DESNZ will boost green skills under its Warm Homes Plan through financial awards
The government will help fund up to 18,000 training places through the launch of its Warm Homes Skills Programme and extension of its Heat Training Grant.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) will subsidise training opportunities for retrofit and installation professionals, including installing insulation and solar panels in homes and non-domestic properties.
Under the Warm Homes Skills Programme, training providers across England can apply for financial support through a skills competition to fund accredited and non-accredited Ofqual-registered courses.
There will be four work packages covering courses in: fabric insulation and solar panel installation; skills for working on non-domestic buildings; retrofit assessor and retrofit coordinator qualifications; and shorter entry-level courses for those new to the retrofit sector.
A maximum of 拢1m will be available for each competition project in the first phase, across all four work packages,