Boosting the heat pump workforce: overcoming apprenticeship barriers

Nesta ran a short exploratory project to investigate the challenges that employers, colleges and apprentices face in the heat pump apprenticeship system.

We wanted to understand whether alleviating these challenges could increase the number of apprentices that are taken on by employers, and if doing so could be an important way to grow the heat pump workforce.

We interviewed representatives from heat pump businesses, training colleges, trade associations and certification bodies to understand the challenges they faced. We then used our findings to develop potential innovation projects that Nesta could work on to solve identified challenges and help increase apprentice uptake.