What are the basic requirements to join this route?

The Level 5 Diploma qualification is aimed at those already familiar with retrofit and project management.  

This funding route uses ABBE awarding body, and as such candidates will need to meet the entry requirements for ABBE's Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Assessment qualification.

Students will need to be familiar with:

• domestic construction techniques
• able to read and understand construction drawings and specifications
• building regulations
• construction health and safety regulations and practice
• and have experience/understanding of project management (e.g., management of finances, contracts and the work of contractors).

View the course Prospectus to read in detail about this course

The separate accreditation phase, that follows on from our CLR Coordination course, includes:

• Registration with the independent centre, called Synergy Training Centre, and ABBE awarding body.
• Registration for this programme will be administered by Trade Engine Ltd, which is the delivery partner that is providing the partial funding, as selected by the Midlands Net-Zero Hub, for the Government’s Home Decarbonisation Skills Training Competition (Phase 2).
• Taking part in ~ 2 days of live online tutoring in small groups. There can be some flexibility as to what days (or part days) the tutoring takes place, according to the student’s availability.
• Completing the assessment elements, including some written answer questions and a professional discussion
• In total the accreditation phase amounts to around 35 hours of work.

Synergy Training Centre will keep track of your progress on our course and will contact you to arrange your participation in this accreditation phase following completion of our course.

This will be followed up by an orientation call with Harshad Patel at Synergy Training Centre, about what’s involved, the ABBE entry requirements, and what the commitments are once signed up via the funding.

If you are not already a member of the AECB, successful applicants would be provided with a code to join the AECB as a free student member and can then enrol onto the AECB CarbonLite™ Retrofit Coordination course (CLRrc).

• Our course is approximately 105 online, self-directed learning hours.
  

Following completion of our course, students will move on to work with Synergy Training Centre who will supplement what students have learned on our course with the Level 5 assessments, top up tutoring and certification elements.

This will be followed up by an orientation call with Harshad Patel at Synergy Training Centre, about what’s involved, the ABBE entry requirements, and what the commitments are once signed up via the funding.

The usual cost of these courses is £2200+VAT. However, the government subsidy from DESNZ can reduce this to a learner contribution of:

AECB Membership + AECB CarbonLite™ Retrofit Coordination Course + RPL accreditation route to Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management

Student Contribution, Standard Price: £695

Student Contribution for Students/Graduates of the AECB CarbonLite™ Retrofit Coordination course: £399

The price of the applicable version of the PAS 2035 guidance document with the AECB discount is £98+VAT

This will be followed up by an orientation call with Harshad Patel at Synergy Training Centre, about what’s involved, the ABBE entry requirements, and what the commitments are once signed up via the funding.

PAS 2035:2035+A1:2022 was sponsored by the UK Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). This is the key document in a framework of new and existing standards on how to conduct effective energy retrofits of existing buildings, it covers how to access dwellings for retrofit, identify improvement options, design and specify Energy Efficiency Measures (EEM) and monitor retrofit projects.   

The standard drives the 'whole house approach' including the 'fabric first' methodology. It defines the qualifications and responsibilities of individual retrofit roles and respective activities required prior to and post EEM installation.  It includes a risk assessment process that builds incrementally robust requirements depending on what requirement path (A, B, or C) the retrofit project is assessed to fall within.   

The PAS 2035 framework needs to be followed to draw down specific government funding for retrofit projects. It stipulates that Retrofit Coordinators need to register with TrustMark to be able to Coordinate such funded projects. The management of the project must be compliant with the PAS 2035 and its requirements; subject to the transition arrangements outlined below.   

PAS 2035 is inextricably linked to PAS 2030:2019+A1:2022 (for installers), the new industry specification to replace PAS 2030:2017 and is the standard to which all energy efficiency installers must be certified and compliant. 

The current Technical Author for the 2022 and 2023 updates of the PAS2035 document is Dr Sarah Price. Sarah is also one of the writers of our Retrofit Coordinator course.

If you scroll down this page, you can watch a discussion about the importance of PAS2035.

The funding route is aimed at professionals in the construction industry; built environment and those involved in the energy efficiency sector who need to understand how the PAS 2035 framework impacts on their projects and for those who may need be accredited as a Retrofit Coordinator in order to project manage publically funded retrofit projects.