Join us for episode three of this exclusive mini-series, brought to you by the IFSEC Insider podcast team.

Across the series, we ask what the future looks like for the fire and security engineering sector. The well publicised skills gap, alongside ever-advancing technology and questions over competency are all discussed.

In this episode, we hear from Andy Reakes, Tom Brookes and Trevor Jenks. The trio spoke at FIREX in May 2023, presenting on how the industry is raising competency standards in fire and security - doing this through the development of the FESS apprenticeship and experienced worker assessment standards.

Andy Reakes of the Joint Industry Board and Electrotechnical Certification Scheme goes into more detail about all of this - covering everything from certifying individual competence, new standards frameworks, and career paths for engineers and technicians.

Links to talking points

• ‘Accessible to anyone’: How fire systems professionals can prove and expand competence
• Mind the gap – how FESS ECS cards are helping the push for improved competency standards across fire and security
• Electrotechnical Joint Industry Board
• All you need to know about the FESS apprenticeship standard in fire and security
• IFSEC Insider Security in Focus podcast
• Fire emergency and security systems technician apprenticeship standard

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