News Call to speak up about apprenticeships
businesses and apprentices. SummitSkills chief executive, Keith
According to SummitSkills – the sector skills council for building services engineering – now is the time for those working in this industry to speak up in defence of an apprenticeship funding system that works for micro-businesses as well as SMEs and large employers. The organisation is urging individuals
to make their voices heard in the government’s consultation on funding reforms to the apprenticeship system, which runs until early October. The government is seeking views on proposed options, which it says will give employers more direct fi nancial control over training for their
Marshall, said: ‘The government’s proposals recognise the importance of putting employers at the heart of training and apprenticeships, which we applaud. However, a “one-size-fi ts-all” approach is not likely to refl ect the views of the smallest businesses, which make up such a large part of the building services sector. The current proposals risk overlooking their needs in favour of those smaller numbers of larger employers, with whom the government will fi nd it easier to engage. ‘If the training and apprenticeship
funding needs of our sector are to be adequately addressed in future, the government will need to address this. If this concerns you, too, now is the time to speak out and let the government know your views on how this could best be achieved.’ The ECA is actively lobbying on this issue. If you would like your say, contact Paul Reeve at the ECA at
paul.reeve@eca.
co.uk or call 020 7313 4800.
BEAMA WELCOMES REGULAR ELECTRICAL WIRING INSPECTIONS
BEAMA has voiced its approval for the recent Communities and Local Government Committee (CLG) report - The Private Rented Sector – and its recommendation for regular electrical wiring inspections in rented homes. It states that private
rented properties ‘should be required to have a full wiring check every fi ve years and a visual wiring check on change of tenancy’. BEAMA fully endorses this
recommendation and urges the government to work with all relevant industry bodies to implement this proposal. The report acknowledges
concerns in the electrical industry that a large number of rented properties have
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potentially unsafe wiring installations, resulting in an increased risk of lethal shocks and fi res. This is in line with research carried out by BEAMA, showing contractors are fi nding wiring installations of 20-plus years old in more than a quarter of domestic properties.
BEAMA marketing
director, Kelly Butler, said: ‘Alarmingly, the BEAMA research also showed that around 30 per cent of domestic Electrical Installation Condition Report inspections identify danger present and need immediate remedial action. Regular inspections will serve to identify faults in the installation before the safety of tenants is compromised.’
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