News Industry Comment Jobs for the Girls academy
A NEW ACADEMY has been launched by NICEIC and ELECSA to help female electricians in the next stage of its Jobs for the Girls initiative campaign. The academy is a series of four sessions held over 2013/14 providing technical, business and industry advice which aims to give females a helping hand into the electrical industry.
The recent Sensors & Instrumentation exhibition, co-located with Micro | Nano | Mems 2013 and The Machine Building Show 2013, built on the solid foundations of last year’s show, proving to be a busy and vibrant event which generated plenty of discussion, enquires and potential business for exhibitors. It was also standing room only for many of the show’s engaging seminars that took place throughout the two days, and the interface with the other shows plus the integration of visitors throughout the halls proved that the co-location of the event worked very well. Many of the show’s exhibitors have already booked their stand for 2014. There will be further feedback from the event available on our website, but within our October issue we will be looking at lighting, circuit protection, industrial plugs & sockets and hazardous area equipment. We’re also featuring another of our regular supplements this month, with a look at the world of test & measurement. Joe Bush, Editor
A group of 14 women attended the first session, which was led by NICEIC’s Tony Cable and Darren Staniforth and included a talk from the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) John Chamberlain. Certsure CEO Emma Clancy, who was instrumental in launching the Jobs for the Girls initiative, said, “It was clear from the networking meetings we held last year that getting a foot in the industry and gaining experience is still a barrier for many women. “So, in response we set up the academy to provide some industry based learning to a group of women which we believe will enhance their skills and improve their career opportunities. “Women are still severely underrepresented in the
electrical industry and wider construction sector. By launching this academy we want to address that imbalance and arm women with the skills to go out there and make a real mark in the industry.” The Jobs for the Girls campaign was set up in 2011 and has proved a huge success with Emma Clancy joining several female contractors on national TV and radio to discuss the matter.
www.jobsforthegirls.com
Zettlex opens new factory in Cambridgeshire
ZETTLEX GENERAL MANAGER Mark Howard was joined by Rt. Hon Andrew Lansley CBE member of parlia-
ment for South Cambridgeshire at the official opening of the company’s new production facility on 26th September. Mark Howard of Zettlex com- mented, “We are enjoying a boom from the US, Germany, India, Turkey and China and this has meant that we simply had to create more production capacity to keep pace with demand. This year exports will account for 50% of our business and next year this is likely to increase to about 75%.”
Andrew Lansley CBE MP for South Cambridgeshire com- mented, “This area has a proud
history of high-tech innovation and it’s good to see a young com- pany growing, prospering, gener- ating jobs and exporting products from South Cambridgeshire to the rest of the world.”
The new production facility, which is located adjacent to Zettlex’s existing technology labs in Newton, increases the com- pany’s production space by 7,000ft2
. Zettlex has also recruited additional production and engineering staff to help meet this increased demand for the company’s IncOder range of precision sensors.
www.zettlex.com
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