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CABLEtalk is the offi cial magazine of SELECT and is distributed free to qualifying readers.
ISSN 1365-3288 SELECT is the trading style of the Electrical Contractors’ Association of Scotland. T e SELECT logo is a registered Collective Mark.
6 CABLEtalk OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2020
President elected at virtual AGM
onald W Orr was elected as the new President of SELECT last month as the association held its fi rst-ever
online annual general meeting. The Managing Director of Unitech Services Ltd in Carluke, Lanarkshire, is a long-standing SELECT member and serves on a number of committees as well as representing the association externally. He said: “It is a great honour to be elected as the new President of SELECT, and I’m privileged to follow in the footsteps of my distinguished colleagues. “I look forward to continuing the association’s excellent work and helping SELECT and its Members successfully navigate the many challenges that lie ahead.” Kevin Griffi n, who has been SELECT President for three years, now becomes
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Immediate Past- President, replacing Eric Rae. The new Vice-President is
Alistair Grant, who is based in Elgin and is the current chair of the Inverness and North of Scotland Branch. SELECT Managing Director Alan Wilson
said: “I am delighted to welcome Donald and Alistair to their new roles and know they bring invaluable experience and input. “There are plenty of challenges ahead for all
TESP survey deadline extended
T e Electrotechnical Skills Partnership (TESP) has extended its labour market survey to give SELECT Members more opportunity to take part. T is short poll of electrical
contractors is being held to update previous fi ndings
gathered in 2018/19 and will provide TESP with up-to- date information on: ●Current and future skills needs of the industry ●Business decisions around apprenticeship recruitment and the workforce
●What support might be needed to help the industry. T e survey should take no
more than 10 minutes to complete and will now be live until Friday 30 October. Take the survey at
www.pyetait. com/TESP-LMI-2020
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