NEWS REGULATION


T e Walled Garden, Bush Estate, Midlothian EH26 0SB


Tel: 0131 445 5577 Fax: 0131 445 5548 admin@select.org.uk


Follow SELECT online at:


 TWITTER @Updates_SELECT @Training_SELECT @Regulate_SELECT


 FACEBOOK SELECT.T eECAofS


  Visit our websites at:


select.org.uk select.org.uk/training cabletalkmagazine.com selectawards.co.uk


Please phone our Membership Team on 0131 445 5577 to apply to become a Member of SELECT or if you would like more information about joining.


Alternatively you can email us on memberservices@select.org.uk or submit an online enquiry.


Industry backs calls for regulation


Survey reveals there is ‘overwhelming support’ for protection of title


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.


T 6 CABLEtalk FEBRUARY/MARCH 2021


he Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) says there is now “overwhelming industry support” for regulation of the electrical industry, pointing to a recent consultation in which 90% of respondents said they


were in favour of the measure. The consultation by MSP Jamie Halcro


Johnston, which closed in November, received 141 submissions, 121 of which were fully supportive, 10 partially supportive, one


neutral, three partially opposed and only three opposed. Fiona Harper, The Secretary of the SJIB, said: “It was heartening to see such a high level of responses from a wide cross-section of the industry and to see so many organisations and individual electricians taking a real interest in the future of our industry. “It was equally pleasing


to see that the vast majority of the responses have been positive about the need for some form of regulation, and there is overwhelming support for protection of title for the profession of electrician.


“The responses show Fiona Harper


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44