Training4Retrofit, working in partnership with Nationwide Training Services.
Funded training
Funded qualifications and flexible learning pathways for individuals and employers.
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Subject to eligibility
Find your next step
At Training 4 Retrofit, we believe training should fit your ambitions and your organisation’s needs. Our funded provision brings together personal development, preparation for self-employment and recognised technical qualifications in domestic energy assessment and retrofit.
Whether you’re taking the first step towards a new career, developing your existing skills or investing in your team, we’ll help you identify suitable training and plan what comes next.
Places available now. Enquiries are open, subject to funding eligibility.
Start with one course, combine qualifications from the available packages, or complete one or two courses now and progress onto further learning later. You don’t need to commit to a full package at the outset. We’ll help individuals and employers choose a combination that supports their goals and meets the relevant funding requirements.
Build confidence, strengthen employability skills and prepare for a new role, career change or progression at work. Learning can support communication, personal goals, professional development and planning your next steps.
Qualification: NOCN Level 2 Certificate in Skills for Employment, Training and Personal Development (60113935).
Enquire about career development
Considering working for yourself? Explore what self-employment involves, develop your ideas and prepare for the practical responsibilities of starting and running your own business. A useful route for individuals planning a new venture and professionals considering independent working.
Qualification: Award in Preparing for Self-Employment (60365456).
Enquire about self-employment training
Explore a career assessing the energy performance of homes. Domestic Energy Assessors gather property information and produce Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), helping people understand how buildings perform and where improvements may be possible.
Qualification: Certificate in Domestic Energy Assessment (60057397).
Employed and self-employed learning routes are available. Additional qualifications can be combined to support your intended direction, including personal development, self-employment preparation and specialist building knowledge.
Enquire about domestic energy assessment
Discover an industry focused on making existing homes warmer, healthier and more energy efficient. Learn how homes use and lose energy, explore insulation, ventilation and heating measures, and understand the range of roles involved in retrofit.
Qualification: NOCN Level 2 Award in Understanding Domestic Retrofit (60371237).
This course can spark an interest in a new career in retrofit. Even if you choose another direction, the knowledge can help you understand energy-saving measures and ways to reduce damp and mould risks in homes.
Enquire about domestic retrofit
Develop specialist knowledge of energy efficiency measures in older and traditionally constructed buildings. Particularly relevant to retrofit assessors and other property professionals who need to understand how building age and construction affect appropriate improvements.
Qualification: Award in Energy Efficiency Measures for Older and Traditional Buildings (6101607X).
Enquire about specialist upskillingFor individuals
You might be returning to work, changing careers, building confidence, considering self-employment or adding a qualification to your existing experience. You can begin with the learning that matters most to you and explore further opportunities as your goals develop.
Our targeted programmes, including Greener Futures, provide additional information about the learning experience, support and intended audiences.
Explore Greener Futures Enquire about my optionsFor employers
Your team members won’t all need the same training. One employee may benefit from confidence and career-development skills; another may be ready to gain a technical qualification; others may need specialist knowledge to support a new service or responsibility.
Training 4 Retrofit can help employers identify suitable funded courses for individual staff members or groups, combine qualifications where appropriate and plan development over time. Whether you want to develop one person or several, tell us what your business needs.
Enquire about funded staff trainingInterested in training for yourself or your team? Complete our short enquiry form and we’ll contact you to discuss your options.
Funded places and course combinations are subject to learner eligibility, funding rules and availability. The team will confirm the options relevant to each enquiry.
Eligibility:
• Age 19+
• Live within the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority area
• Have the right to work in the UK
• Not be enrolled on any learning aim or programme that repeats, replicates or duplicates learning provision that they have received from any other source.
• If employed, must have an annual salary under £32,000