Lockdown Scotland New law? Essential electrical work only in private dwellings....

Im also involved with providing training and practical assessments for some of my clients who have all taken diffrent aproaches. In the first lockdown last March they all shutdown, no training and no practical or written/oline assessments. When things eased a little during the summer months the pure commercial training centres reopened but with reduced delegate numbers both in the training rooms and assessmnet workshops to get the social distancing and protocalls over hygene and cleaning of tools/materials were all risk assessed and controls put into place. Those clients that were a further or higher education establishement did the same but didnt open until September as they took the lead from education authorities over opening.

In this current time, the establishements that are further or higher education  clients have again shut down but pure commercial centres are still operating. Now in the area of assessments which I do for those working in flammable atmospheres the awarding body last year put into place a special extension letter for those persons where they were due a refresher course and assessment if their current certificate was about to expire and they and/or employer needed to still demonstrate competence. I believe that was the correct step to take given reduction in service provision and whenw e hopefully comeout of this virus nightmare there will be a backlog of those needing a refresher.

For those candidates requiring the course and assessments for the first time, sure you could perhaps do the training online, but the two days practical in the approved assessment workshop just cant be done anywhere else, so my own opinion was those courses perhaps didnt need to happen. The issue is "education"  was seen as being essential, but I took that as being schools, colleges and university not so much vocational training centres/providers. 

Its not clear cut and will always be open to interpretation and abuse, also commercially operating centres will not want to close and loose revenue. Again as I mentioned in an earlier thread, duty holders responsibility to ensure a safe place of work.

Im also involved with providing training and practical assessments for some of my clients who have all taken diffrent aproaches. In the first lockdown last March they all shutdown, no training and no practical or written/oline assessments. When things eased a little during the summer months the pure commercial training centres reopened but with reduced delegate numbers both in the training rooms and assessmnet workshops to get the social distancing and protocalls over hygene and cleaning of tools/materials were all risk assessed and controls put into place. Those clients that were a further or higher education establishement did the same but didnt open until September as they took the lead from education authorities over opening.

In this current time, the establishements that are further or higher education  clients have again shut down but pure commercial centres are still operating. Now in the area of assessments which I do for those working in flammable atmospheres the awarding body last year put into place a special extension letter for those persons where they were due a refresher course and assessment if their current certificate was about to expire and they and/or employer needed to still demonstrate competence. I believe that was the correct step to take given reduction in service provision and whenw e hopefully comeout of this virus nightmare there will be a backlog of those needing a refresher.

For those candidates requiring the course and assessments for the first time, sure you could perhaps do the training online, but the two days practical in the approved assessment workshop just cant be done anywhere else, so my own opinion was those courses perhaps didnt need to happen. The issue is "education"  was seen as being essential, but I took that as being schools, colleges and university not so much vocational training centres/providers. 

Its not clear cut and will always be open to interpretation and abuse, also commercially operating centres will not want to close and loose revenue. Again as I mentioned in an earlier thread, duty holders responsibility to ensure a safe place of work.