Renewables Skills Shortage
The Government's Feed In Tariff and the Renewable Heat Incentive have generated a huge amount of interest from home owners wanting to generate power at home from solar panels and heat pumps. The market for microgeneration is growing massively and installers are urgently required. It's a great time to retrain.
The Renewables Skills Shortage
Starting next month, Britain’s 26 million households will be able to collect a fixed fee of up to 41p a kilowatt hour for electricity they generate from roof-mounted solar panels and sell on to the grid. Up to 34½p a kilowatt hour is available for home-mounted windmills.
But Worcester Bosch says that the scheme, which seeks to kick-start a boom in so-called microgeneration, is being hobbled by a chronic shortage of certified engineers who must fit the equipment for consumers to qualify for the payments.
Across the UK there are about 500 certified installers of renewable energy equipment, compared with about 120,000 registered gas engineers, under the equivalent Gas Safe scheme, formerly known as Corgi.
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"I'm a professional rugby player but sustained a career threatening injury. I realised that I needed a skill. The NCS course fitted perfectly around my life..."
"The NCS package out classed the competitors and enabled me to get out into the industry quickly. I now own a successful electrical business..."
"I had become completely office bound at the age of 49 and decided I wanted to run my own business. I now have my own successful plumbing..."
"At 44 I decided I wanted flexibility and a better work/life balance. Now I am running my own plumbing company and I have exactly that..."
"I wanted flexible hours and becoming an electrician could afford me that luxury. There is a crying need for more skilled women electricians..."
"I'm yet to finish the course, but I have still started up my own business importing, selling and installing solar systems. I think I will have a great future..."