Sufficient installers are being trained to meet anticipated levels of heat pump demand, but many are not becoming installers, according to a report by the Heat Pump Association (HPA).
It states that 7,856 individuals were trained to become installers in 2023 – a 133% increase on 2022. In the first nine months of 2024, more than 7,000 individuals have already completed heat pump installation training. This should mean the industry is ‘on track’ to meet the previous government’s target of rolling out 600,000 heat pumps per year by 2028.
However, the HPA report says that around 39% of those who have received this training are not going on to work in the market.
HPA chief executive Charlotte Lee said: ‘Provision of courses is not the limiting factor in this instance; rather, there is a lack of confidence in the market and uncertainty about the heat pump deployment pipeline.’
