Certified Insulation Installer
Insulation is an essential component of healthy, comfortable buildings and supports Australia’s energy transition by reducing energy demand and facilitating flexibility of heating and cooling services.
The Roadmap for quality control and safety in insulation installation – developed by a coalition of industry associations and released in May 2021 – identified training and certification of insulation installers as an essential step in enabling quality, safe insulation installations in Australian homes and commercial buildings.
In pursuit of this goal, an insulation installer program has been administered by the Clean Energy Council (CEC) since 2013. The program has been critical to enabling the safe and effective installation of insulation in Australia, but it needs to grow to scale impact. Acknowledging this and that the program no longer aligns with CEC’s core priorities, the CEC announced that it will discontinue the installer program after 31 March 2022, passing the baton to the Energy Efficiency Council (EEC).
The program is initially being taken on by the EEC on an interim basis until 30 June 2023 to enable a review of skills and training needs to ensure the program effectively facilitates the availability of qualified installers to deliver quality insulation installations across Australia. Recommendations from the review will be implemented and the improved program will operate from 1 July 2023.
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Please direct any questions regarding certification to certifications@eec.org.au.
Clean Energy Council passes the baton of insulation installer certification to the Energy Efficiency Council in 2022
Insulation is an essential component of healthy, comfortable buildings. The Roadmap for quality control and safety in insulation installation – which was developed by a coalition of industry associations and released in May 2021 – identified training and certification of insulation installers as an essential step in enabling quality, safe insulation installations in Australian homes and commercial buildings.
As announced in December 2021, with the rapid growth of the renewables industry and the Energy Efficiency Council’s (EEC) recent deep engagement with the insulation industry, the Clean Energy Council (CEC) has decided to pass the baton for managing the insulation installer certification program to the EEC. The CEC will stop processing new insulation installer applications from 1 April 2022, with the EEC beginning to do so from 1 July 2022, which will come into effect under the new umbrella certification framework that will be launched in the coming months.
The EEC will be managing the Insulation Installer Certification on an interim basis until 31 June 2023, with a review of needs undertaken in advance of then to ensure that the program effectively facilitates the availability of qualified installers to deliver quality insulation installations. Permanent arrangements will be announced in due course. Considering this, the CEC’s current program will be largely replicated under the interim arrangement with the EEC. However, the EEC will begin public consultation in early 2022 to ensure that the certification meets industry, government and consumer needs.