Notice

Home Decarbonisation Skills Training competition: Phase 1 (closed to applications)

£9.2 million competition will fund training for people working in the energy efficiency, retrofit and low carbon heating sectors.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 20 September 2022
• Last updated: 1 December 2022 — See all updates

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Home Decarbonisation Skills Training competition: guidance

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Home Decarbonisation Skills Training competition: privacy notice

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Details

Applications to the Home Decarbonisation Skills Training Competition Phase 1 are now closed.

The Home Decarbonisation Skills Training Competition will fund training for people working, or who want to work, in the energy efficiency, building retrofit and low carbon heating sectors. The competition aims to increase supply chain capacity, both in terms of volume and skill level.

This increased supply chain capacity will support the delivery of existing BEIS home retrofit schemes (such as the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and the Home Upgrade Grant) as well as the decarbonisation of our buildings in support of the UK’s net zero carbon emissions target. Find out more about the successful projects.

The competition

£9.2 million will be available to training providers for programmes to deliver a suite of training solutions to support the energy efficiency, retrofit and low carbon heating sector.

A maximum of £1 million will be available for each competition project, subject to subsidy control restrictions. The number of projects funded will depend on the range of solutions proposed and the quality of the proposals received.

Successful projects will be expected to achieve one or more of the following:

• installation training to the specific technology standard - for example, National Occupational Standards, PAS 2030:2019 standards, PAS 2035 standards, MCS standards or higher.
• training in the installation of one or more individual energy efficiency and/or low carbon heating measures, including training for individuals with existing construction skills and training for those new to the sector.
• support for training in retrofit assessor and retrofit coordinator skills to PAS 2035 standard, leading to the relevant qualification.

For more information on the competition please contact the Midlands Net Zero Hub who are administering the scheme on behalf of BEIS at HDTrainingCompetition@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.

Published 20 September 2022
Last updated 1 December 2022 + show all updates

1. 1 December 2022

   Home Decarbonisation Skills Training Competition closed to applications.

2. 20 September 2022

   First published.