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interview at bit. ly/JHJ-video
Jamie Halcro Johnston during his interview with SELECT
“Most people just assume it’s already a regulated profession, so that’s why we need a clear and single register of electricians”
we’ll hopefully see a reduction in serious incidents because people will have proper training. If you’re not on the register you won’t be able to call yourself an electrician and legal enforcement will be in place.
Will regulating the profession make it more attractive to would-be electricians? We know the profile of electricians is getting older, so having protection of title will hopefully make it a more attractive profession to some extent. There has to be more encouragement for people from different backgrounds
and I hope any legislation will be accompanied by a real push to get more people into the sector.
So what are the next steps? The responses from the consultation will all feed into our final proposal, and obviously we’ll need all MSPs to get behind the general principles. Unfortunately, due to everything that’s going on at the moment, it’s not likely to go through parliament this session, but one of the most important things is taking those steps forward. If I’m returned next May, I hope I could pick up where we’ve got to, but if I can’t,
a huge amount of work will have been done and we’ll be a lot further forward, either for myself, another MSP or the government itself.
Finally, the SELECT Wall of Support shows a great many MSPs in favour of the Bill, so what are its chances? There is support from all parties across the chamber, and there have always been warm words from the Scottish Government and a general appreciation that this needs to be done. It’s frustrating because if we had more time we would get it through, but I’m very confident that in the next session of parliament it will be picked up and will be achieved, which will be fantastic for the sector, for consumers and for electrical safety.
Find out more about our campaign for regulation and the Wall of Support at
www.select.org.uk/safer
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