Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Heat Pump Engineer
Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering - Heat Pump Engineer
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Heat pump engineers install and service zero carbon central heating and hot water systems in buildings.
- Install, service and repair low carbon heating and hot water systems
- Find and fix faults
- Follow health and safety requirements
- Decommission heating and hot water systems
- Show customers how to use their new system
As a Heat Pump Engineer, you could work at a client's business or at a client's home. Your working environment may be cramped, at height and you'll travel often and you may need to wear a uniform.
Heat Pump Engineers tend to work between 35 to 43 hours a week. You could work evenings and weekends as customers demand.
Starting: £24,000
Experienced: £46,000
You could take a college course in a related subject like plumbing and heating, or a T Level in Building Services Engineering for Construction.
These courses teach you some of the skills you'll need to apply for a trainee plumber, heating and ventilation engineer, or gas service technician position with a company. Once you've built up your experience, you could take extra training, usually lasting between 3 and 5 days.
You could apply to do a Low Carbon Heating Technician Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship to become a heat pump engineer. This will take around 3 years to complete.
You could train as a gas service technician, heating and ventilation engineer or plumber. You could then do additional training to become a heat pump engineer.
Training would cover:
- low temperature heating and hot water systems
- heat pump installation and maintainance
- different types of heat pump technologies
- Lots of organisations offer training in heat pump installation.
You can apply directly for jobs if you've got qualifications and experience in electrical or mechanical engineering from another industry, or from the armed forces.