Energy Matters | Issue 9 | 2022
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Training update Mitesh Nathwani, Training Manager
Hello and welcome to 2022. It feels really weird writing that considering we are already in March. How fast have the first couple of months flown by? We ended last year on a real high and there were many reasons for this. We won and completed the Green Homes Grant project, where we helped people who were out of work to gain qualifications within our industry and then find work.
In addition, there seems like there is no letting up this year either, with courses sold out weeks and sometimes months in advance. Clearly, this shows that the energy industry is growing and demands for the services of our members are still on the up. Not only is this great news for you, but also for anyone who is looking at a career change or joining the industry and making an impact on helping deliver the government’s plan for zero carbon properties.
Online learning Our online courses have been a real asset for us and for all the assessors out there who needed to top up their CPD hours, get a new qualification or competency,
or just keep their knowledge and understanding up to date. Before COVID-19, we had never envisaged that the online courses would have taken off the way they did. Just last year alone we trained over 1000 Retrofit Assessors on our fantastic new online portal, which enabled the learners to do the course in their own time and at their own pace. Obviously, the introduction of the online learning platforms have allowed us to reach further afield with our offerings and provide a new way of learning mirroring the new hybrid way of working that seems to have taken the working world by storm. That said, we have increased the number of classroom based
