9th Annual ECRA/ESA Licence Holder Meeting Welcome!
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9th Annual ECRA/ESA Licence Holder Meeting Welcome!
9th Annual ECRA/ESA Licence Holder Meeting Welcome! Mississauga – October 6, 2015 Opening Remarks Entering tenth year of province-wide licensing 2005 Electrical Contractor Licensing Becomes Law 2006 ESA Accepts Licence Applications 2007 Electrical Contractor Licence Required 2007– 2010 12,554 Licences Issued 2013 Enforcement Activities Increase 2014 First-Ever Jail Time Conviction 2014 Electronic Master Electrician Launched 2 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Agenda 1:00-2:15 p.m. Speakers 2:15-2:30 p.m. Break 2:30-3:30 p.m. Matters Speakers Opening Remarks/ Overview of FY2015 Compliance & Enforcement Update Financial Update Normand Breton, ESA Report from ECRA Advisory Council Louis Violo, ECRA Chair Customer Service Centre Update Eric Kingston, ESA Awareness Campaign Kathryn Chopp, ESA Ontario Electrical Safety Code Update Nansy Hanna, ESA Q&A Presentation: Smart Home of the Future Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) 3 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Report from ECRA Advisory Council Louis Violo, ME ECRA Chair ECRA Advisory Council ECRA Members • Larry Allison, AMCTO • Sean Bell, UCAO • Fred Black, ECAO • John Buchanan, CAC • Deb Mattina, AMCTO • Diana C. Miles, ESA • Gary Oosterhof, OEL • Louis Violo, OEL • Brian Smith, ESA 5 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 ECRA Mandate To seek feedback, monitor, review and provide advice and recommendations to the ESA on matters related to licensing, examination, registration and certification of persons or businesses for different types of electrical work throughout the province of Ontario. 6 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 FY2015 Accomplishments Awareness Campaigns • Hire a Licensed Electrical Contractor • ESA 2015-2020 Corporate Strategy • Development of Discipline Guidelines 7 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Questions? Questions or ideas? ECRA would like to hear from you! We look forward to working with ESA representatives to answer any questions you may have about ECRA. Thank you for your support and attendance. 8 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 ESA’s Results and New Strategy Normand Breton, Registrar and Director, Contractor Licensing and Powerline Safety Harm Reduction Strategy 2010-2015 Goal: Reduce electrical related fatalities by 30% Achieved: 37% reduction Good results, but more work to do. Fatalities, injuries and risk still persist. 10 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 3 Strategic Goals Accelerate Improvements in Safety ESA will seek to improve the state of electrical safety in Ontario by accelerating the reduction in the rate of electrical fatalities and critical injuries over the next five years. Increase Compliance to Electrical Safety Regulations ESA will seek to increase the rate of compliance with electrical safety regulations over the next five years where required. Ensure Strong Public Accountability ESA will ensure stakeholders recognize us as an effective, publicly accountable organization. 11 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Safety Priorities: 1. Electrical workers working live while doing repair and maintenance; 2. Members of the public and construction trades making contact with powerlines; and 3. Electrical fires in homes. • Collaborate: Share our insights and learnings so there can be collaborative action to address leading safety risks. 12 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Compliance Measure: increase renovation wiring work captured by ESA’s compliance processes by 7.5% over five years – a significant shift in work coming into the compliance system. • Continue to target compliance in all four areas of regulatory responsibility • Renovations are a significant area of non-compliance • Industry estimates of underground economy: 50%+ residential, 13% commercial/industrial 13 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Customer Service Centre Update Eric Kingston, General Manager Customer Service Centre Messages from last year... • Long wait times during peak seasons • Contractors very frustrated • Significant investment to understand the problem and design solution • Interim steps taken did help – but were not permanent ESA’s commitment: 70% of calls answered within 30 seconds by next busy season. 15 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 2015 Service Recovery Plan Be Accessible Be transparent Reduce Wait Times 16 • Stop blocked calls • Add more phone lines • Extend hours, Saturdays • Increase late shift staffing • Inform the caller on wait times • New IVR functionality: place in queue, wait time, new messaging • Increase capacity • Permanent hiring underway • Temp hiring for peak season 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 What happened? Dramatic reductions in call wait time 3 Year ASA (weekly) 14:24 12:00 FY14 FY15 FY16 9:36 7:12 4:48 2:24 1:12 1:131:06 1:02 1:10 0:55 0:510:520 :510:51 0:37 0:36 0:33 0:22 0:290 :270:29 0:23 0:23 0:280:230:290 :28 0:210 :20 0:11 0:16 0:00 Week Apr Apr May May Jun W2 W4 W2 W4 W1 17 Jun W3 Jul W1 Jul W3 Jul Aug Aug Sep Sep Oct Oct Nov Nov Dec Dec Jan W5 W2 W4 W2 W4 W2 W4 W2 W4 W1 W3 W1 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Jan W3 Feb Feb Mar Mar W1 W3 W1 W3 CSC met its service level commitment 2 Year Service Level (weekly) 100% 90% FY14 (na) FY15 FY16 objective 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Week Apr Apr May May Jun W2 W4 W2 W4 W1 18 Jun W3 Jul W1 Jul W3 Jul Aug Aug Sep Sep Oct Oct Nov Nov Dec Dec Jan W5 W2 W4 W2 W4 W2 W4 W2 W4 W1 W3 W1 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Jan W3 Feb Feb Mar Mar W1 W3 W1 W3 Levers of Service 19 Volume Staffing Productivity Quality 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 FY2016 CSC Plan Enhancing Customer Service by: • Developing a world-class CSR • Continued workforce management • An improved facility • A focus on YOU the customer • Improving online self-service 20 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Compliance and Enforcement Update Normand Breton, Registrar and Director, Contractor Licensing and Powerline Safety Compliance Enforcement Directed at those who operate an electrical contracting business or act as a Master Electrician without a licence. It is an offence to hire an unlicensed Electrical Contractor or Master Electrician. Discipline Directed at those who hold an Electrical Contractor or Master Electrician licence but are no longer meeting obligations 22 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Overarching Enforcement Philosophy ESA pursues charges against individuals where there a strong likelihood of conviction and where we can make the greatest impact on safety. 23 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Enforcement Case 1- Garmack/Elpotech Convicted of doing electrical work without an electrical contractor licence: • Elpotech • Fined $8,000 plus victim surcharge on 8 counts • Fined $2,000 plus victim surcharge on an additional 2 counts of working without a permit • LEC was taking permits on behalf of an unlicensed contractor Convicted of permitting an unlicensed contractor to do work: • Garmack Electric • Fined $8,000 plus victim surcharge on 8 counts 24 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Enforcement Case 2 - Thompson / Ormerod LEC had a job, lost their DME (and only electrician) • Hired unlicensed contractor to do the work. Convicted of hiring an unlicensed contractor: • Bill Thompson, GM for ICI Building Services • Fined $750 plus victim surcharge Convicted for doing electrical work without an electrical contractor licence: • Simcoe Industrial Maintenance Inc. 1806362 • Fined $750 plus victim surcharge 25 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Enforcement Case 3 – Miranda Unlicensed Contractor convicted for the fourth time in 2015 • Fined $10,000 • First conviction in 2008; total fine larger than previous • ESA will seek jail time for future offences 26 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Fine Amounts of Unlicensed Contractors $4,000 $3,500 $3,000 Average fine total per unlicensed contractor $2,500 $2,000 $1,500 $1,000 $500 $0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ESA Fiscal Year All fines are administered and paid to the Court. 27 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 2014 2015 Convictions • “Plugged In” contains a feature highlighting recent convictions • For more information please visit the ESA website: www.esasafe.com/contractors/ esa-newsletters 28 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Complaint Process • Confirm a contractor has an Electrical Contractor Licence at www.esasafe.com • Formal complaints: esa.licensing@electricalsafety.on.ca • Provide minimum information • Company name • Site address • Work being performed, when it was done • Provide your information (confidentially) to get an update upon conclusion of investigation 29 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Complaint Statistics Complaints FY14 FY15 Total Complaints Received at Harm Reduction Services (via phone, email, fax, mail) 1655 1821 Resolved at initial level, no further action 333 429 Unlicensed Contractor Enforcement 650 724 Licensed Electrical Contractor / Master Electrician Discipline 673 668 30 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Warning Notices Top categories • Working without a permit • Permitting unauthorized person(s) to carry out activities • Unauthorized connection 31 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Permit Compliance 35 30 25 20 % of Contractors 2015 15 % of Contractors 2014 % of Contractors 2013 10 % of Contractors 2012 5 0 0 1-10 11-20 21-50 >50 Permits Permits Permits Permits Permits 32 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 What the data shows us… Total Notifications Notifications 400K Total Notifications by LECs 300K 2012 33 2013 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 2014 2015 What the data shows us… % of LECs with <10 Notifications per Year 50% 41.7% 38.1% 39.2% 39.4 50 36.4% 25% 36.4 37.9 41.4 25 2012 34 Average # of Permits per LEC 2013 2014 2015 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 2012 2013 2014 2015 Next Steps Increase enforcement • Targeted at unlicensed contractors • Risk-based approach Increase compliance • Key corporate goal • Focus on commercial and residential renovations • Increase items included in notifications by 7.5% 35 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Financial Review Normand Breton, Registrar and Director, Contractor Licensing and Powerline Safety Contractor Licensing FY 2014 FY 2015 Total revenue: 3.88 million 4.13 million Total Expenses 3.72 million 4.03 million • Licensing revenue drivers: new licenses, exam and fee increase implemented two years ago • Expense drivers: wage inflation, rising pension and other postemployment benefit costs, legal fees, higher ministry fee and variable exam costs 37 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Expense Breakdown FY 2015 Allocation of Revenue Corporate Services 26% 21% ECRA/Other 4% 19% 30% 38 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Communications and LEC Awareness Licensing Administration Licensing Enforcement Encouraging Ontarians to Hire an LEC Presented by: Kath Chopp, General Manager, Communications & Stakeholder Relations 40 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Didn’t see it? 41 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Objective & Strategy Objective: Hire an LEC for electrical work Target Audience: • Sensible Suburbanites planning to renovate • Primarily women 30-65 • Concerned about family safety, abiding by laws, not cutting corners • Leading reno design project and research • Online home décor sites, blogs and retailers 42 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Key Takeaway Consumers who saw ads are twice as likely to hire an LEC 43 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Mobile-friendly tool = mobile ads 44 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 LECstore.ca Engage and encourage LECs to participate in the campaign: • Lawn signs • Door hangers • Web/digital creative • Truck magnets • T-shirts 45 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 BREAK 46 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Future of Licensing Normand Breton, Registrar and Director, Contractor Licensing and Powerline Safety Licensing Vision 2015-2020 Where do we want to be in 2020? • Electrical trades work safely; fewer injuries and fatalities • Compliance improves • Fewer unlicensed individuals • Greater permit compliance • LECs more accountable • Greater public awareness: consumers ask for LECs by name Collaboration is key 48 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Proposed 2015 Ontario Electrical Safety Code Nansy Hanna Director, Engineering and Program Development Electrical Safety Authority Ontario Electrical Safety Code UPDATE • June 2015: ESA recommended government adopt new Ontario Electrical Safety Code • New Code combines CSA Canadian Electrical Code and Ontario-specific amendments • ESA seeking approval from Minister of Government and Consumer Services • ESA recommends May 2016 effective date Plans for the sale and distribution of the new Code are underway 50 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Ontario Electrical Safety Code New distributor for OESC 2015 • Canadian Standards Association Every purchaser of the 2015 OESC will have access to the Bulletins Available formats • Hard Copy • Electronic • PDF • Interactive e-Code • Online 51 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Why are bulletins important? Bulletins provide interpretations to help LECs do Code-compliant work • Improves safety • Saves time – fewer defects means you can move on to the next job ESA research: LECs want bulletins but cost is a factor • 78% interested in receiving them • 57% cited cost as a barrier • 80% said they would buy if cost effective 52 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Background – 2012 OESC • 2012 OESC distributed by Orderline • Hardcopy and ePak available • Bulletins separate from the OESC 53 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Proposed 2015 Prices THAT’S 40% OFF! 54 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Formats Overview Interactive e-Code: •Compatible with: • • • • • Computer Tablet iPhone/Android Windows iOS • Code and Bulletins in one package 55 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Formats Overview PDF and Hardcopy • User will purchase desired format and receive a copy of the OESC only • User will also receive an access to the Bulletins with an internet connection 56 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 2015 Ontario Electrical Safety Code OESC will be effective in May 2016, pending government approval. LECs will be notified when Code books will be available for purchase from CSA’s website. 57 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 MAY 2016 The Smart Home of the Future David Barrett, IESO Question and Answer Session 59 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 Feedback Survey 60 2015 LICENCE HOLDER MEETING ● OCTOBER 6, 2015 9th Annual ECRA/ESA Licence Holder Meeting Thank you! Mississauga – October 6, 2015