Growing the heating industry and workforce
www.nesta.org.uk/feature/a-policy-library-for-decarbonising-home-heating/growing-the-heating-industry-and-workforce/
www.nesta.org.uk/feature/a-policy-library-for-decarbonising-home-heating/growing-the-heating-industry-and-workforce/
Supporting heating engineers and the wider heating industry to switch to low-carbon heating and attract the next generation of workers
The UK needs to scale up its green heating industry dramatically as part of the switch to low-carbon heating. The heating workforce - particularly heating engineers who work in people’s homes - will play a vital role in the transition, as both installers and a trusted source of advice to households.
There is already a large workforce focused on gas heating, which needs more support and encouragement to transition towards low-carbon heating. At the same time, the UK needs to train the next generation of heating engineers and help them gain experience in the industry.
Delve into our latest work on growing the heating industry and workforce below, or return to the main page to explore our other policy areas.
What can we do to attract more experienced engineers into the heat pump workforce, and how can we bring in new entrants? Our work has explored many of the opportunities and barriers faced by engineers to boost participation.
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What wider barriers are there to getting more people into green jobs? Our work has looked more broadly at green jobs, and what could be done to open them up to more people.
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What would make green jobs more attractive to women and other underrepresented groups? Our work has tried to outline what these barriers are and proposed policy solutions to increase representation within the green workforce.
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