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David Pollock Group Chief Executive Officer ECA. Joining up the industry --. Inspiration, Opportunity and Success. Inspiration, Opportunity and Success. Michael Faraday. INSPIRATION!. Inspiration. To co-operate across traditional boundaries.
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David Pollock Group Chief Executive Officer ECA
Joining up the industry -- Inspiration, Opportunity and Success
Inspiration.... • To co-operate across traditional boundaries • To draw talent into the industry at all levels • To create and use new technologies • To train for a prosperous industry serving a • sustainable future
Inspiration.... ECA study of Incentives and Barriers to Training (June 2007)
Inspiration.... ECA £10 million Training Fund
Inspiration.... • To co-operate across traditional boundaries • To draw talent into the industry at all levels • To create and use new technologies • To train for a prosperous industry serving a • sustainable future
Inspiration.... Training – Collaborative Efforts • Training for sustainability • Training for Estimators, Quantity Surveyors • and Managers • Doing away with inadequate courses • Skills Academy?
Opportunity.... • Sustainability agenda • Changes in Labour Institutions • and Practices
Opportunity.... Sustainability agenda
CO2 down 60% by 2050
Opportunity.... Sustainability: ECA – HVCA Programme
Opportunity.... Sustainability: ECA – HVCA Programme
Opportunity.... SEC Group – Integration and Sustainability
Opportunity.... Changes in Labour Institutions and Practice
Successes 2007/8 • Membership • ECS card • Client associates • FSA • Certification • Planning • ECA Resources • Technical Guidance • SEC Group • Health + Safety • Lobbying • Collaboration
Success.... ECA Membership Statistics • Some 3000 members • Some 5000 certified companies • Employing some 100,000 individuals • Some £6bn turnover
Success.... ECA Strategic Objectives • To represent the best in electrotechnical work • To ensure high quality services that add value • To positively influence technical, commercial • and IR environment • To grow membership and commercial • businesses • To ensure well governed and managed
Success.... 300 Client Associates
Success.... ECA Resources
Success.... SEC Group Programme
Success.... Certification Activities • ELECSA • BREC Part P Scheme • EC Certification
Success.... Health & Safety Major accidents down 60% since 2001
Success.... • Lobbying • Collaboration
Success.... Joint lobbying by the industry • Training • Sustainability • Regulation – avoidance of duplication • Support – simplification of government • schemes
Success.... Progress in ECA/HVCA Convergence talks