Heat engineers will receive £500 discounts towards becoming fully qualified heat pump installers in a bid to scale-up low carbon heating installations.
The training usually costs around £600 to complete.
Lord Martin Callanan, minister for energy efficiency and green finance, said heat pumps are “critical technologies for decarbonising heat – and play an important role in the country’s push towards net zero”.
“This grant will not only give the rollout of heat pumps and heat networks a huge boost but will help to develop a skilled workforce who will reap the rewards of joining a thriving installer market,” he added.
Subscribe to Sustainability Beat for free
Sign up here to get the latest sustainability news sent straight to your inbox each morning
Over 60 approved training centres across England will provide more than 6,000 heating engineers with the skills needed to qualify as a heat pump engineer.
The scheme aims to open up 3,000 green jobs to be supported in manufacturing.
Heat Pump Association CEO Charlotte Lee said the association welcomes the launch of the heat training grant and is “pleased to see training providers across the country”.
The grant comes after last week’s announcement that the UK government’s scheme has missed its first-year target by 50%, despite ramping up promotion of the scheme earlier in the year.
The initiative was meant to issue 30,000 grants of £5,000 to help households switch to heat pumps in England and Wales but only managed half in its first year.
