Due to the closure of the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (DRHI) on 31st March 2022, MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) announced at the end of January this year two new standards to replace MIS 3005.

Jon Grocock and Gary Jackson, who have run Rebus Training in Staffordshire since 2010, have recently been certified to deliver LCL Awards’ Level 3 Certificate in Installing, Testing and Ensuring Compliance of Electrical Installations in Dwellings qualification.

Making a career change later in life can seem daunting, but for one woman living up in the Highlands in Scotland, a bold decision to flout convention has turned out to be a step in a very positive new direction.

LCL Awards’ Level 2 NVQ Diploma in the Installation and Maintenance of Plumbing and Heating Systems has been recognised by JIB-PMES as a suitable supporting qualification for the CSCS Plumber Blue Card Scheme, putting the qualification firmly on the plumbing map.

Sometimes, when you’ve got a dream, you just have to follow it. Father and son team, Sezai and Tolga Aramaz had ambitious plans to set up a training centre and decided that the COVID pandemic wasn’t going to stop them!  Tracy Harker caught up with Tolga recently at his vocational training centre Learn Trade Skills, in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, to find out how he and his father are getting on.

"Both the present and future is bright for gas installers. Yes, big change is coming within our industry and we are already starting to see shifts in the heating mix, from oil and gas to greener alternatives, such as electric heat pumps and hydrogen.

Lucy Kirkby is centre manager at Total Skills, a brand new electrical training centre in Nottingham. The centre, set up in part of an old mill this summer, is already attracting learners from near and far and Tracy Harker, recently caught up with Lucy to find out how things are going.

Following the announcement of a new £450 million Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which will see 90,000 old boilers replaced with heat pumps, Mark Krull from LCL Awards calls for calm among gas installers - for those who want a career as a low-carbon heating engineer, gas installer training is the best place to start.

GMS Services was set up by Howard Parry in 1997. Prior to this he worked as a water treatment consultant, involved in all aspects of water hygiene. In the 1990s Howard helped deal with several high profile Legionella outbreaks, working for specialist legionella management companies.

In conjunction with the Heat Pump Association & CIPHE, LCL Awards has updated its range of heat pump qualifications, and introduced 'Low Temperature Heating and Hot Water Systems'.

Low Temperature Heating and Hot Water Systems is a pre-requisite to the heat pump qualifications.