Green energy & retrofit
The country has to insulate 20 million homes. It needs hands, fast.
This month: free green bootcamp
Government Skills Bootcamps in solar installation, insulation, retrofit and heat pumps — free, a few weeks long, built for career changers.
£0 · fundedFirst job: installer's mate / retrofit operative
£24–28k. Basic DBS only. Demand is so high that firms train on the job.
Basic check onlyYear 1–2: certifications stack
Solar PV, EV charger installation, air-source heat pumps — each qualification is weeks, not years, and often funded.
The ceiling: £35–45k and decades of work
Net-zero targets mean this industry grows for the rest of your working life. Getting in early matters.
Not sure where your record stands? Since October 2023 most records become spent far sooner than people assume — and spent records are invisible to a Basic check, like the ones on this route.
Check yours — it stays on your phone →Real places to start
Links open the real provider. Good:Folk never sits in the middle.
More like this
All routes →Not sure this is the one? Answer four questions and get matched.