Joint Industry Board Archives

Taking your industry assessments – why should you embrace the ECS remote invigilation system?

|Date: 29 February, 2024

Taking your industry assessments – why should you embrace the ECS remote invigilation system?

Andy Reakes, Director of Growth & Development for JIB and ECS, explains how the organisation’s remote ...

Andy Reakes, Director of Growth & Development for JIB and ECS, explains how the organisation’s remote invigilation system offers a more flexible service for people taking their industry assessment ...

29 February, 2024
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Welsh electrical firms especially worried about future skills | ECA

|Date: 24 August, 2023

Welsh electrical firms especially worried about future skills | ECA

Electrotechnical contractors in Wales are more concerned than employers elsewhere in the UK about shortf ...

Electrotechnical contractors in Wales are more concerned than employers elsewhere in the UK about shortfalls in workforce skills and qualifications as the sector prepares for the upturn in work neces ...

24 August, 2023
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JIB makes members “feel valued” according to figure from latest Membership Survey

|Date: 7 March, 2023

JIB makes members “feel valued” according to figure from latest Membership Survey

The Joint Industry Board (JIB) has revealed some of the key responses from its 2022 Membership Survey, wi ...

The Joint Industry Board (JIB) has revealed some of the key responses from its 2022 Membership Survey, with almost 90% of respondents saying the organisation makes them feel valued. More than 160 indi ...

7 March, 2023
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JIB Apprentice Exchange Programme winner announced

|Date: 17 January, 2023

JIB Apprentice Exchange Programme winner announced

NG Bailey’s Matthew Pickering wins trip to Australia with the JIB Apprentice Exchange Programme Matthew P ...

NG Bailey’s Matthew Pickering wins trip to Australia with the JIB Apprentice Exchange Programme Matthew Pickering, of NG Bailey, has been announced as the winner of the Joint Industry Board (JIB) Appr ...

17 January, 2023
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ECS Check welcomes 750th registration

|Date: 13 September, 2021

ECS Check welcomes 750th registration

Braid Mechanical and Electrical, a member of the Joint Industry Board (JIB), has become the 750th organis ...

Braid Mechanical and Electrical, a member of the Joint Industry Board (JIB), has become the 750th organisation to register for ECS Check. Based in Ballymena, Braid Mechanical and Electrical has been p ...

13 September, 2021
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ECS Health, Safety and Environmental Assessment – building a safer future

|Date: 16 March, 2021

ECS Health, Safety and Environmental Assessment – building a safer future

The Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) has announced that from 5th April 2021 the ECS Health, Sa ...

The Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) has announced that from 5th April 2021 the ECS Health, Safety and Environmental (HS&E) assessment is being extended to 50 questions, with a pass mar ...

16 March, 2021
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Building Back Greener in 2021 with the JIB Skills Development Fund

|Date: 2 February, 2021

Building Back Greener in 2021 with the JIB Skills Development Fund

With the UK showing a commitment to tackling the climate crisis by setting a target to meet net-zero emis ...

With the UK showing a commitment to tackling the climate crisis by setting a target to meet net-zero emissions by 2050, the Joint Industry Board (JIB) is urging electrical contracting companies to evo ...

2 February, 2021
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JIB’s ‘one-stop-shop’ approach helps to enable a healthy and secure industry

|Date: 15 November, 2020

JIB’s ‘one-stop-shop’ approach helps to enable a healthy and secure industry

With another lockdown announced in response to the rising Coronavirus infections, the Joint Industry Boar ...

With another lockdown announced in response to the rising Coronavirus infections, the Joint Industry Board (JIB) has issued a reminder of the benefits a JIB membership can bring. During the first lock ...

15 November, 2020
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NVQ Level 3 qualification in Power Supply and Distribution Cabling now available

|Date: 10 October, 2020

NVQ Level 3 qualification in Power Supply and Distribution Cabling now available

Excellence Achievement and Learning (EAL) has announced the launch of a new NVQ Level 3 certificate for C ...

Excellence Achievement and Learning (EAL) has announced the launch of a new NVQ Level 3 certificate for Cabling and Jointing following work by the Joint Industry Board Cabling and Jointing Committee t ...

10 October, 2020
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JIB Playing it Fair

|Date: 7 April, 2016

JIB Playing it Fair

Sheik Khan, Head of Industrial Relations at the JIB, untangles another employment dispute case and sugges ...

Sheik Khan, Head of Industrial Relations at the JIB, untangles another employment dispute case and suggests ways you can avoid similar trouble in your own business. One thing the Joint Industry Board ...

7 April, 2016
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