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<p>The Government is working closely with industry and the education sector to ensure
that high-quality training is available for heat pump installers. This includes training
for new heating engineers, and for existing heating engineers who do not yet have
heat pump training.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Green Homes Grant Skills Competition,
the Government awarded more than £6 million to support training for tradespeople delivering
green home energy improvements, including heat pump installations.</p><p> </p><p>We
are also supporting the industry-led development of new heat pump upskilling courses
for existing heating engineers. By the end of 2021, we expect industry to have the
capacity to upskill thousands of heating installers per year.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore
BEIS, together with the Department for Education, is also working with the Institute
for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) to ensure that apprenticeships
and T-Levels contain high quality heat pump training. Additionally, we are working
with the Association of Colleges to ensure that further education providers are aware
of future needs for heat pump skills, and to understand barriers to providing relevant
training so that they can be better addressed.</p>
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