A series of courses for installers is being launched across England and Scotland by the European Energy Centre (EEC) and Business Edge.
Designed to bring installers up to speed on the latest advances in energy efficient air conditioning, heat pumps and renewable energy, the sessions will also help technicians take advantage of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
The Green Deal and other schemes, including the RHI, have led to an increased interest in all areas of renewable energy, and installers who want to keep up with regulations must train or re-train in order to be Green Deal ‘approved’.
“The RHI scheme is a great move for the UK renewables industry and adds to the host of similar incentives found in other countries in Europe,” said EEC’s Dr Marco Buoni who designed the course with Kelvin Kelly, training director at Business Edge.
Kelly agreed and said that, if implemented properly, the RHI could be a very useful tool to increase demand for this type of technology
“However, there will no doubt be some hesitation to fully commit given the government's recent declaration to cut feed-in tariffs (FiTs). We will give participants of our courses a balanced view of the whole scheme,” he added.
Installers attending the courses will be brought up to speed on the global opportunities for the industry in energy efficient heating and cooling as well as revisions closer to home.
“With the adoption of EC Regulation 842 and the F gas Regulations, operatives must be assessed before working on refrigerating, air conditioning and heat pump systems and in the majority of cases even experienced candidates would be unsuccessful without adequate training prior to assessment,” added Kelly.
Paolo Buoni, a director of the EEC added, “We now look forward to providing even more professionals with cutting-edge information from top level trainers that is based on the experience of two major educational organisations in Europe.”
To book places on the Business Edge and EEC courses go to http://www.euenergycentre.org/training/refrigeration-and-ac.
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