Introducing the Enhanced Retrofit Fabric Improvement Training (ERFIT) Programme
As a learner, you will be recruited and trained from experts in a range of disciplines including, but not exclusively limited to:
- Insulation Installers
- Retrofit Co-ordinators
- Refurbishment Site Managers
- Retrofit Assessors
- Project Managers
- Related building professionals
- and SME jobbing builders
Through our ERFIT course, you'll be trained to have a deeper and greater technical understanding of insulation and fabric improvements and how they relate to, and perform, with other energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technologies.
Are you a new sector learner? NMITE is pleased to provide an additional bolt-on course to early career specialists that will ensure you have the subject knowledge required to progress onto NMITE's Enhanced Retrofit Fabric Improvement Training.
Who is the programme for? Why choose ERFIT?
Upskill now and help achieve net zero
Our progressive programme has been designed to provide a detailed understanding of insulation and building fabric improvements and how they relate to other energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technologies.
Through this course you'll cover:
- An introduction to retrofitting and building refurbishment.
- Understanding insulation options & its effective application.
- Thermal bridges and how to avoid them.
- Airtightness and ventilation.
- Windows, doors and draught proofing.
- Renewable energy technologies and their relationship to fabric performance.
- Building physics basics and tools to assess the best performing options.
- Moisture and its impact on building fabric and performance.
Available Programme Dates
Online course dates for 2025 are:
- 14 January
- 21 January
- 28 January
- 4 February
- 20 February
- 27 February
- 5 March
Practical day course dates for 2025 are:
- 25 January
- 8 February
- 1 March
Who should choose ERFIT?
- If you're already working in the sector within a role such as: Retrofit Assessors/Co-ordinators, Insulation Installers, building trades people, building professionals, site/refurbishment project managers, and jobbing builders.
- If you're looking to get into the industry, some advance reading will be provided to introduce you prior to the course.
Why Choose ERFIT?
- Do you want to be a leader in the rapidly growing domestic retrofit market?
- Would you like to be a pioneer and one of the first people in the UK to achieve the Enhanced Retrofit Fabric Improvements Training qualification?
- Funding is available through various sources. Apply today to see if you qualify for partially or fully funded courses
- Share your learning experience with other like-minded individuals and professionals in the industry to create cross-functional improvements
- Learn from practical, experienced retrofit, building fabric, insulation, and building physics specialists drawn from across the country.
- Access pre-course information, and resources and on-line self-assessment quizzes during and after your course as you learn through our Virtual Learning Environment platform, CANVAS.
Register now
Register your interest now via our form below, or click to view the available dates for our ERFIT programme.
This programme is comprised of two separate on-line training days and a third in-person practical and assessment day (held at several locations in England).
