My role as Head of Training Services for Kiwa UK, is to oversee Kiwa training business, develop relationships with external organisations and provide bespoke independent training courses and assessment products.Responsible for the development and launch of an assessment and surveillance scheme to evaluate compliant installation of retrofit energy efficiency systems through auditing of processes and procedures. The scheme provided assurance to the Eco funder and system designer that compliant installation, best practice and consistent quality was undertaken for the effective installation of retrofit energy efficiency measures to domestic dwellings. My work also extended to audit manufactures producing energy efficiency construction products for the building envelope products and systems for factory production control, technical assessment and verification for acceptance of Kiwa BDA Agrément certification.Kiwa also support my work with CIBSE as chair to the CIBSE Domestic Building Services Panel. The Panel members, a collection of experts from the heating industry aim to inform and promote best practice in building services when constructing or renovating better homes to deliver guidance for domestic building services engineers.

Responsible for the management and direction of solid fuel wood and biomass training courses specific to solid fuel wood and biomass technology. I also manage technical issues within the organisation to support our technical director..Develop training courses for the installation of solid fuel wood and biomass appliances. The courses developed are consistent with the micro-generation scheme and minimum technical competency requirements.Hetas training have now approved 25 training centres across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and last year we successfully trained nearly 3000 candidates which was a staggering growth of 74 % on the previous year - April 2013. Apart from other things I help at City & Guilds moderating exams relating to renewable technology. and also the chairman of the CIBSE Domestic Building Services Panel who publish the Domestic Heating Design Guide.

Implement new processes and set standards to control the installation of solid fuel and biomass appliances through the competant person scheme

Business Development Director