Paul Spence: What’s Wrong With Heat Pump Installations?

What does a qualification actually tell you about the person installing your heat pump? Paul Spence has been in heating since 1980, and his answer is blunt: not much.Paul started as an apprentice at Leeds Building College, spent five years as a marine engineer in the Royal Navy working on screw compressor chillers and ships' cooling systems, then went self-employed through the combi boiler boom of the 1990s. He now runs the Heat Pumps UK Facebook group, with 33,000 members, and has spent years rectifying heat pump systems that were signed off as compliant and still didn't work.In this episode we talk about what an apprenticeship used to involve versus a three-day course, why City & Guilds gave way to NVQs, how gas certification quietly let people into wet heating work they weren't trained for, and why the same problem has reappeared in heat pumps. Paul explains why he thinks MCS, MCS 3005D and BS 12831 have made installers' lives harder without improving standards, what the Boiler Upgrade Scheme's future means for certification bodies, and what a genuine apprenticeship route for the next generation of heat pump installers would look like.If you've had a heat pump installed and it isn't performing, or you're an engineer fed up with the paperwork, this one is for you.#heatpump #heatpumps #heatpumpinstaller➤ Need help choosing a trusted heat pump installer?🔗 https://trustedheatpumpinstallers.co.uk/🎙️ Energy Unwrapped Podcast:🔗 https://energy-stats.uk/energy-unwrapped-podcast/⚡ Switch to Octopus Energy🔗 https://mickwall.octopus.energy/⚡Switch to E.ON Next🔗 https://tidd.ly/4xD3E6R⚡Switch to EDF Energy🔗 https://tidd.ly/4a2Xbbr⚡ Axle Energy Referral (free to join and £25 sign up bonus)🔗 https://vpp.axle.energy/landing/grid?ref=R-ZWPYRZOD