Low carbon heat pumps play a vital role in decarbonising how we heat our homes. To meet the UK’s climate targets, thousands of heating engineers will need to be trained to install and maintain heat pumps.
Building on the success of the Home Decarbonisation Skills Training competition delivered nearly 5,000 heat pump courses to learners across England, the Heat Training Grant will provide payments to support trainees in England to undertake short courses to gain skills working with heat pumps.
The Midlands Net Zero Hub is managing this course nationally on behalf of the Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The grant will support training from Spring 2023 to at least March 2026, with the potential for the scheme to be extended.
If you’re a heating engineer, you could receive a discount of up to £500 towards the cost of heat pump training, plus support and advice when installing a heat pump for the first time.
You’re eligible for the grant if all of the following are true:
- you work for a business with 250 employees or fewer, you are a sole trader, or you are unemployed
- you, or the business you work for, are certified by a competent person scheme for heating and hot water installations. Examples include: APHC, BESCA, Blue Flame Certification, Gas Safe Register, Certsure/NIC EIC, HETAS, NAPIT, OFTEC or Stroma
- you, or the business you work for, haven’t already received more than £315,000 in government subsidies over the last 3 years
If you’re not sure you meet the criteria, you can ask one of the training providers offering the grant.
The training you receive will usually take at least 3 days, although it may be longer depending on your previous skills and experience.
All the courses should cover all the skills needed for your business to install heat pumps as part of a competent person scheme. You will receive more information on how to join one of these schemes once you have completed the training.
Several heating manufacturers are offering additional discounts and offers to participating trainees, which could be worth up to a further £500 in product vouchers and further training.
Approved Providers
| 1st Training Ltd | Unit 24 Roman Way, London Road, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire, PE29 2LN |
| Abingdon & Witney College | Abingdon & Witney College, Wootton Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1GG |
| Activate Trade Training Limited | Activate Trade Training Limited |
| Alpha Building Services Engineering Ltd | Abbey Road, Junction of Canning Road, Stratford, London, E15 2QT |
| Baxi UK | Baxi, Brooks House, Coventry Road, Warwick, CV344LL |
| Blackpool and Fylde College | Blackpool and Fylde college Bispham Campus Ashfield Road Bispham FY20HB |
| Burnley College | Burnley College, Princess Way, Burnley, BB120AN |
| BUSINESS EDGE LIMITED | 6 Dragoon House, Hussar Court, Westside View, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO7 7SF |
| Cambridge Regional College | Kings Hedges Road, Cambridge, CB4 2QT |
| Carrier RLC UK (Viessmann Limited) | Hortonwood 30, Telford, Shropshire. TF1 7YP |
| CB Heating | Nova North, 11 Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BY |
| CERTSURE LLP | N/A |
| Chartwell ACS Ltd | Unit 16, The Glenore Centre, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4RJ |
| Chichester College Group | Westgate Fields, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1SB |
| Construction Development Centre Ltd t/a CDC Group | 6 Chancerygate Business Centre, Whiteleaf Road, Hemel Hempstead HP3 9HD |
| Daikin Air Conditioning UK Ltd | The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0NY |
| Gas Flare Ltd. | N/A |
| Gas Train Ltd | Unit 2, Gladepoint, Gleaming Wood Drive |
| Get Training Ltd | 2 Drayton Street, Wolverhampton, WV2 4EA |
| Grant Engineering UK Ltd | Frankland Road, Blagrove, Swindon SN5 8YU |
| GRE Training Ltd. | Unit 70, M1 Commerce Park, Duckmanton, Chesterfield, S44 5HS |
| GROVE ASSESSMENT SERVICES LTD | Unit D4, Fenton Trade Park, Dewsbury Road, Fenton Industrial Estate, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2TE |
| GTEC | Media House, Azalea Drive, Swanley , Kent, BR8 8HU |
| Hampshire Training and Assessments | 4 Sudley Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 1EU |
| Heat Pump Central | Unit 16 Dunstall Park Road, Derby, DE248HJ |
| Herefordshire, Ludlow & North Shropshire College | Folly Lane, Hereford, HR1 1LS |
| Herts Energy Ltd | 6 Alpha Business Park, Travellers Close, Welham Green, Herts AL9 7NT |
| Logic4Training | Unit 7 Belvue Business Centre, Belvue Road, Northolt, UB5 5QQ |
| London Gas Training Centre | Leedon House West Billington Road Leighton Buzzard Beds LU7 4TN |
| Mitsubishi Electric Europe | Travellers Lane, Hatfield. AL10 8XB |
| NAPIT Training | L4A 4th Floor, Mill 3, Pleasley Vale Business Park, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG19 8RL |
| OFTEC | Unit 25 Riduna Park, Station Road, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1QT |
| Optimum Energy Solutions Ltd | Unit 2a Lighthouse Trade Park, Church Road, Lydney, England, GL15 5EN |
| Oxford Energy Academy LTD | N/A |
| RAD Training | Unit 7 Willow Court, Sandwell Business Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RD |
| SERT Training LTD | Brune Park, Gosport, PO12 3BU |
| Smart Gas Training & Assessment Centre | First Floor Cygnet House, 1 Jenkin Road, Sheffield, England, S9 1AT |
| Specialist Gas Assessment Services Ltd | Unit 8 & 9 Broughton Way , Whitehills Business Park, Blackpool, FY4 5QN |
| Staffordshire Training Services Limited | Unit 6 Leons Way, Tollgate Drive, Stafford, ST16 3HS |
| Steve Willis Training Centres | 168 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2DL |
| Taf | First Floor 36-36 Collier Row Road Romford Essex RM5 3NX |
| The Focus Training Group | 63-69 St Modwen Road, Plymouth, PL6 8LH |
| The Gas rooms | Unit 26, Clawthorpe Hall Business Centre, Burton-in-Kendal, Carnforth, LA6 1NU |
| The Growth Company | 373 Trafford Park Road , Trafford Park, Stretford M17 1AN |
| The Sheffield College | Granville Road, Sheffield, S2 2RL |
| The Windsor Forest Colleges Group | Slough and Langley College, Station Road, Langley, Slough SL3 8BY, Berkshire, England |
| TRADE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT LTD | Unit-605,Kalam House, 252-262 Romford Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 9HZ |
| Trade Skills4U (City& Guilds) | Mitre Court, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9JY |
| Train The Trade | 56 Stadium Way, Rayleigh, Essex, SS7 3NZ |
| Unitherm UK Ltd | Units C1 & C2 Sanderling Court, Osprey Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter, Devon EX2 7PJ |
| Universal Skills Centre | 41-43 Monckton Road Industrial Estate WF2, 7AL |
| Utilita Field Services Limited | Hutwood Court, Bournemouth Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, England. SO53 3QB – Dan Greenwood |
| Viva Training | 1a Netherton Mill, Holdsworth Road, Halifax, HX3 6FD |
| WALSALL TRAINING CENTRE LTD, | UNIT C FENCHURCH CLOSE BIRCHILLS HOUSE IND EST WALSALL WS2 8LJ |
| Worcester Bosch | Cotswold Way, Warndon, Worcester, WR4 9SW |
| Future Group Renewable Training | Unit 2 C Rekendyke Industrial Estate , South Shields, NE33 5BZ |
| Heat Pump Group Limited | 12 Hatherley Road, Sidcup, Kent DA14 4DT |
| GASCOMP LTD Training & Assessment | Unit A6 Chaucer Business Park, Polegate, BN26 6QH |
| EG Training Services Ltd | 55 Loudoun Road, St Johns Wood, London, NW8 0DL |
| The Glow Group LTD | Unit f3 Leaf bridge Business Park, Lincoln LN69WG |
| Aira Home UK Limited | Noah’s Yard, 10 York Way, London, N1 9AA |
| HomeServe Membership LTD | Cable Drive, Walsall, WS2 7BN |
| Buckinghamshire College Group | Oxford Road Campus, Aylesbusy, Bucks, HP21 8PD |
| GAS UTILIZATION CONSULTANCY ( GUC Ltd ) | N/A |
| South Staffordshire College | N/A |