Clean energy
Battery and grid technician
There's a battery the size of a fridge in a plant room in Ashchurch, and you're setting it to fill up overnight when power is cheap and run the building at teatime when it isn't.
Get it right and the building buys its power cheap while the grid around it stays steady.
- £26k to £45k Starting to experienced
- 1 course In Gloucestershire
- Not yet researched In the structure, not yet mapped
Not yet researched in this prototype, so there is no step by step pathway either.
What you already have that counts
- Electrical fault-finding, in any setting
- Following a safe-isolation procedure exactly, every time
- Being trusted alone with something that would hurt you if you rushed
The pathway
Every step from getting in to leading it, including the ones with nothing in them yet.
- Step 1 of 6 Get in
This step is in the structure but has not been researched in Gloucestershire yet.
See what is mapped so far - Step 2 of 6 Qualify
To start: An electrical Level 3, or a qualified electrician upskilling
- Step 3 of 6 Specialise
This step is in the structure but has not been researched in Gloucestershire yet.
See what is mapped so far - Step 4 of 6 Lead
This step is in the structure but has not been researched in Gloucestershire yet.
See what is mapped so far - Step 5 of 6 Degree level
This step is in the structure but has not been researched in Gloucestershire yet.
See what is mapped so far - Step 6 of 6 Masters level
This step is in the structure but has not been researched in Gloucestershire yet.
See what is mapped so far
Entry requirements from Retrofit Pathway Maps, Skills Connect, June 2025. Those maps cover the West of England, so what a Gloucestershire provider asks for may differ, so check the course page before you count on it.
Tags
- Environment Indoors
- Work style Hands-on trade
- Travel Van & tools provided