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A new year, and the challenge of the skills shortage rolls on, seemingly with no solutions whatsoever.
That’s why I applaud the lead
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stance taken by the Electrical Contractors’ Association, which has urged Westminster to focus on local skills improvement or face skilled electrician shortfalls. Out of around 200,000 electricians practising in England, at least 35,000 currently lack industry recognised Level 3 qualifications. In addition, fewer than 10% of the 20,000 learners currently enrolling onto publicly funded classroom-based electrical courses each year subsequently progress into an apprenticeship. To meet these challenges, ECA’s Recharging Electrical Skills Charter has proposed a number of policy changes to upskill the existing electrical workforce and grow electrical apprentice starts in England from 7,500 to 10,000 annually.
Through closer engagement and coordination locally, ECA said that it can start to bring the number of apprentice starts up to a sustainable level. ECA can also create appropriate green upskilling opportunities for qualified electricians using the industry’s own ‘Electrician PLUS’ kitemark. Policymakers also need to recognise that the present Skills Bootcamp approach in England is not fit for purpose for equipping electricians with the right qualifications to install low-carbon technologies efficiently and safely. The Westminster conference brought industry and policymakers together to evaluate lessons learnt from the first phase of LSIP work, and to examine initiatives aimed at devolving skills and training provision to align with local strategies, as set out in the LSIPs published in August 2023. ECA launched its Recharging Electrical Skills Charter at the House of Commons in November 2023. The Charter highlights the significance of the electrical contracting sector and electrical skills in achieving the UK’s net zero goals. We hope that this issue is informative; if you’d like to comment on any of the articles featured, or if you’d like to contribute to a future issue, please email me at
simonkingmedia@live.co.uk.
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