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Stunning new Glasgow centre receives a top


Apprenticeships Ensuring the future is bright


Street lighting and electrical contractor Power One Group has employed five new apprentices, all based locally. These apprentices have also been enrolled on a three- year formal apprentice course at West College Scotland. The innovative idea by MD Mark Ward, has led to a bespoke college course and apprenticeship for electricians, with a special element focusing in street lighting. With the vast majority of


Scotland’s 900,000 street lights likely to be converted to LED over the next few years, and the decline in numbers of a skilled workforce, Power One has teamed up with West College Scotland


architectural award p17 Support


Launch of the SCQF Partnership programme


Power One Group’s new apprentices (L-R): Cameron O’Neil; Michael Allen; Fraser McInnes; Kyle Lawless and Conor McGregor


and SPEN to ensure a sustainable, skilled workforce is available. This also ensures a way forward for the local community, with the potential to create a further five jobs for apprentices every year going forward.


Power One Group is a privately


owned contractor that specialises in electrical and communication works. Over the last three years it has developed into one of the leading contractors in the LED retrofit market.


Sir Andrew Cubie presenting his plaque to Ryan Laird, Braeview Academy


Steve McDonald, Implement Director,


accepts the Export Award on behalf of SgurrEnergy


Renewables SgurrEnergy is a green energy star R


enewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, won the Export Award at the


prestigious Green Energy Awards 2015. Te awards, hosted by Scotish Renewables, atracted a wealth of high-profile entrants and provided an opportunity to recognise the determination, innovation and creativity that has defined the growth of our industry. Te Export Award was fiercely


contested and considered companies which showed


outstanding achievement in growing sales in overseas markets. In winning this award,


SgurrEnergy, a Wood Group company, demonstrated expertise in planning and managing a successful export strategy, expansion of overseas operations and developing its international presence. Operating from a network of


offices around the world, SgurrEnergy’s global team of more than 250 engineers and consultants have extensive international experience and an


impressive track record, having assessed more than 160GW of renewable energy projects in over 90 countries. Recent project work has taken


the Glasgow-based company to Pakistan, Mongolia, Taiwan, Jordan and Korea, supporting clients wherever they are operating. With a new office recently announced in Chile, bringing the company’s total number of global offices to 16, SgurrEnergy is on target to reach its strategic goal of 20 offices by 2020.


The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Partnership recently launched its School Ambassador Programme for its first cohort of schools in Glasgow. This was attended by representatives from the schools, along with a number of SCQF partners. Sir Andrew Cubie CBE FRSE, Chair of the SCQF Partnership Board, presented plaques to this first group of Ambassadors. With the school Ambassador Programme, the SCQF Partnership wants to support schools so the framework becomes second nature to learners and staff and the benefits of using the framework are cascaded throughout the school and to parents and carers. Benefits include supporting flexible learning pathways for learners and understanding the many different learning programmes that are on the framework and how these can be compared against standard academic qualifications. The six schools in the first cohort are: Braeview Academy, Dundee; Monifieth High School, Dundee; Oban High School, Oban; Prestwick Academy, South Ayrshire; St Andrew’s Secondary School, Glasgow; and St Mungo’s High School, Falkirk.


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