Gas Engineers Reluctant to Retrain as Heat Pump Installers, MPs Hear

Gas engineers are reluctant to retrain as heat pump installers because of the complexity of installation and the fear of callbacks to properties for malfunctioning systems, a gas engineers professional has told MPs. Mark Crowther, a fellow at the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers, told the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee on Wednesday that in his experience, engineers are reluctant to move into heat pump installation, in part because current gas engineering work is more stable. He said engineers are focusing on maintaining their gas engineering registration because “that enables you to earn good money day in day out, changing condensing boilers or doing landlord certificates.”...