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Green Deal Advisor "Go Early" Training DECCLogoApril12

Asset Skills has been allocated £1M by DECC to "kick start" Green Deal by ensuring that a cohort of up to 1000 Green Deal Advisors are trained and qualified over the next few months across Great Britain. At the same time this is helping to build adequate learning provider capacity.

The majority of the funding is being allocated on a regional basis, where the learning providers below have been appointed, following a competitive tendering process.  Please note all funding has now been allocated.

This "go early" project is not the only means of gaining the Green Deal Advisor qualification and there are many high quality training providers offering the Green Deal Advice course across Great Britain.

 Model 1 Training Provider

  
 Region  Name of Provider/Remarks
 Scotland   The Wise Group
 London  BRE
 Wales  Neath Port Talbot College
 North West  Burnley College
 West Midlands  Alan Pither
 South West  Somerset College
 Yorkshire and Humberside  Sheffield Hallam University
 South East  Stroma
 North East  Gateshead College
 East Midlands  Green Assess
 East of England  Quidos

 

Model 2 Green Deal Providers winners

  
 British Gas  
 Green Deal Advisors Association  
 NES/Neath Port Talbot  
 Mark Groups  
   

Model 3 Regional Initiatives

  
 Pending, subject to contracts  

 

 The appointment process:

  • Was designed by Asset Skills to be fair and transparent and robust.
  • Included an invitation to tender which can be found here with clear details on how to apply and by when.
  • Had explicit marking criteria, downloadable here.
  • Culminated in a full day six person marking panel (which included three government officials and three officers from Asset Skills) which scored bids and lead to decisions on which providers to appoint.


UKAcademyLogoThe Asset Skills UK Academy is currently exploring other funding opportunities with it's registered providers to deliver this training course. If you would like to be kept informed about the availability of any additional funding please email ukacademy@assetskills.org or call 0844 822 2525.

If you are looking to do the training, without funding, we suggest that you:

  • Contact City & Guilds, ABBE, EDI, BPEC and SQA (all Awarding Bodies) as they will be able to inform you of any training providers within your region that offer the course.
  • Shop around, it is an incredibly competitive market with many national training providers offering the course - we would suggest that a new entrant could be around the £1,000 - £2,000 mark.
  • Ensure that the awarding body fees are clearly stated.
  • Ensure you get the support you need, the course will be delivered in a variety of ways and you must make sure you get the tutor contact time you need.
  • Make sure that you are confident of making back the cost of the training. Consider your business plan, routes to market etc.