APPRENTICES SCOTTISH APPRENTICESHIP WEEK


Making a positive connection


Scottish Apprenticeship Week was bigger and better than ever this year – and once again SECTT helped MSPs and MPs meet the talent of tomorrow at Member fi rms across Scotland


T


he Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) was proud to play its part in this year’s Scottish Apprentice Week as senior politicians met


some of the industry’s rising stars fi rst-hand.


Held between 2 and 6 March, the national event gave SECTT the chance to showcase some of


the high-quality training it manages on behalf of the Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB).


To mark the occasion, SECTT


organised a number of politician visits to electrical companies on behalf of the Scottish Government through Skills Development Scotland.


The fi rst visit took place at Brand Electrical and Refrigeration in Dundee on 2 March, where the SNP’s Graeme Dey, Minister for


Parliamentary Business and Veterans, met the fi rm’s owner Gregor Brand. During his tour of the premises, Mr Dey spoke to former Army recruit Robbie Wilkinson, who spotted an advert for the Get into Electrical Installation programme with the Prince’s Trust, Dundee and Angus College and SECTT. During the six-week programme, SECTT Training Offi cer David Stebbings invited employers to see the group at work. One such employer was Gregor, who was so impressed by Robbie he off ered him a week’s work. Robbie duly excelled and was off ered full-time employment and a place on


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BRAND ELECTRICAL From left: First stage apprentice Robbie Wilkinson, Graham Dey MSP, Brand Electrical MD Gregor Brand, David Stebbings from SECTT and Gordon McDougall of Skills Development Scotland


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