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Applications Open – £3,000 Incentive Payment for Hiring a New Apprentice

If you hired an apprentice between 1 October 2021 and 31 January 2022, you could be eligible for an incentive payment of £3,000 for each new apprentice. To receive the payment, employers must submit an application for each eligible apprentice using your apprenticeship service account. Apprentices must have an employment start date from 1 October

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Reminder: 30 November deadline to claim £3,000 for hiring a new apprentice

Reminder: 30 November deadline to claim £3,000 for hiring a new apprentice If you hired an apprentice between 1 April 2021 and 30 September 2021, you could be eligible for an incentive payment of £3,000 for each new apprentice. You need to apply before midnight on 30 November 2021 to claim the incentive. To receive

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Extension of the incentive payment for hiring a new apprentice

Information: incentive payment for hiring a new apprentice On 4th October 2021 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, announced a £500m expansion of government action, to tackle unemployment and support job seekers, following the end of furlough. This included the extension of the popular incentive payment for hiring a new

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Remote Education

Resumption of Face-to-Face Teaching Update: 26 February 2021 Following the announcement by the Prime Minister on Monday, schools and further education providers including BET have been given the go ahead to resume face-to-face teaching for apprentices from Monday 8 March. Over the past few days, BET staff have reviewed apprentices progress with online learning and

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Christmas 2020

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Birmingham Electrical Training would like to wish our customers and apprentices a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Our offices will close on Friday 18 December 2020, and will re-open on Monday 4 January 2021.

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) Update: 19 July 2021 With reference to the latest Department for Education guidance, most COVID-19 restrictions in education settings will be eased under step 4 of the national lockdown. The governments priority is for training providers to deliver face-to-face, high quality education to all students. It is no longer necessary to keep

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Home grown talent

What do all these people have in common? Yes, they all work for BET. Yes, they are all qualified Electricians…anything else? All nine employees were once Apprentice Electricians and completed their training with Birmingham Electrical Training. We are proud to have home grown talent working with us at BET, as they share their experience, skills

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18th Edition is Here

Courses Available to Book Now BS7671:2018 Requirements for Electrical Installations will be published on 2 July 2018, and intended to come into effect from 1 January 2019. Installations designed and installed after this date will have to comply with the 18th Edition regulations. Birmingham Electrical Training can offer a number of training options for candidates

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Birmingham Electrical Training Receives Stamp of Approval from Ofsted

Birmingham Electrical Training (BET) is pleased to announce, following a Short Notice Ofsted Inspection on 2-3 May 2018, that once again we have been rated as “Good” by Ofsted for our Apprenticeship Training Provision. Inspectors from Ofsted spent two days reviewing teaching, assessment and support provided by BET for our Electrical Apprentices. This involved observing

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Merry Christmas from all at BET

All of the staff at Birmingham Electrical Training would like to wish our customers , apprentices and employers a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and thank them for their continued support through 2017. Our offices will close at 4pm on Friday 22nd December and reopen on Tuesday 2nd January 2018.

First JIB Preferred Training Providers announced

Birmingham Electrical Training (BET), DCET Training (part of the Focus Training Group) and JTL are the first organisations to be accredited under the new JIB ‘Preferred Training Provider’ scheme, which endorses providers who achieve the highest standards of training across the electrotechnical industry. BET and DCET, based in the West Midlands and the South West respectively, are the

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A New Academic Year Welcomes a New Tutor Team!

(From Left: Martin Corfield, Sarb Matharu, Brendan Dougherty, Richard Harvey and Dave Powell) Summer has been a very exciting period for Birmingham Electrical Training as we have been developing our learning facility, introducing new courses and expanding our training team. Over the past few years BET has continued to grow; more apprentices are enrolled to

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BET Change of Email Address

From 30 April Birmingham Electrical Training will be changing our email address. From this date our old email @bet.gb.com will cease to work and all emails should be sent to @betltd.co.uk Please use the new email domain for any future correspondence. If you have any issues please contact one of the office staff on 0121

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BET hosts Sir Michael Wilshaw, Chief Inspector of Ofsted

Sir Michael Wilshaw (Chief Inspector of Ofsted) visited Birmingham Electrical Training on 21 October. BET had been approached by Ofsted as a representative of a “Good” provider to host a visit to coincide with the launch of Ofsted’s report into Apprenticeships: developing skills for future prosperity. Following BETs successful inspection in June 2015 Ofsted recognizes

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Changes to 17th Edition Regulations – January 2014

The 3rd Amendment to the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS7671:2008) is due to be published on 5 January 2015 and all electrical work will need to comply with the new amendment after 1 July 2015. There is no requirement to update your qualifications following the amendment but doing so will demonstrate that you are up

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Completion of City & Guilds 2357 Apprentice for BET!

Congratulations to Harry Rice, our first apprentice to complete the New City & Guilds 2357 Electrotechnical Diploma, which was introduced in 2011. We would like to thank Harry for his hard work and effort over the past 3.5 years. John Sims MD of Birmingham Electrical training said “Harry has been a pleasure to teach and

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Experienced Worker Assessment (EWA) – C&G 2346-03 NVQ Electrotechnical Level 3

From January 2021, the Mature Candidate Assessment NVQ City & Guilds 2356-99 has been replaced by the Experienced Worker Assessment (EWA) City & Guilds 2346-03 NVQ Level 3. This is designed for candidates who have over 5 years’ experience and are currently working in the Electrical Industry but have not formally completed an industry apprenticeship

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BET Experiences Bumper Recruitment

BET is pleased to announce that recruitment so far this year has been very successful with BET welcoming 50 new students since June on either day release or block release. Due to the increased demand for apprentices by new and existing employers, Birmingham Electrical Training is pleased to announce additional day release and block release

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NEW Functional Skills Online Learning System

Birmingham Electrical Training is excited to announce partnership with Hoddar Education and City & Guilds in delivering Functional Skills in English, Maths and ICT. Since the introduction of the new 2357 apprenticeship framework, it is now a Government requirement to gain a Level 2 in Functional Skills within the apprenticeship. Although BETs entry requirement states

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New Business Development Manager for BET

This month Jack Sims joined us as Business Development Manager; Jack has been a familiar site at BET for a number of years, working within the Recruitment Department for a number of years while studying for a Business Management degree at Cardiff University. Retirement Jenny Clarke, after joining BET in 2009, has decided to take

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Apprentices

We manage apprenticeships for a range of electrical contractors and provide on-site assessment and “off the job” training.

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Employers

If you are interested in taking on an electrical apprentice, we have a wide range of options available.

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Courses

Birmingham Electrical Training offer a wide range of electrical courses for all your training needs.

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