Brendyn Donaladson has been selected for the Scottish Youth Under 18 team for the 2011 European Cup . RB Grant Electrical Contractors are sponsoring Brendyn and wish him luck in the competion .
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14/10/11 - R B Grant sponsor youth football team get new footbal strips
Glenrothes Strollers
RB Grant Electrical Contractors are sponsoring the Glenrothes Strollers 97 team this season .
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21/04/11 - R B Grant Apprentice featured in Scottish Census website
17/01/11 - Sector Focus , Public anxiety , Public contracts
Article from : NICEIC Connections Winter 2010-11 Issue 176
So far a lack of work has not been an issue for Fife-based contractor R.B.Grant , despite the cuts . Owner and director Ronald Grant says around 70 per cent of its work - it has 42 employees and had a turnover of £2 million last year - is public sector-based , much of it for local authorities and housing associations . " We have enough contracts to keep the workforce busy until the end of March , " he says , " but I'm not sure what happens after that . "
But the business recently missed out on the contract to work on occupied houses . " The way the contract was set up was the first contractor would get 70 per cent of the total job . We lost out on that ; two other contractors beat us on price , " he says . "Local authorities are looking at best price , rather than quality , as well as your history of carrying out similar contracts . "
While Councils are also putting in place policies to limit work to local contractors , Grant says there are more firms bidding for work , including those whose normal client base is the commercial sector .
12/10 - Gordon Brown with electrical installation apprentice david Allan
Article from : FBM ( Fife Business matters ) Issue 14 Dec 2010
Adam Smith College's Chancellor , Mr Gordon Brown MP was visiting the College's new £17.5m Future Skills Centre in September 2010 .
As part of the tour Mr Brown visited workshops for engineering and construction , science laboratories and training areas for renewable energy . The photograph below shows when one of our electrical installation apprentices David Allan met Adam Smith College's Chancellor , Mr Gordon Brown .
20/07/10 Scottish firm hires female apprentice
Article from : Summer 2010 NICEIC Connections
Fife-based RB Grant Electrical Contractors has hired its first female apprentice after she completed a successful period of work experience.
Gail Glancy, 16, (pictured below with company owner Ronnie Grant) started her apprenticeship in June, beginning the process of fulfilling her childhood dream.
"My grandfather was an electrician - I watched him fiddling around with things when I was younger and it seemed really interesting," she said. "I've always wanted to be an electrician and I'm looking forward to going on to get my qualification."
Grant said that Gail would be treated no differently from other apprentices. "There was no consideration as to whether she was a girl or a boy - she was just good," he said.
"But I thought it would be good for us, because apart from one girl in the office we don't employ any women and we have around 50 employees. It might be good to have a girl who can help people who live on their own."
The new recruit has been welcomed by both staff and clients, he added, and has become something of a talking point.
Gail will now spend two years alternating between work and college in five-week blocks, and in her third year will attend college for a single week.
In the previous issue of connections, NICEIC chief operating officer Emma McCarthy called for electrical companies to make more effort to recruit women.
05/07/10 Runner up in Apprentice of the year East final
James Gourlay apprentice electrician was runner up in the east of Scotland Final . Pictured below with Row Doy of SECTT .
11/05/10 Apprentice of the Year Adam Smith College Kirkcaldy
RB Grant are proud to announce that our apprentice electrician James Gourlay is the Adam Smith College 1rst year Electrical Apprentice of the Year . For the third year running we have won an apprentice of the year award and now look forward to the regional final in June .
eMAc competition 2010 Silver medal world skills Scottish Final
Scott Fillipovic apprentice electrician has won a silver medal in the EMAC world skills competition Scottish round . Ten apprenctices from all over Scotland had been chosen to take part in a 2 day practical skills test .Being held at the SECC jobs fair the apprentices were on show to all of the events attendees .
Apprentice of the year - Silver Medal
RB Grant are proud to announce that our 2nd year apprentice electrician Scott Fillipovic has won a Silver medal in the Scottish apprentice of the year final 2009
. The competition between 900 apprentices from all over Scotland with 3 regional heats finished with a final interview between the top 3 . Scott was also the 1rst Year apprentice of the year for Adam Smith College and won the Ross Electrical Award –
Best Electrical Student of the Year 2008 .
Scott has been nominated to compete against 8 electricians in the last stage of the national Electrotechnical Modern Apprenticeship Competition (eMAc), which takes
place in front of thousands at Scotland’s Careers & Jobs Fair at the SECC from 27th February to the 1st of March .
Published Date: 25 June 2009
A YOUNG apprentice electrician in Fife has scooped top honours at Adam Smith College for the
second year running.
Scott Filipovic (19) has won the 2nd year Apprentice of the Year award, at the Kirkcaldy college,
topping off his success as Apprentice of the Year there last year.
Yesterday (Thursday), he was attending the national competition's regional final in Falkirk.
Scott, who lives with his parents, Philip and Kathleen and brother Graeme in Balmullo, has worked
for electrical contractor R.B. Grant for just over two years and has impressed boss Ronnie with his keeness and aptitude.
"There has been a major change in the quality of apprentices in the last few years, as it's a great alternative to university," he said.
"Scott could have easily chosen that path. He has exceptional skills for his short time in the
electrical industry, is enthusiastic and willing to learn and his communication skills with both his
fellow employees and the clients are a credit to such a young man. He is a very good all-round employee."
Scott's SVQ level 3 in electrical installation course at Adam Smith College is in blocks of five
weeks in the first year and three-week blocks in the second year.
He decided to become and electrician as his father was an engineer and he liked the idea of
having a job where he could use both his hands and his head.
As Ronnie pointed out, his qualification will also allow him to travel and work anywhere in Europe and make employment further afield easier.
Picture , Scott awarded the best apprentice of the east 25/06/09
St Andrews business praised for bucking the trend
Ronnie Grant of
RB Grant with new apprentice Stefan Fraser.
By Brendan McHugh
A ST ANDREWS business has been praised for bucking the trend and taking on a young, inexperienced member of staff at a time when many other companies are shedding jobs.
And last week 16-year-old Stefan Fraser started training for the job he has always wanted when he became an apprentice
electrician following a six month work placement.
Stefan left school last December and was becoming disillusioned in his attempts to find work with some companies not even responding to his applications.
He was advised by a friend to contact Rathbone, an organisation who work with young people to help them with their education or find training and employment opportunities.
They were able to get him the break he was looking for and give him the chance to show an employer what he can do.
Stefan was taken on by St Andrews based electrical contractors
RB Grant who offered him a six month work placement.
"After leaving school l started looking for work straight away," Stefan said. "By March I still hadn't found anything and my mate kept telling me about Rathbone and how they can help out so I went along to see them."
"I was getting pretty fed up at that point as I had nothing to do really. I told them how much I wanted to be an
electrician and they began looking for placements for me."
Rathbone contacted
RB Grant in St Andrews who already had Stefan's uncle working with them. They were interested in taking him on but didn't want him to feel it was just as a favour to his uncle.
Ronnie Grant of
RB Grant said: "We discussed it with him, gave him an interview and it went from there.
''We placed him with his uncle to start with and he went round some of our different projects to find out what the job is all about.
"He done really well and impressed us with his attitude so we got him back in for another interview and decided to offer him the apprenticeship."
Maria Collie of Rathbone is delighted at the progress Stefan has made.
She said: "He is a really nice young man, but he had done nothing since he left school and was fast becoming fed up.
''He learned some useful skills on the Get Ready for Work programme at Rathbone but it was a spell at
RB Grant that really built-up his confidence and helped him achieve."
Anyone interested in learning more about Rathbone can contact their Fife office on 01592 623950.
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