NEW Enhanced Retrofit Fabric Improvement Training

The duration of each course is three days. The programme includes two online training days and a third in-person practical and assessment day (held at several locations in England). The course dates for March are below; further dates will be added soon.

Online course dates:

• Tuesday 12 and Tuesday 19 March 2024

Practical day course dates:

• Thursday 21 March - Chelmsford
• Saturday 23 March at NMITE or Harrogate College

Throughout the course you’ll cover: 

• an introduction to retrofitting and building refurbishment 
• understanding insulation options and 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 

 You’ll access pre-course information, resources and on-line self-assessment quizzes during and after your course as you learn through our virtual learning environment platform CANVAS. 

The course is delivered by NMITE and PureHaus in partnership with the Passivhaus Trust. Funded by DESNZ and Midlands Net Zero Hub. You’ll be trained by experienced industry professional including: 

• insulation installers           
• retrofit coordinators 
• refurbishment site managers 
• retrofit Assessors 
• project Managers 
• related building professionals 
• SME jobbing builders 

This course is ideal for those already working in the sector, as well as those wanting to enter the industry.  

• Those already working in the sector: you could be a retrofit assessors/coordinator, an insulation installer, a building professional, a site/refurbishment project manager or a jobbing builder. 
• Those new to the sector: an additional complementary bolt-on module will ensure you have the subject knowledge required to progress onto NMITE's Enhanced Retrofit Fabric Improvement Training. 

• Subsidised places: We’re offering 200 subsidised places on this course until 31st March 2024, part-funded by the Government – the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero. This means that you’ll save over £1,211, paying £99 including VAT for an intensive three-day course. 
• Free places: We’re offering limited free places available for people out of work or on a means tested benefit, providing you meet the below ERFIT disadvantaged learners criteria below. 

ERFIT disadvantaged learners criteria 

The PHT, NMITE and PureHaus intend to use the definition of a disadvantaged person/worker (to now be termed ‘Learner’) as defined in Article 2.18 of the Regulation (EC) 800/2008 should be the overarching criteria, namely: Article 2 Definitions 18. 

‘disadvantaged worker’ means any person who: 

(a) has not been in regular paid employment for the previous 6 months; or 

(b) has not attained an upper secondary educational or vocational qualification (ISCED 3); or 

(c) is over the age of 50 years; or 

(d) lives as a single adult with  one or more dependents; or 

(e) works in a sector or profession in a Member State where the gender imbalance is at least 25 % higher than the average gender imbalance across all economic sectors in that Member State, and belongs to  that underrepresented gender group; or 

(f) is a member of an ethnic minority within a Member State and who requires development of his or her linguistic, vocational training or work experience profile to enhance prospects of gaining access to stable employment. 

(g) 

• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance 
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance 
• Income Support 
• Pension Credit 
• Tax Credits (Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit) 
• Housing Benefit 
• Council Tax Support 
• Social Fund (Sure Start Maternity Grant, Funeral Payment, Cold Weather Payment) 
• Universal Credit