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The industry must improve its gatekeeping arrangements and increase its commitment towards accredited apprenticeship and workforce training.

• Too many underqualified, unqualified and self-designated electrical workers have entered the construction industry supply chain.
• Quality and standards of electrical installation have declined.
• Hourly rates of pay and terms and conditions of employment are unstable.
• Fewer high quality new entrants are being recruited and retained by the industry.

Do we stay the same, tweak or go big? Going big means change and change involves employers and workers investing time and money to help the industry become fitter, smarter and stronger. There must radical change, otherwise we will continue to see increased deskilling and a hardening in the race to the bottom culture.