Recommendation 26

We recommend that the Government resumes work undertaken by the previous Government to prepare a Net Zero and Nature Workforce Action Plan. This should be published by the end of 2025 and include a specific roadmap for meeting the skills needs of the home retrofit sector, including via the Growth and Skills Levy mechanisms. It should also ensure that training courses and qualifications for heating engineers cover work on low carbon heating technologies as part of the core curriculum, rather than an add-on. This should be a cross-government endeavour with the Skills Minister accountable to ensure full engagement between the Office for Clean Energy Jobs, Skills England, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Education. Once it is fully established, Skills England should also prioritise the skills needs of the low carbon retrofit sector. (Recommendation, Paragraph 138)