Niceic And Elecsa Partner With Eca To Deliver Free Industry Webinar On Furlough Scheme

gazza — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 11:55:41 +0000

Niceic And Elecsa Partner With Eca To Deliver Free Industry Webinar On Furlough Scheme gazza Wed, 29/04/2020

Industry leaders NICEIC, ELECSA and the ECA, come together once again to deliver a free webinar exploring the current guidelines surrounding the government’s furlough programme.

Darren Staniforth, Senior Technical Presenter NICEIC & ELECSA, will pose your questions to ECA's Director of Employment & Skills, Andrew Eldred, who will provide tailored advice.

Open to anyone working in the electrical contracting industry, the event will be broadcasted live on Friday, May 1 at 11 am

NICEIC and ELECSA will once again partner with ECA, the industry's leading trade association, to deliver the second in a series of business support webinars aimed at supporting electrical contractors. The next webinar, which takes place on Friday, May 1 at 11 am, will examine all the latest advice surrounding the government’s furlough scheme. Open to all, this session will answer contractor's questions and provide specific guidance on how the support programme applies to the electrical contracting industry. To register, please visit www.niceic.com/COVID-19-Support-Webinar

"As the economic realities of the COVID-19 continue to take hold it is vital that all electrical contractors have access to sound and tailored advice," said Darren Staniforth, Senior Technical Presenter NICEIC & ELECSA.

"The landscape is moving at pace, and while the government's furlough scheme has been well documented in the media, we are acutely aware that there are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding the eligibility criteria and the process associated with claiming grants.

"By way of supporting our registrants and the broader electrical contracting industry, we have partnered with the ECA to deliver expert tailored advice to our sector.

"Please join myself and ECA's Director of Employment & Skills, Andrew Eldred, on Friday to get the answers you need to make the right decisions for your business.”

The previous webinar, which explored the financial support available to small businesses and sole traders, is available to watch on-demand via the NICEIC and ELECSA websites.

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NICEIC responds to covid-19 pandemic

gazza — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:02:51 +0000

NICEIC responds to covid-19 pandemic gazza Mon, 30/03/2020

In light of the current COVID-19 Pandemic, the NICEIC has taken several steps to assist contractors and to ensure the safety of its customers, staff and the general public. Registered contractors currently paying via monthly instalments have the option to defer fee payments for three months. Contractors who are due annual assessments will have the option to undertake sessions remotely, utilising video conferencing technology, or reschedule free of charge. All NICEIC training courses are postponed until June 1, and the planned LIVE SOUTH conference has been cancelled.

NICEIC, the UK's largest certification body for the electrical contracting industry, has revealed a series of changes to their planned activities and working practices in light of the current COVID-19 Pandemic. These include an optional payment holiday for contractors, a switch to remote assessments and changes to planned training and event activities.

NICEIC announced that registered contractors who currently pay via monthly instalments have the option to defer fee payments for three months ¹. Those utilising the offer will see payments pause until July with the outstanding monies then being spread over the remaining months of this year.

"We fully appreciate the stress COVID-19 is placing upon businesses and individuals,” said Kevan Parker, NICEIC, Managing Director.

“The last few weeks have been a stressful and worrying time for all. The growing seriousness of the pandemic situation continues to raise questions and create new challenges.

“To date, we have focused on ensuring the safety of our customers, staff and the wider population putting processes in place to help protect lives. Now that our remote assessments are up and running, and our training and events schedules have been postponed or cancelled, we are putting all of our efforts into supporting our customers and their businesses as best we are able in these challenging of circumstances.

“One stage in this process relates to finances, and we hope that today's announcement will provide some relief to those facing difficulties. Moving forward, we will continue to develop our services to support our contractors providing up to date advice and guidance as the situation evolves.”

Until further notice, NICEIC will cease to deliver face to face assessments. Those contractors who are due for an annual assessment will have the option to conduct the session, via video conferencing solutions, or reschedule their appointment free of charge. This temporary change has been implemented to protect all parties.

“Our remote model allows us to continue to safely verify current competence,” said John O’Neill, NICEIC, Technical Director. “Importantly this process also allows us to maintain support and provide any guidance needed to improve standards during this challenging period.”

When it comes to training and events all face to face courses, have been postponed until June 1 and the upcoming LIVE SOUTH activity has been cancelled.

Online technical learning tools are available to registered contractors via their customer portal^,and to the industry via social media channels. These will be enhanced moving forward with more information being shared in the coming days.

For more details on NICEIC’s response to COVID-19, please log onto www.niceic.com where you will find the companies the latest statement, links to Government advice and our FAQ document.

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