Input sought in review of NOS for electrical installation and electrotechnical

BSE Skills Ltd is seeking input from employers, employees and stakeholders to ensure that National Occupational Standards (NOS) remain technically fit for purpose and reflect the evolving nature of electrical installation and electrotechnical work to satisfy customer demand and contribute to net zero targets. After initial meetings with employers, employees and training providers regarding the […]

BSE Skills works with industry to help shape green plumbing and heating apprenticeship

BSE Skills Ltd is among the professional bodies from across the industry who have come together to support an ongoing review of Scotland’s plumbing and heating apprenticeship. The partnership has joined organisations, employers and apprentices to agree the skills and training needed to continue the apprenticeship’s low-carbon focus, enhance green technology training and ensure a […]

Consultations open on building services apprenticeships in Wales

Feedback is being sought on four apprenticeship frameworks in Wales, which have been available for a number of years but are now in need of review. BSE Skills is working in partnership with ECA, APHC and BESA to collate advice, expertise and employer/sector engagement on the consultations which have been launched for the: Electrotechnical Installation […]

BSE Skills creates 8 new apprentice routes

Apprentices in Scotland have eight new routes to specialist qualifications thanks to the ongoing work of BSE Skills, the building engineering sector’s leading skills organisation. The new qualifications are the result of a two-year collaboration between the three BSE Skills members, the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), SELECT and the plumbing federation SNIPEF. The eight new pathways have now […]

BSE Skills is awarded second SDS contract

BSE Skills Ltd has been awarded the Building Services Engineering Modern Apprenticeships and Scottish Qualifications contract by Skills Development Scotland (SDS). The new contract will allow BSE Skills to review the current qualifications and modern apprenticeships and help modernise and future-proof the electrotechnical aspect throughout. Iain McCaskey, Head of BESA Scotland and Northern Ireland, said: “We are delighted […]