![]() ![]() Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Recommend 0 recommendations Published in Skills and apprenticeships We would strongly recommend individuals and organisations think twice before advocating ‘fast track’ training into occupations with such significant implications for fire and building safety, not to mention potential negative impacts on the grid if solar PV is installed incorrectly. This would include heat pumps, energy storage systems, EV charge-points and smart building controls.Ī positive outcome of the appalling Grenfell Tower tragedy is an increased emphasis on competence and safety. Maintaining a broad electrical knowledge and skills foundation means electricians can turn their hand to a range of other technologies. What’s more they have a professional career to rely on, which gives them flexibility and an agility to pivot to new markets.Īfter completing an apprenticeship, it takes just four days to upskill to install solar PV. They progress from basic to more complex tasks as their knowledge, skills and experience increase. Apprentices start learning on the job early on. The Domestic Electrician apprenticeship takes three. The Installation Electrician/ Maintenance Electrician apprenticeship takes four years. Richard Ng claims it takes five years to complete an electrical apprenticeship. How long does it take to become an electrical apprentice? Few electricians would choose to do the roofing work anyway. This is what happens already, nobody is saying this activity requires someone to be electrically qualified. Of course the non-electrical work of fitting a solar panel can be done by a roofer. Would you want an electrical installation in your home fitted by someone without the right level of competence? The considered judgment of industry employers (via apprenticeship standards) and trade and certification bodies (via organisational certification requirements) is that completion of an apprenticeship, or equivalent training route, is the minimum threshold for electrical competence. There are legal requirements to ensure that individuals who do so have the full range of competences to do so. Working with electricity inevitably carries risks. The safe and reliable electricity we all enjoy today in the UK relies on a century of work to maintain high standards. But most worryingly, without the right level of competence, it could prove dangerous to consumers and lead to grid capacity issues. It might in fact lead to greater carbon emissions, through a malfunctioning building. integrates with other low carbon technologies. Neither will it equip you to understand how that piece of tech. ![]() ![]() To train simply as an installer of solar PV will not equip you to be an installer of future technology or to retrofit a building. The technologies are evolving equally fast. The net zero world is accelerating apace. The term ‘green job’ is a misnomer, it is neither understood by young people, nor industry. His assertion we need two million skilled green jobs is plain wrong. The country has a demographic timebomb affecting all sectors. While we agree there is a labour shortage in the UK, this would be the case regardless of changing technology. A recent article by Richard Ng states we need a large-scale change to training and qualifications for the UK to achieve net zero. ![]()
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