SJD Associates, a small business which has shown outstanding dedication to addressing the skills shortage in the electrotechnical industry, has won a new award featured in the Department for Education’s National Apprenticeship Awards.
The award was created by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) to celebrate and raise the profile of all the vital work employers now put into designing and updating all apprenticeships.
SJD has contributed to the approval of 99 apprenticeship standards, three T Levels and 20 Higher Technical Qualifications. They also helped develop IfATE’s equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) framework.
The Installation and Maintenance Electrician apprenticeship, launched in 2015 thanks to guidance from SJD, is the most popular in the sector with over 7,000 starts in 2022-23. In September 2023, another notable one was added with their support to the roster of 680 apprenticeships now available in England: Low Carbon Heating Technician, which will greatly support this country’s drive to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
