Question reference: S5W-11854
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 6 October 2017
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it can ensure that there will be a supply chain of professional accredited assessors for traditional buildings; how it will assess their accreditation standards, what steps it is taking to ensure that training and qualifications are developed to establish a qualified workforce to support the installation of energy efficiency measures.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to improving the energy efficiency of all types of buildings across Scotland as part of Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme (SEEP). A key element of SEEP will be to ensure that we have a workforce with the right skills, including those for traditional buildings, in the right places and numbers to deliver the programme aims. We will publish a routemap on the future direction of the programme next year.
With reference to grant aided projects improving traditional buildings, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) actively support professional body accreditation and also require a lead professional for grant schemes to be conservation accredited.
HES continues to support the retrofit sector, contributing technical material for the development of skills and qualifications in this area, linking in with wider further education provision at all levels and the resources to develop qualifications at Trade, supervisory and assessment levels in thermal refurbishment.