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How does an electrical apprenticeship work at UK Electrical?
The apprenticeship we offer is the City and Guilds 5357 Electrotechnical Electrical Installation apprenticeship. We work in partnership with Birmingham Electrical Training to support our apprentices through the scheme. It takes up to 48 months to complete the...
What does an electrician’s role at UK Electrical entail?
The role of electrician at UK Electrical is challenging, secure and financially rewarding. We employ installation electricians. As such you will not be working in a domestic setting, but in the construction industry and as an electrician in the construction industry,...
Have you set targets to minimise your environmental impact?
Yes, we are committed to reducing the emissions of the 6 greenhouse gases identified in the Kyoto Protocol as contributing to climate change. These are the areas we target: Fuel consumption in vehicles owned by the company Flights & accommodation Business travel...
Have you worked on projects where BREEAM targets have been set?
Most of the projects we carry out have a target of Breeam Very good or Excellent.  We design electrical schemes to help achieve these targets including: HEA01 – zoning control of internal and external lighting ENE02 – energy monitoring ENE03 – external lighting...
Do you have systems and procedures in place for quality management?
Quality is important to our business because we value our customers. We strive to provide our customers with a service which meets and where possible exceeds their expectations. We are committed to continuous improvement and have established a Quality Management...
What business continuity measures have you got in place?
We have put systems and procedures in place to ensure the minimum disruption to our business in the event of a disaster. Our initial focus is prevention. With this in mind, we carry-out 6-monthly fire risk assessments at our offices, and daily fire inspections. We...
What level of insurance do you have?
£10m professional indemnity £10m public liability £10m employers liability
What proportion of your engineers are employed?
We are proud to employ 25 full-time, permanent electrical engineers. We supplement these direct-employees with a loyal team of sub-contract engineers when the need arises, but the UK Electrical engineers are at the core of every team. This enables us to guarantee our...
How do you manage the health and safety of your employees?
The safety and welfare of our staff is our number one priority. We invest in health and safety training for all employed and sub-contract staff. Everyone from executive level to apprentices take part in an on-going training regime. The focus of the training is not...
Can you design as well as install?
Most of the projects we deliver are design-and-build. Our electrical designers produce electrical designs from architects' indicative designs and specifications. We use Amtech Pro-Design for cable calculations and circuit design, Dialux and Relux for lighting design,...
Is UK Electrical a big enough company to take on a project of our size / value?
We have over 25 years’ experience delivering projects for world-class businesses. Project values range from from £250,000 to £15,000,000. We have everything in place to deliver great projects responsibly, ethically and safely including: 100% of engineers are JIB Gold...