OFTEC points way to apprenticeships opportunity
Government is falling a long way short of its target of three million apprenticeship starts by 2020
Factory focus: Transparent boilers in Worcester
Each year groups of installers are invited along to Worcestershire for a look at how the product they recommend is manufactured. Joe Ayling reports.
Alpha Heating kits out college course
Walsall College has created a new plumbing and heating provision for adult and apprenticeship programmes, with Alpha Heating Innovation’s boilers taking pride of place.
Safe electrics: The hidden dangers
With the growing prevalence and importance of electrics in modern gas boilers, electrical safety has become a hot topic in the heating industry. Neil Macdonald, technical manager at the HHIC, looks further at considerations that need to be made.
Rogue trainers on the rise, warns the CIPHE
The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) is warning that COVID-19 has caused an economic climate ripe for rogue trainers and rogue training courses
HWA launches heat pump technical standard
The Hot Water Association (HWA) has published a new technical standard entitled ‘Hot water storage vessels for Domestic Purposes for use with Heat Pumps’
Water Regs UK creates catering installer qualification
Water Regs UK has partnered with ceda (Catering Equipment Distributors Association) to create an updated water regulations qualification for catering installers who are looking to become an approved contractor
Renewable electricity has reached a record 30% share, report finds
In 2022, the share of renewables in the power sector reached 30%, according to the Renewables in Energy Supply module
Altecnic to host free CIBSE accredited CPD day
Altecnic, part of the Caleffi Group, is set to host a free CIBSE accredited CPD day at the Building Centre in London on 19 November 2024
Impey’s Bathroom Adaptations Training Tour concludes
Impey’s Bathroom Adaptations Technical Training Tour 2024 has concluded