SELECT teams up with Luceco Group to help small businesses across Scotland with new £18,000 Powering Potential apprentice funding initiative

Campaigning trade body SELECT has partnered with Luceco Group to launch an ambitious new initiative that will deliver much-needed apprentice funding to small businesses across Scotland. The construction trade association has teamed up with the manufacturer to unveil the Powering Potential initiative, which will see three SELECT member firms receive £6,000 each to help support the cost of a […]

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High wages and ‘pitiful’ employer funding are main reasons for not taking on an electrical apprentice

High wages and lack of employer funding are the biggest obstacles to Scotland’s electrical businesses recruiting apprentices, a new survey by Scotland’s largest construction trade association, SELECT, has revealed. Some 52% of respondents to the poll said that the financial double-whammy was the main reason for them not taking on an apprentice or adult trainee. A massive 87% claimed that […]

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Scotland’s electrotechnical bodies encourage school-leavers to join the industry and lead the net zero revolution

As students across Scotland prepare to receive their exam results, the country’s major electrotechnical bodies have once again urged them to consider a ‘green, AI-proof and truly rewarding’ career in the electrical industry. The tension is building for nearly 150,000 learners who will discover their grades on 4 August – and SELECT, the Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) and Scottish […]

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SELECT encourages more women to choose the electrotechnical industry as a rewarding career

As International Women’s Day (8 March) approaches, Scotland’s largest construction trade association has encouraged more young women to follow in the footsteps of the country’s latest superstar sparky and choose the electrotechnical industry as a lucrative career path. Campaigning trade body SELECT says females looking to break into the sector should be inspired by the achievements of Ellis Stevenson […]

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SELECT says rising apprentice costs are crippling employers and undermining the electrical workforce of the future

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