{"id":26469,"date":"2025-02-09T02:37:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26469"},"modified":"2025-02-09T02:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:37:49","slug":"gei-conducts-over-13000-electrical-inspections-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gei-conducts-over-13000-electrical-inspections-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"GEI Conducts Over 13,000 Electrical Inspections in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Delicia Janneire | January 21, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Electrical Inspectorate (GEI), operating within the Ministry of Public Works, completed 13,476 electrical inspections in 2024, marking a significant increase in its inspection efforts compared to previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inspections covered a range of facilities, including government agencies and ministries such as Health, Education, the Deeds and Commercial Registry, and the Guyana Wildlife Conservation Management Commission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This increase in the number of inspections, up from 7,468 inspections conducted between 2022 and 2023, was attributed largely to the completion of numerous housing schemes and industrial complexes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to inspections, the GEI issued 124 licenses to qualified electrical contractors, further supporting the industry\u2019s growth and safety standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, the GEI plans to enhance its focus on training in 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is set to launch an Electrical Contractor\u2019s Licensing program, in collaboration with the Board of Industrial Training, which will be offered through the online platform Coursera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a safety body under the Ministry of Public Works, the Guyana Electrical Inspectorate plays a vital role in protecting the public from electrical hazards and ensuring that electrical installations adhere to safety regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department also manages the licensing process for electrical contractors in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Delicia Janneire | January 21, 2025 The Guyana Electrical Inspectorate (GEI), operating within the Ministry of Public Works, completed 13,476 electrical inspections in 2024, marking a significant increase in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26470,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26469\/revisions\/26470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}