Building capacity through training

CSE is one of the UK's leading providers of energy related training and can offer bespoke courses for companies, organisations and communities

Training

CSE is one of the UK's leading providers of energy related training.
 
We deliver approximately 80 separate courses each year including:
  • Courses as part of major programmes, e.g. for the Green Communities (formerly Community Action for Energy), or, in past years, for Bioheat or Every Action Counts
  • Specifically designed courses like Renewable Energy Essentials
  • Bespoke in-house training for local authorities, planners, energy suppliers, energy advice providers, housing associations and other agencies.
CSE is a registered training provider for the NEA City & Guilds 6176 Energy Advice course. We have secured accreditation and added CPD value to various renewable energy training programmes by working in partnership with national bodies such as the Energy Institute.
 
Our work for a wide variety of different audiences has included:
  • Running a national programme of workshops on planning and renewable energy for planners, inspectors and councillors, on behalf of DECC and CLG
  • Training planning officers and councillors on how to assess planning applications for large-scale renewable energy systems
  • Developing and delivering Green Communities (formerly Community Action for Energy) training throughout the UK to community groups and energy professionals, on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust, including courses covering energy awareness, energy auditing, project planning and funding
  • Delivering a programme of training (and technical consultancy) to improve energy management across public-sector employers in Bath and North East Somerset
  • Providing energy awareness courses for local authority staff, communities and energy company staff (including the City & Guilds 6176 and tailored courses)
  • Offering renewable energy training on a range of renewable energy technologies
  • Training ‘energy champions’ within local authorities, businesses and other large organisations
  • Designing a tenants’ energy and fuel poverty awareness-raising training resource for the Housing Corporation, and delivering this through InSTEP
  • Building resources for in-house trainers and senior local authority executives, on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust Scotland
  • Creating a training package to help planners in London promote and develop climate change mitigation policies, on behalf of London Energy Partnership

Our training can be provided as part of a package of services, including technical consultancy, advice and policy work. We can provide training to meet your specific needs, drawing on our wide range of experience.

We have designed, developed and delivered training courses for, and on behalf of:
 
Green Communities  |  Energy Saving Trust advice centres  |  DECC  |  InSTEP  |  npower  |  Bath & North East Somerset Council  |  University of Bath  |  Bath Spa University  |  Bath & North East Somerset PCT  |  Energy Saving Trust Scotland  |  National Trust  |  Energy Saving Trust Wales  |  London Energy Partnership
 
Click here for details of the Renewable Energy Essentials one-day course in domestic and community level renewable energy technologies.
 
Click here for a sample list of our training courses.
 
Click here to find out more about our training for the planning community.
 
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CSE is one of the UK's leading providers of energy related training