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A talented young electrician has been rewarded for his “unprecedented enthusiasm” after being chosen as the winner of the Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) Apprentice of the Year, in conjunction with Edmundson Electrical. Scott Ahern, from East Kilbride in Lanarkshire, managed to see off an exceptional field of emerging electrical talent to lift the 2024 […]

The SJIB says it is looking ahead to 2024 with confidence as new figures show a healthy pipeline of emerging young talent – but also insists that industry-led apprenticeships are the only way to deliver the future of skills development.  The body has joined SELECT and the  Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) in welcoming […]

The SJIB and SELECT have warned that training must remain on a national level – and insist it is essential to take a “one nation” approach to ensure skills, standards and safety are consistent everywhere across Scotland and the UK Localised training has been suggested as a ‘quick fix’ for teaching would-be electricians new skills, […]

The SJIB has joined its fellow electrical bodies to congratulate two apprentices from north of the border who triumphed in a prestigious UK-wide competition. Together with SELECT and the Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT), the SJIB has saluted Craig Fairweather and Andrew Horne for clinching gold and silver respectively in the recent SkillELECTRIC contest. […]

In Circular 7, 2021: We update on the government’s National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage increase which will become applicable from 1 April 2021

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