Frazer Matchett, Perth College UHI
Locking in safety
Dean Callan, ForthValley College Lewis Sim, Moray College UHI
More than 650 apprentices and adult trainees are being supplied with free lockout kits by the Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) and Electrical Safety First (ESF). Te kits, worth £30 each, will help
them ensure electricity is turned off – and stays off – until work is safely completed. Tis process, known as safe isolation, is a safety fundamental and essential in helping to avoid a serious or even fatal electric shock. Anne Galbraith, Chief Executive of
Darren Kerr, New College Lanarkshire
Control and Automation Ltd, came first in the second-stage event.
The Ayr Campus of Ayrshire College
hosted the next heat on 18 June. The winner of the first-stage category was Fergus Hiddleston, who studies at Dumfries and Galloway College and works with Derek Mitchell Electrical Ltd. The second-stage winner was Thomas Woods, a student at Ayr Campus, who works for T Walsh Contracts. The third heat took place on 26 June at Sighthill Campus, Edinburgh College, where Barrie McKay, SECTT’s Training and Development Manager, was on hand to present prizes. Perth College UHI’s Frazer Matchett, of R W Bell (Electrical) Pitlochry Ltd, was top in the first-stage competition. The second-stage winner was Dean Callan, a student at Forth Valley College’s Falkirk Campus who works for T Clarke Scotland Ltd. Meanwhile, the annual eMAC was held at the Kingsway Campus of Dundee and Angus College on 12 June. The contest involves the best third-
stage apprentices from all over Scotland, selected for the quality of their work and performance. The gold medal was won
SECTT, said: “I cannot stress enough the importance of working safely at all times, to protect the apprentices, colleagues, the public and property. “Te kits will be provided to
Blair Angus, Ayrshire College
by Lewis Sim, from Moray College UHI. Blair Angus, of Ayrshire College’s Ayr Campus, took silver and the bronze went to Darren Kerr, from the Motherwell Campus of New College Lanarkshire. UK Skills judges will now decide which candidates will be selected from all the regional competitions to take part in the UK Skills contest at the NEC Birmingham in November. Anne Galbraith (pictured above with the eMAC winners) added: “It is always a pleasure to speak to the apprentices, who all say the same – how much they enjoy being an electrical installation apprentice and the career opportunities that becoming an electrician offers. “You can feel the tension in the workshops and I commend all the apprentices for their hard work. “I would also like to thank all those who came along to support them. Each heat was extremely well attended.”
For more information on SECTT and its work, call 0131 445 5659, visit
www.sectt.org.uk or email
admin@sectt.org.uk
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apprentices and adult trainees from the Shetland Isles to the Borders. Tey should become familiar with them as they are the same as the kits used in the Final Integrated Competence Assessment.” Phil Buckle, Chief Executive of
ESF, added: “Adopting safe working practices and procedures is essential. Embedding this at the beginning of an electrician’s career is key. Te kits not only provide crucial safety equipment but, we hope, also promote safe working as an ingrained habit.”
BELOW: Apprentices with their kits
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