DEA Training: Most Requested Career

LearnDirect reveals 2007 data

Submitted by: MikeC (Admin) on 28-Jan-08 02:38:50 PM

(Via HIPCentral) The Observer, today, reports the most-requested career advice dished-out by LearnDirect in 2007, was for the Domestic Energy Assessor profession.

If you thought training providers were inflating DEA earnings in their ads, Plumbers apparently earn £80k/yr!

The data shows that the most asked-after job last year was that of a domestic energy assessor - the official who checks a property's energy efficiency for home information packs (Hips), which are now compulsory when selling a house. The huge media interest in Hips has led people to think there is a lot of work for assessors, according to Oliver Burney, a careers coach at Learndirect

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