[ Spotlight: ECA and ESC partnership ]
Come together A
Historic moment:
ECA president Paul McNaughton (left) and ESC chair Charles
Tanswell (right) present the new partnership agreement
The ECA and the Electrical Safety Council have completed a major partnership agreement that promises a new era of unity in the electrical contracting industry. The first result is the new Electrical Safety Register, a groundbreaking initiative for the sector. We explain what the partnership means for the industry and consumers
26 ECA Today November 2012
fter two years of detailed discussions, on 19 November the ECA and Electrical Safety Council (ESC) announced that the two organisations had signed a major partnership
agreement – uniting the electrical industry’s trade association, electrical consumer charity and leading certification body in a groundbreaking move. The start of the new era was marked by the launch of the Electrical Safety Register, a new searchable database of quality, competent electrical contractors, created under the new partnership to provide both consumers and client specifiers with an easy, reliable way to find an electrical contractor. In addition, it was revealed that from 1 April 2013,
ELECSA, ECA Certification and NICEIC certification schemes would be operated by a newly set-up joint venture company – Certsure LLP – in a move that will help consolidate operations and bring a range of new benefits to customers of both bodies. The new partnership and the establishment of
the Electrical Safety Register are hugely significant developments for the electrical industry. Uniting key industry players, the alliance delivers more clarity for consumers and client specifiers, while promising a unified voice to government on key issues affecting the sector.
Unity At the launch of the partnership, ECA group CEO Steve Bratt emphasised the positives the alliance will deliver: ‘We believe this will provide unity for our sector, simplicity for our clients and consumers, and it will provide benefits for contractors.’ He added: ‘These actions show that we have
listened: we have listened to government, who want industry to solve its own issues; we have listened to consumers, who want one place to go to find competent electricians; and we have listened to our customers, and we are united in their interests – and we intend to influence the development of our industry for their benefit.’ Phil Buckle, director general at the ESC, also said
of the agreement: ‘Today is one of the defining moments and, indeed, an historic moment for the industry,’ he said, ‘because the Electrical Safety Register will strengthen the industry and certainly give positive support to the electrical safety agenda and assist the ESC in taking forward its messages to the public.’
Electrical Safety Register As the first high-profile outcome of the partnership,
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