You take gas boilers out and put heat pumps in, then set the system up so the house stays warm running on electricity.
You are here Step 1 of 4 Get in
A building services apprenticeship, or the six week retrofit award if you want to try the work before committing two years to it. Either way you start out alongside a fitter.
2 courses in Gloucestershire
Leads to A Level 3, and work on a heating team.
You are here Step 2 of 4 Qualify
The plumbing and heating qualification is the base. The air source heat pump award sits on top of it, and it is the one that makes you employable on this work specifically.
3 courses in Gloucestershire
Leads to Work as a qualified heating engineer who installs heat pumps, not only boilers.
You are here Step 3 of 4 Specialise
Senior technician work: working out what size system a house needs, commissioning it, and sorting out the installations that were put in badly and never performed.
1 course in Gloucestershire
Leads to Supervising installations, or moving across into design and assessment.
You are here Step 4 of 4 Lead
Leading a team, or designing heating across a whole scheme instead of one house at a time.
No county course at this stage
No county provision has been found at this level. This is the gap the Faculty is being asked to close.
This is as far as the research goes for heat pump installer. 2 levels above this have not been researched in this prototype, so nothing is claimed about them either way.
One card with the job, the pay and the first course on it. Save it to your phone, or take a photograph of the screen.
You take gas boilers out and put heat pumps in, then set the system up so the house stays warm running on electricity.
Where you start
Building Services Engineering Installer Apprenticeship
Gloucestershire College, Cheltenham
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