LCL Awards recently launched its new Inclusivity Charter at a CPD session held online. We have been working on the charter for around a year, following research into the experiences of women and minority groups training to work in the building services sector. 

LCL Awards approved, Walsall Training Centre, which provides construction and building services qualifications for installers in the West Midlands, welcomed MP for Walsall North, Mr Eddie Hughes, on the 13^th April.

After a two-year collaboration between LCL Awards, the the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE), Heat Pump Association, manufacturers and industry professionals, we are delighted to announce the launch of the Ofqual-regulated, Low Temperature Heating and Hot Water Systems in Dwellings qualification.

National Women’s Day in March this year saw the publication of a whitepaper about the experiences of women in the construction industry in the UK today. It was commissioned by On the Tools.

Go Green Training Academy, based in Peterlee, County Durham, is one of the latest LCL Awards Centres to deliver our ASHP qualifications.

Matthew Ramsell and Gareth Hassall set up Staffordshire Training Services last year. They both have years of experience working as freelance trainers and realised, when they were forced to spend time at home during the COVID lockdowns, that they were tired of travelling and being away from their families.

LCL Awards is a sponsor at this years Women Installers Together (WIT), the only national event for all women plumbers, gas engineers and other tradeswomen and trainees.

Helen Knowles joined LCL Awards as an External Verifier and Technical Specialist last December. Based in North Devon, she supports our centres across the country and is really enjoying her new role.

Amandine Guiguet has been a familiar face at LCL Awards since 2019, when she joined the company as a Senior Administrator.  This January she took up a new role, as Quality Assurance & Support Co-ordinator, assisting Tracy Harker in supporting LCL approved centres.

Mark Krull, Director of LCL Awards, recently joined Jerry Whiteley, Technical Manager of CIPHE, Martyn Bridges, Technical Director of Worcester Bosch and Mark Wilkins, Technology and Training Director for Vaillant in a webinar delivered as part of Installer Magazine's Net Zero Festival.  The session was about LCL Awards’ Level 3 Award in Low Temperature Heating and Hot Water Systems, which has recently launched.