Gas Safe had an issue a few years ago, registered installers were retiring at faster rate than they were being replaced by younger guys.

With all the hype about gas boilers being phased out there isn’t really much of an incentive for younger guys to train and register. There seems to be a bit of an assumption that the older guys will hang about until there isn’t actually any work for them to do, but why should they?

I am now quite convinced that older registered electricians are now retiring at a faster rate than younger guys are registering at, which is not helped the changes in entry requirements for the Competence Schemes last year.

Either something needs to be done to get more electricians working as domestic electricians and registered with the Competence Schemes or the Government may have to pull the plug on the registration schemes, letting it become a complete free for all again.

Gas Safe had an issue a few years ago, registered installers were retiring at faster rate than they were being replaced by younger guys.

With all the hype about gas boilers being phased out there isn’t really much of an incentive for younger guys to train and register. There seems to be a bit of an assumption that the older guys will hang about until there isn’t actually any work for them to do, but why should they?

I am now quite convinced that older registered electricians are now retiring at a faster rate than younger guys are registering at, which is not helped the changes in entry requirements for the Competence Schemes last year.

Either something needs to be done to get more electricians working as domestic electricians and registered with the Competence Schemes or the Government may have to pull the plug on the registration schemes, letting it become a complete free for all again.

Well said!

Perhaps you would be a mug to go into gas as a teenager. Careers are much more flexible than they once were and mature entrants should be encouraged rather than discouraged.