Apprenticeship training course

Community energy specialist (level 4)

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Information about Community energy specialist (level 4)

Helping communities work together to reduce energy use and costs. Promoting energy efficient heating.

• Knowledge, skills and behaviours:
  View knowledge, skills and behaviours

  Knowledge

  • Technology: the workings of renewable energy and associated technologies, their relative advantages, and the ability to identify appropriate solutions for individual
  • Energy efficiency: of home and business efficiency measures and an understanding of fuel poverty, its causes, impacts, and
  • National and local grids: the workings of the National Grid, how energy generating technology is linked into the grid and the function of local electricity
  • Legislation, guidance and policy: the legislative and policy framework surrounding community energy initiatives and the requirements of energy production and sale
  • Financial support: the financial, administrative and advisory support products and organisations in the community energy sector and relevant financial
  • Project management: the elements and costs of community energy schemes, including operation and Knowledge of different project delivery models and the ability in a team to deliver a project from start to finish.

  Skills

  • Community and corporate engagement: Organise and coordinate meetings, workshops, and events with community groups and champions, enabling engagement with private enterprises, local, and national
  • Leadership: Demonstrate full familiarity with the community in order to coordinate all stakeholders in a community energy project and ensure the pogression of actions in the project through to
  • Negotiation: Engage and influence people on the telephone and in person, from community volunteers to those in executive positions, effectively handling objections and encouraging support for community energy
  • Communication: Generate a range of media appropriate to the community energy sector such as social media posts, blogs, flyers, newsletters, and briefs to effectively disseminate information and raise
  • Public speaking: Effectively deliver presentations and engage with community members and other stakeholders at public, internal, and stakeholder
  • Project management: Select and apply appropriate project management principles and techniques to the specific context of community energy to successfully run and complete projects as part of a
  • Risk management: Identify the risks and mitigating strategies associated with community energy
  • Financial management: Use community energy specific computer software to assist in financial modelling and accounting of projects, interpreting information from the financial models to drive community energy projects to
  • Project funding: Identify and apply the correct community funding approach to a project’s
  • Site and building evaluation: Identify the most suitable renewable energy technologies and/or efficiency measures for implementation on a community
  • Report writing: Develop clear, structured, reports of action to support the project, tailored for community energy audiences that may not have detailed knowledge of technologies and
  • Data analysis: Conduct market research, and collect and analyse data to justify projects and evaluate their outcomes, for example identifying local potential for community investment and suitable sites for
  • Problem solving: Anticipate issues arising from the changing community energy marketplace and use a range of problem solving techniques to to address challenges faced in the development of community energy
  • Administration: Provide administrative support for community business development and operations, effectively maintaining client records and project
  • ICT skills: Effectively use a keyboard, operate standard Office software and learn/use relevant other IT programmes as required

  Behaviours

  • Commitment: A personal commitment to the principles of environmental sustainability and stronger
  • Empathy: Ability to gain an understanding of the concerns and approaches of voluntary community groups in order to inform
  • Interpersonal skills: Ability to form strong professional relationships with a diverse
  • Teamwork: Ability to work cooperatively with individuals and groups to effectively achieve a defined
  • Personal accountability: Responsible and self-motivated, able to work with little
  • Conscientious and meticulous: Desire to perform tasks to the best of your ability and to ensure thorough preparation of
  • Adaptability: Ability to evaluate the merits of a situation and be open to alternative
  • Flexibility: Be flexible in your approach to work, adapting to changing market and policy
• Apprenticeship category (sector): Business and administration
• Qualification level: 4; Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
• Course duration: 24 months
• Funding: £6,000 ; Maximum government funding for ; apprenticeship training and assessment costs.

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