Training

• City & Guilds 6176 
• Keep Well This Winter
• Energy Awareness for Health Professionals 
• Identifying Householders in Fuel Poverty

Training is available bilingually English and/or Welsh on request

City & Guilds 6176 3 day Energy Awareness Course

This three-day course is designed for people who wish to gain an understanding of, or further their knowledge of, domestic energy efficiency. The course is geared towards supporting those who provide face-to-face advice on energy efficiency.

The course can lead to the City and Guilds 6176 qualification for those participants who choose to sit the final four-part examination. Course participants come from a range of organisations including local authorities, voluntary organisations, charities, utility companies and housing associations.

The 6176 qualification is recognised by the Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency Advice and also meets the knowledge requirements of specific units of NVQ Level 3 Provide Energy Efficiency Services.

The course prepares participants to deal with a variety of advice situations and to:

• identify a range of heating and hot water systems and appliances found in homes
• identify the type and function of controls on heating and hot water systems
• advise clients on the efficient and safe use of heating and hot water systems and appliances
• interpret domestic fuel cost data using reference materials
• advise clients on how to record gas and electricity consumption and work out costs
• inform clients of ways of paying for gas and electricity
• identify the potential to improve the energy efficiency in a range of dwellings
• state the grant aid available for domestic energy efficiency measures
• advise clients on how to avoid condensation and how to take remedial action where condensation dampness exists.

Participants must have basic literacy and numeracy skills, be able to use a calculator and be able to extract and interpret data from given tables.

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Keep Well This Winter

MAKING HOMES WARMER & HEALTHIER TO LIVE IN

Helping Older People Stay Warm and Well This Winter

1 Day Energy Efficiency Awareness Course

We are offering this course to anyone who has regular contact with older people and who can pass on information and advice, for example through local community groups, voluntary organisations, Residents and Tenants Associations, Care Groups, Health, Social Care & Housing Officers, Disability Action Groups.

For course dates and locations please click here.

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Energy Awareness for Health Professionals

Are your clients living in cold damp homes? Then this course may be for you. It is designed to give a functional overview of the main issues in tackling fuel poverty; it covers topics such as;

• Impact of fuel poverty in Wales
• Dampness and ill health
• Heating and preventing heat loss
• Financing and budgeting for fuel

The course also highlights the help which is available at a local level, how to link up with these agencies and how to refer people for further advice. 

The course can be delivered locally from a suitable training venue.   

For further information on the above training please contact:

Jane Edgington Training and Development Officer

 jane.Edgington@nea.org.uk Tel: 01490413223/ 07730519207

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Identifying Householders in Fuel Poverty

We are offering this one day course to anyone who has regular contact with the community, and who can pass information and advice on energy awareness, through local community groups, voluntary organisations, Residents and Tenants Associations, Care Groups, Health, Social Care & Housing Officers, Disability Action Groups.

• Fuel Poverty – The Facts
• How to read a gas and electric meter, and advice on different tariffs and payment methods
• Knowledge and understanding of running costs of different appliances
• Knowledge and benefits on ways of insulating cavity and solid walls
• Knowledge and benefits on renewable heating technologies, to include Multi Fuel Stoves, Air and Ground Source Heat Pumps, Solar Thermal hot water system and Solar Photo Voltaic
• Identifying causes of condensation & dampness, and advice on prevention and alleviating

• Up-to-date information about The Welsh Assembly Government NEST Scheme - Delivered by Partner Marketing Officer

Course date and location:  23 August 2011 in Aberystwyth