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20 Sep 20232 minute read

ECA helps launch new industry skills authority

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ECA helps launch new industry skills authority

ECA has played a key role in the launch of the new Engineering and Building Services Skills Authority (EBSSA) this week.

The EBSSA will bring together existing members of engineering-services alliance Actuate UK with other bodies, including energy-infrastructure-technologies trade association BEAMA and the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering.

The new body is working on an action plan to boost the engineering- and building-services workforce needed to deliver decarbonised engineering systems.

Andrew Eldred, ECA director of workforce and public affairs, and the deputy chair of Actuate UK’s skills group, said in Construction News: “It makes sense to look at both net-zero delivery and competence at the same time.

“Engineering and building services accounts for 40 per cent of all construction starts and 20 per cent of the workforce, yet there is a gap when it comes advocating for the training and qualifications needed in these areas.”

Helen Yeulet, chair of Actuate UK’s skills group, and director of training and skills at the British Engineering Services Association, said: “Everyone recognises we have a skills gap that will become even more acute as the transition to net zero accelerates.

“EBSSA is a collaborative group representing the key bodies at the forefront of delivering the energy transition. We’ve got the intelligence and the understanding to offer solutions to policymakers and industry.”

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