DIARY SELECT TEAM


GETTING TO KNOW YOU


Alistair Grant SELECT Vice-President


Hello Alistair. Congratulations on your new role. How long have you been involved with SELECT? I joined SELECT in 1999, since when I’ve always done my best to attend my branch meetings. I became Chair of Inverness and North Branch in 2018 which got me involved with Central Board – something I love being part of.


Tell us a bit about your business, where you’re based and how long you’ve been an electrician. We are a small family business based in the village of Lhanbryde just outside Elgin. My son Stephen works for me and my wife Pauline takes care of the paperwork (thankfully). I was one of the last 15-year-old school leavers, serving my apprenticeship straight from school and a few years later in 1982 I started the business. I’ll have been in the trade 50 years next year.


What does your job entail? Tell us more about what you do. We carry out anything from wiring a socket to complete domestic, commercial and agricultural installations. I love being in the electrical trade and I’m still very much hands-on. I’m not ready to down tools just yet!


What’s a typical day like for you at work? A normal day starts at 7am. I’m on the phone to the wholesalers ordering any materials required so we are all ready to


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start working at 8. Living in the rural north-east, I work for a lot of the local farmers so it’s not unusual for me to be called out at any time, night or day. My job is defi nitely not 8 to 5.


Do you get the chance to meet other SELECT Members? Before lockdown I attended the branch and Central Board meetings and any Toolbox Talks in my area. During lockdown I really looked forward to the online meetings, just seeing a well-known face makes a real diff erence. Now that construction has opened up again, I quite often bump into Members in the wholesalers where we have a good chat about the industry.


What do think are the main benefi ts of SELECT Membership? SELECT off ers fantastic support, be it technical, employment or training-based,


and we’re always kept up to date with any courses in the area. During these unprecedented times of COVID-19, SELECT has been at the forefront, supporting its Members. T e wealth of information and communication has been second to none.


What do you fi nd most enjoyable about your job? Seeing the end product and happy customers, many of whom have stayed loyal to the business through the years.


What impact has lockdown and working remotely had on your business? I found it strange being at home day to day for so long as I’m not one who sits still for any length of time. Now that we’ve resumed work, we’ve adapted to the social distancing on site and at the present time we are extremely busy. Hopefully it continues!


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