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SummitSkills welcomes movement on feed-in tariffs
(26/01/2012)

On Thursday 19 January, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker announced that the Government has laid before Parliament draft licence modifications which provide for a reduced FiTs rate of 21p/kW from 1 April 2012 for eligible new solar PV installations on or after 3 March 2012. Announcing the latest development, while Government awaits the judgment of the Court of Appeal about the challenge to its proposal to reduce the FiTs from 12 D... [more]

Electricians to test their wits on domestic and commercial wiring circuits at SkillELECTRIC competition
(28/09/2009)

SummitSkills’ SkillELECTRIC competition, organised by the sector skills council for building services engineering, will run across the four days of the Interbuild 2009 show. The finals will conclude with an awards ceremony which will be held in the show’s Construction Forum Theatre between 3-4pm on the last day of the exhibition. The highest scoring electrical competitors from regional heats across the UK will be invited to participate at the ... [more]

Top electricians to compete at SkillELECTRIC
(21/08/2008)

Electricians will compete at the Skill M&E UK finals, being staged at Interbuild 2008 (Sunday 26th – Thursday 30th October at Birmingham’s NEC). SkillELECTRIC is a challenge (alongside SkillPLUMB and SkillFRIDGE) organised as part of the wider Skill M&E initiative, facilitated by SummitSkills. The competitions seek to find the ‘best of the best’ mechanical and electrical engineers from the building services engineering sector and have been de... [more]

Getting ready for the 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations
(26/09/2007)

The 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations (BS7671) will come into play on 1st July 2008. From then on all commercial, domestic and industrial wiring installations must be designed to the specification laid out in BS7671:2008. With the pending launch of these Regulations, EAL is applying the finishing touches to a new suite of Vocationally Related Qualifications (VRQs). Catering both for new entrants and existing electricians, the qualifications... [more]

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