New Training Academy Could Help Plug Renewable Skills Gap
Government initiatives on climate change and grants for microgeneration “green” technologies will create thousands of new jobs.
NCS Could Help Plug Renewable Skills Gap
Hampshire-based training company, New Career Skills, is launching a new course for 2009 to enable people to become Domestic Green Engineers (DGEs).
New Career Skills’ ceo, Steven Wines, said he was expecting the course to be extremely popular. “The Government’s pledge to tackle climate change means there is plenty of work out there already, with more to come. There are 26 million homes in the UK and when any of these are sold or rented, it will be advisable to use a properly accredited DGE to show them how to reduce carbon emissions and install clean, green energy solutions.”
This anticipated demand for tradespeople with experience of sustainable solutions and renewable technologies is expected to be fuelled by a number of Government initiatives to make homes in the UK low carbon, including the Code for Sustainable Homes. Under Government guidelines, all new homes need to generate at least 15 per cent of their energy from renewable sources by 2016, and the Code for Sustainable Homes will measure the sustainability of new homes against nine categories of sustainable design and will award each home a star rating to indicate its overall performance, offering builders a useful tool with which to differentiate themselves in a tough market.
The Heat and Energy Saving (HES) strategy aims to give an affordable green makeover – including low-carbon heat and power – to millions of UK homes by 2020 and for every home to be low-carbon by 2050. Again, it is expected to create a significant boost in demand for suppliers and fitters of renewable technologies.
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