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An important message from JCA

At JCA the health and wellbeing of our employees, clients, subcontractors and the public at large is of utmost importance. With this in mind, and given the current situation surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, we have  introduced  temporary precautionary steps to our working operations that follow a week long trial of our working practices. 

Starting from Monday 23rd March 2020every department based at our head office will be working in two split teams to ensure a degree of segregation in our head office resource. JCA remains fully operational and there will be a continued presence of JCA senior management and support teams at JCA’s head office at all timesJCA staff working from home have full remote working capability and access to JCA systems. 

As part of JCA guidance, our employees shall apply a level of social distancing and are encouraged to use software applications such as Microsoft Teams or conference calls in place of face-to-face meetings where practicably possible. Our employees are fully aware of the current requirements and we are working hard to ensure the levels of services delivered remain as high as always. 

These temporary precautionary steps have been implemented to mitigate any potential spread of the virus in order to enable us to continue to provide the usual service to our clients during this challenging period.  

If you require more detailed information on the steps being taken on your project or site, please get in touch with your Project / Contract Manager or email us at info@jca.co.uk  

We continue to monitor government guidance and, should it be required, will revise our plans and adapt accordingly. 

We would like to thank you for your understanding and assure you that we are doing our utmost to limit disruptions to minimum. 

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Technical talent – FMJ, February 2020

Engineering is crucial to the UK economy, but the skills gap is growing. FMJ asked building services provider JCA how it finds, trains and motivates its staff.

Engineering is a critical part of the UK economy, employing around 20 per cent of the total workforce and generating approximately 23 per cent of the UK’s total turnover. It is now more important than ever, in the face of technological advances and the changing political and economic landscape, to ensure a steady flow of skilled engineers.

Yet according to Engineering UK, there is a considerable shortage of appropriately skilled workers in the engineering sector. In 2017, vacancies in construction went up to 27 per cent. A recent study carried out by Warwick Institute of Employment Studies estimates that every year, over 124,000 graduate and technician core engineering jobs need filling, partly due to new jobs being created, partly due to replacement demand. Current estimates suggest a shortfall of between 37,000 and 59,000 in meeting annual demand.”

In the February issue of Facilities Management Journal (FMJ), we shared JCA’s approach to tackling the skills gap in the engineering sector.

Read the full article online on FMJ’s website: https://www.fmj.co.uk/technical-talent/

 

 

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