May 2013

With job market uncertainty and figures which reveal that more than 1.1 million women alone have become unemployed since the beginning of the recession, it’s no surprise that skilled trades are becoming more popular. Studies are revealing that the answer to the recession is for people to learn skilled trades. This combined with many women reporting feeling undervalued by their...

The Electrical Industry Conference set to take place in June at the ICC in Birmingham has been put together by the ECA and has been marketed as an event all about business. When they say that the event is all about business, what they mean is that it’s about understanding industry changes and managing these changes whilst keeping on top...

Seaward are showcasing their new Apollo 600 tester at the Safety and Health Expo 2013 in June. They are marketing the new machine as the latest electrical tester which establishes a new approach to workplace testing and maintenance. The difference between the Apollo 600 and previous models of PAT tester is that this new machine has been designed in line...

The IET, the producers of the IET Code of Practice - effectively the bible for PAT technicians, are now producing a new Code of Practice for Electrical Safety Management. They say that the publication, due out this summer, is to address the fact that there are currently a number of publications on electrical safety but there isn’t one source on...

The new fourth edition of the IET Code of Practice has sparked discussion on its recommendation for retesting dates not to be labelled on the pass labels, as has been common practice until now. New recommendations now say that the date appliances should be retested should be withheld from the pass label and it has been reported that this has...

The Electrical Safety Council’s Fire Safety Fund is still accepting applications for grants until the 17th May 2013 up to the sum of £5000. The fund was set up to help consumer organisations including companies such as the Fire and Rescue service, charities, Trading Standards, etc. These organisations can apply for grant funding to help pay for fire prevention measures...