. May 12, 2015. Highways Agency has now become the lead public sector exemplar of best payment practices. The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group has written to Patrick McLoughlin, the Secretary of State for Transport, to congratulate him and the Agency for the impressive work done by the Agency in improving payment performance along the construction supply chain. Megger: Loop testing demystified. M2 Electrical: Fire safety.
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Cabletalk | Category | Diary
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Megger: Loop testing demystified. M2 Electrical: Fire safety. Periodic inspection and testing Electrical installation condition reports. SELECT Industry Awards 2014 – WINNERS.
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Cabletalk | Author | Newell McGuiness
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Author Archives: Newell McGuiness. Training Scotland’s industry, delivering for government. Training Scotland’s industry, delivering for government. We’re working towards legal protection for the term ‘electrician’. We’re working towards legal protection for the term ‘electrician’. Working towards a greener and more secure future. Working towards a greener and more secure future. Learn from the past and look to the future. Learn from the past and look to the future. Joined-up approach to Certification.
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Cabletalk | New FICA and the BS 7671:2008 Amendment 3
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New FICA and the BS 7671:2008 Amendment 3. May 12, 2015. For the implementation of the New FICA are progressing on time and everything is in place for the August 31 start date. We would like to reassure Members that the new FICA has been moderated to ensure it is. No more nor less difficult than the current FICA. In addition, it has been modernised to reflect the new BS 7671 inspection and testing requirements. Please make your Apprentices and Adult Trainees aware of this. This programme has been designe...
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