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| | | Company | Renewable Energy Installer Academy |  | | Contact | Trevor Johnstone | | Address | Innovation Centre
NI Science Park
Belfast
Antrim
Northern Ireland
BT39DT (MAP)
| | Telephone | 028 9073 7865 | | | Fax | 028 9073 7825 | | | Website | www.reioinstalleracademy.org | | | Renewable Energy Installer Academy
The potential for expanding the renewable energy market here is obviously enormous, and the requirement for professionally trained installers and suppliers used to be one of the critical barriers to further developing a sustainable sector; thankfully, it has been addressed to a large extent by a joint initiative between Action Renewables and Sustainable Energy Ireland.
The core functions of the Renewable Energy Installer Academy include:
1.Accredited training courses and competency assessments in each technology
2.A Code of practice
3.A registration scheme
4.A quality inspection process
5.A disciplinary and deregistration process for non compliant installations
6.A disciplinary and deregistration process for breaches of the Code of Practice
Training & Competency
The following education centres participated in the pilot project.
Dundalk IT Solar Water Heating, Heat Pumps, Biomass
North West Solar Water Heating, PV and Hydro.
Lisburn - Heat Pumps
East Down Institute - Biomass
Omagh - Wind
The REIA has established training courses for the above technologies, and installers who meet the minimum entry requirements are required to attend a training course on each technology and pass the examination. The training courses are accredited by BPEC in NI and accredited by FETAC in RoI.
Ultimately, the training courses are designed to ensure that installers have the competencies to install renewable energy systems and candidates will be required to carry out a competency assessment. The degree of training required to achieve this competency will depend on the entry level training and experience of individual candidates.
Requirements
The following are the minimum entry requirements:
NI
A qualified plumber by profession with City & Guilds qualification or
NVQ Level 3 or equivalent years experience (3 years).
RoI
FETAC level 6 (i.e. National Craft Certificate or equivalent)
Code of Practice
The Code of Practice seeks to deal with the behaviours of installers around specifying, selling, operating and maintaining renewable energy systems.
It covers:
Advertising and sales promotion.
Installation.
Post installation maintenance and repair.
A registration / membership scheme is operated by REIA support unit, whereby installers who complete accredited training, sign up to deliver within the terms of the Code of Practice would be issued with a registration card.
In order to register installers shall:
Have completed an accredited training course and demonstrated the required level of competency
Agree to random Quality Inspection of installations
Sign and adhere to the Code of Practice
Carry appropriate insurance
Quality Inspection
A quality inspection process operates, on a random basis whereby a team of inspectors carry out an independent quality inspection on installations completed by REIA registered installers.
REIA maintain a bank of registered inspectors appropriately trained and equipped to carry out quality inspections on behalf of REIA on each of the technologies. Training takes the form of the inspector completing the said course at the training centre, as well as practical training through mentoring.
REIA will randomly select installations for quality inspection and REIA registered inspectors will inspect the installation and complete the inspection report.
The outcome of an inspection will be determined by the quality inspector as follows:
Pass unconditional all aspects of the installation are adequate and no further work is required from the installer
Pass conditional Some minor faults require attention
Fail Major defects detected
Information
To find out more, contact:
Trevor Johnston
Renewable Energy Installer Academy
C/O Action Renewables
The Innovation Centre
NI Science Park
Queens Road
Belfast
BT3 9DT
Telephone: 028 9073 7865
Website: www.reinstalleracademy.org
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