Electrical professionals trade body SELECT has welcomed a small but significant upturn in the number of young women undergoing apprenticeships as electricians. Figures gathered by Scotland’s largest trade association show that there are now 13 female apprentices training to be electricians in
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SELECT has once again successfully renewed accreditation with the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) for its inspection activities. Accreditation against the internationally recognised standard for inspection bodies ISO/IEC 17020:2012 means SELECT continues to be officially recognised
Members of Scottish trade association SELECT can now carry out online COSHH assessments and method statements quickly and easily thanks to its ongoing partnership with the Building Safety Group (BSG).
A new and improved version of SELECT’s popular SELECTcerts app has been launched, offering improved functionality and a wider range of certificates and reports.
A new brochure has been produced that explains some of the vital work that SELECT carries out behind the scenes.
SELECT has reminded its members to have their say and take part in an industry-wide consultation on the use of cash retentions in construction. Managing director Alan Wilson said that every member business should make their views known to the Scottish Government discussion before it closes on 25 Mar
The need for more young people to join the electrical industry in Scotland has never been greater – and those who do so will have an “opportunity for life”, according to SELECT managing director Alan Wilson. Speaking in a new video interview, the head of the trade body for the
The latest participant in our Just a Minute feature is Alan Wilson, managing director of SELECT, the trade association for the electrical contracting industry in Scotland. Name: Alan Wilson
Scotland’s electrical trade industry body has added its name to the growing list of organisations committed to avoiding costly disputes in the construction sector.
Scotland’s largest trade association has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement of an industry-wide consultation on the use of cash retentions in construction. Electrotechnical industry campaigning body SELECT said that it would now actively encourage all firms in Scotland&rsqu
More than 30 MSPs have added their voices to SELECT’s rapidly-growing campaign for regulation of the electrical industry. Some 32 new politicians have joined the swell of cross-party backing after Scotland’s largest trade association spent three days meeting MSPs and delivering its vital
SELECT’s Alan Wilson details how the electrical industry is tackling demographic changes in the Scottish population. Electricity and electrotechnology underpin every aspect of modern Scottish society and the recently highlighted prospect of an erosion of highly technical skills as a result of
A campaign to raise public awareness of new safety regulations affecting all homes has been launched by SELECT, Scotland’s leading trade body for the electrical industry.
The Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) will celebrate its 50th anniversary at a gala banquet at Edinburgh Castle later this week. SJIB members and special guests will gather at the historic landmark on Thursday 21 November to mark five decades of achievement.
Scotland’s electrical industry trade body for the SELECT has backed a new campaign by The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group that calls on all general election candidates to end late payment in the construction sector. The SEC Group is seeking to obtain a commitment from all