Apprentice
  • Electrical Apprentice of the Year Winner Announced

    Zach Swift from Helensburgh, Scotland, has been crowned winner of the 2018 NICEIC and ELECSA Apprentice o ...

    Zach Swift from Helensburgh, Scotland, has been crowned winner of the 2018 NICEIC and ELECSA Apprentice of the Year competition. The 21-year old was one of eight competitors to reach the Grand Final, ...

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  • Apprentice Receives Award from Former Home Secretary

    Marshall-Tufflex engineering apprentice Josh Hayler won’t forget receiving his end-of-training certificat ...

    Marshall-Tufflex engineering apprentice Josh Hayler won’t forget receiving his end-of-training certificate – for it was presented to him by Former MP for Hastings & Rye (and UK Home Secretary) Amb ...

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  • Final Fix: The Day I 'Graduated'

    In this latest Final Fix, Tony Cable reveals how he avoided a call-up for National Service duty in his ea ...

    In this latest Final Fix, Tony Cable reveals how he avoided a call-up for National Service duty in his earlier days as an apprentice. On 20th June 1963 I completed my apprenticeship and became a ‘jour ...

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  • ECA Edmundson Apprentice Award Opens to Entries

    Top electrotechnical apprentices urged to enter ECA Edmundson Award 2017. The leading electricians and en ...

    Top electrotechnical apprentices urged to enter ECA Edmundson Award 2017. The leading electricians and engineers of the future are being urged to enter this year’s ECA Edmundson Apprentice of the Year ...

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  • Final Fix: Order of the Day

    Another trip down memory lane courtesy of NICEIC's Tony Cable. This latest tale comes from my final year ...

    Another trip down memory lane courtesy of NICEIC's Tony Cable. This latest tale comes from my final year as an apprentice, where I was employed on a huge site in Croydon that consisted of a 24-story o ...

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  • Final Fix: Making a Start

    Tony Cable regales us with more stories of his adventures as an apprentice. So, after leaving school at 1 ...

    Tony Cable regales us with more stories of his adventures as an apprentice. So, after leaving school at 15 and spending six years as an apprentice, I could finally call myself a proper electrician; ju ...

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  • Bright Sparks

    Back in September PE wsas invited to a special roundtable event in Coventry to discuss one of the industr ...

    Back in September PE wsas invited to a special roundtable event in Coventry to discuss one of the industry's most pressing  issues – how to attract new talent into the electrical sector. Malcolm ...

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  • Apprentice of the Year 2017: Get Your Applications in

    Former Apprentice of the Year finalist talks about his experience, what he's gone on to do since and urge ...

    Former Apprentice of the Year finalist talks about his experience, what he's gone on to do since and urges others to follow suit. With the search now on to find the second NICEIC and ELECSA Electrical ...

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  • Final Fix: Pull Your Socks Up

    Tony Cable has enjoyed a lot of success in his time in the electrical industry, but it wasn’t always smoo ...

    Tony Cable has enjoyed a lot of success in his time in the electrical industry, but it wasn’t always smooth sailing. Here Tony remembers one incident that could have ruled him out of the industry befo ...

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  • Final Fix: The Initiation Test

    NICEIC's Tony Cable shares some memories of his time as an apprentice. Here, he remembers the age old pra ...

    NICEIC's Tony Cable shares some memories of his time as an apprentice. Here, he remembers the age old practice of apprentice initiations. I'm going to paint a picture of what life as an apprentice was ...

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