Bridges Ventures

New Career Skills (NCS) is helping people tap into a lucrative career market with the launch of a brand new course for 2009. The company is training people to become Domestic Green Engineers (DGEs). There is currently a massive shortage of properly-trained DGEs, whose job it is to help home-owners and builders of new homes reduce their carbon footprints.

All homes being sold or rented in the UK require an Energy Performance Certificate, which tells the owner of the property what the dwelling currently consumes in energy and gives out in CO2.  DGEs will be able to show householders how to save money and energy by installing more efficient, green energy solutions in their homes, such as solar hot water, ground source heat pumps and rainwater harvesting.  Another vital part of a DGE’s job is to advise builders of new homes on ways of being greener.

New Career Skills’ Chief Executive, Steven Wines said:

 “Being a Domestic Green Engineer is a pretty safe job to have during this difficult economic climate. The Government’s pledge to tackle climate change means there is plenty of work out there already, with more to come.”

NCS is a vocation focused training provider offering individuals looking for a career change the opportunity to retrain as plumbers, electricians or domestic energy assessors. It has trained over 5,000 students through its blended learning training programmes, an alternative to apprenticeship.

Bridges Ventures has been working with NCS since February 2008.

For more information, visit www.domesticgreenengineer.co.uk.