Govt Funded ABBE DEA & Retrofit Assessor (Online)

Before your course starts, we will send you an E-portfolio login, which lists all the tasks you will need to complete (Different tasks can be completed before, during or after the course). Upon receiving your portfolio login you will have the opportunity to complete 4 pre course reading modules and associated questions, these questions count towards your overall portfolio and will prepare you for the course.

We will complete approximately 3 modules, which include:

• ABBE Level 3 Qualification and requirements
• The EPC Requirement and Exemptions
• The RDSAP Software and background
• Property types and building regulations
• Property ages and Construction

We will complete a further 3 modules, which include:

• Measurements
• Conservatories, Flats and Roof types (including loft conversions)
• Floors, Openings, Ventilation and lighting
• Space Heating Part 1

We will complete the remaining Modules, which include:

• Space Heating Part 2
• Secondary and Water Heating
• New Technologies, meters and Recommendations
• The EPC Certificate
• Discussion and guidance regarding the E-portfolio system and completing tasks.

You will be required to complete 5 test case EPCs as part of your portfolio of work. You will be given the opportunity to use 4 test case and as part of your portfolio and will be expected to carry out an test case on a property to complete the portfolio.

Your test cases must meet the requirements of the ABBE property matrix (you will receive this with your training materials).

Once you have completed and passed your portfolio you will be awarded with the ABBE Level 3 certificate, and will be eligible to join Elmhurst’s leading DEA Accreditation scheme.

Once you have completed your DEA Training, you will then be given access to Elmhurst’s Retrofit Assessor training course, which is available on demand through Elmhurst’s online Learning Management System.

Upon successful completion of this course will be eligible to join Elmhurst’s TrustMark Approved Retrofit Assessor Accreditation. As a member of this scheme you will be able to engage with retrofit projects which mandate PAS 2035.

The Home Decarbonisation Skills Training Competition (HDSTC) is a £9.2m scheme to provide grant awards to a range of training organisations to deliver courses to support the domestic retrofit workforce. The funding is provided by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and managed by the Midlands Net Zero Hub.

Appointed training providers will offer training courses to support installers operating across the different domestic retrofit schemes that are run by BEIS, including Sustainable Warmth Competition and Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund. The training will lead to a recognised qualification across three work packages: insulation, heat pumps, and retrofit accreditation.

These work packages have been designed around anticipated industry requirements and will look to address key shortage areas that currently exist within the supply chain. The competition is expected to deliver approximately 9,000 courses.

Building expertise in the supply chain in this way will also help build capacity and resilience for home energy retrofit delivery more widely, as well as scaling up delivery further as Government works towards meeting its 2030 and 2050 decarbonisation targets.

Tackling climate change remains a priority in the UK, and in 2019, the Government set a legally binding target to achieve net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050. To achieve this goal, more than 30 million homes need to be decarbonised.