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New ECS Check helps to raise the bar

|Date: 17 June, 2020

New ECS Check helps to raise the bar

ECS Check, a new free-to-use digital system from the Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS), allows ...

ECS Check, a new free-to-use digital system from the Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS), allows clients, contractors and others to verify the ECS card status of electrotechnical workers in re ...

17 June, 2020
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ECS Wins Electrical Contractor of the Year

|Date: 10 May, 2019

ECS Wins Electrical Contractor of the Year

Electrical Compliance and Safety (ECS) has been announced as the winner of the ‘ASCP Electrical Contracto ...

Electrical Compliance and Safety (ECS) has been announced as the winner of the ‘ASCP Electrical Contractor of the Year Award 2019’. The Association of Safety and Compliance Professionals (ASCP) Safety ...

10 May, 2019
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ECS Launch Qualification Verification System

|Date: 17 April, 2019

ECS Launch Qualification Verification System

The Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) and City & Guilds have developed a computer programme ...

The Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) and City & Guilds have developed a computer programme that allows qualifications to be verified during an ECS card application. The online system no ...

17 April, 2019
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ECS Scheme Changes: How Will They Affect You?

|Date: 14 November, 2018

ECS Scheme Changes: How Will They Affect You?

In this article ECS provides readers with an overview of changes to the scheme, when these will take plac ...

In this article ECS provides readers with an overview of changes to the scheme, when these will take place and how to get to grips with the new requirements. Over recent months the Electrotechnical Ce ...

14 November, 2018
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JIB: Setting Employment Standards for 50 Years

|Date: 23 January, 2018

JIB: Setting Employment Standards for 50 Years

The JIB is celebrating 50 years of setting employment standards and maintaining good employment relations ...

The JIB is celebrating 50 years of setting employment standards and maintaining good employment relationships across the electrical contracting industry, since its formation in 1968. Owned jointly by ...

23 January, 2018
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JIB Launches ECS Check Service

|Date: 13 October, 2017

JIB Launches ECS Check Service

A new system that allows clients and main contractors to verify the skills of electrical staff has been l ...

A new system that allows clients and main contractors to verify the skills of electrical staff has been launched by the JIB. ECS Check is an online portal that provides instant information on the ECS ...

13 October, 2017
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JIB Launching ECS Registered Electrician Status

|Date: 27 September, 2017

JIB Launching ECS Registered Electrician Status

The JIB is introducing a new Registered Electrician status for electricians who hold ECS cards in England ...

The JIB is introducing a new Registered Electrician status for electricians who hold ECS cards in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Operated via the ECS card scheme, the new status will be availabl ...

27 September, 2017
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ECS Explains What it Means to be an Electrician

|Date: 11 February, 2016

ECS Explains What it Means to be an Electrician

What is an electrician? David Thomas, Strategic Development Manager for The Electrotechnical Certiﬁcation ...

What is an electrician? David Thomas, Strategic Development Manager for The Electrotechnical Certiﬁcation Scheme (ECS), explains what an electrician is. The electrical industry has formal qualiﬁcation ...

11 February, 2016
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