As Warmth Pump Week (23 – 29 September) begins, Metropolis Plumbing has launched the dates of its newest accredited Air Supply Warmth Pump Set up Programs and has prolonged funding to carry the price to £160 plus VAT.

Current knowledge from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) reported that greater than 30,000 licensed warmth pumps have been put in in houses and small companies throughout the UK between January and July 2024, a forty five% enhance in comparison with the identical interval final yr.

To assist installers, Metropolis Plumbing has introduced new dates for its programs run by GTEC Coaching:
● Salisbury – 1 October
● Farnborough – 5 November
● Farnborough – 26  November
● Bedford – 3 December
● Aylesford – 10 December

The corporate says that the Air Supply Warmth Pump Set up Course delivers the data, expertise and competency required to design, specify, set up, fee and keep home and small business air supply warmth pumps. Throughout the course, installers will obtain sensible coaching practising on purpose-built dwell ASHP rigs.  

On completion of the course, installers will obtain an LCL Awards Stage 3 Certificates, which is recognised by the MCS.

“The beginning of the yr has seen an enormous surge in demand for warmth pumps, and it’s solely going in a single path,” mentioned Hemal Morjaria, Managing Director of Metropolis Plumbing’s Renewables and Electrical division.  

“There’s an enormous alternative for heating engineers to reap the benefits of this demand and future-proof their enterprise. Nevertheless, we additionally get that taking day out for coaching is difficult, particularly in an business the place most individuals are self-employed.

“To assist, we’ve been capable of get Authorities funding to scale back the price. We hope that goes some option to making these programs extra reasonably priced and accessible for purchasers.”

To ebook onto the course dates, go to: https://bit.ly/3Ttg92w