Conduct Home Energy Rating Assessments for Existing Homes

Overview

Conduct Home Energy Rating Assessments for Existing Homes is a mandatory unit for every pathway to accreditation as a Home Energy Rating assessor for existing homes.

You’ll learn the full assessment process:

• preparing for assessments
• inspecting homes onsite 
• collecting dwelling data
• using Home Energy Rating software
• generating certificates
• communicating results to householders

You’ll get hands-on experience with AccuRate Enterprise and Magicplan, and learn to meet privacy, consent, health and safety, and quality assurance requirements. The course suits current and aspiring assessors.

Duration

3 x Online sessions | Thursday Night | 6-9pm 

Assessment

The assessments will enable students to demonstrate the underpinning knowledge, skills and attributes required to meet the course outcomes. A range of assessment strategies to meet different students' needs will be selected, including reports, tests, practical assessments, placement assessments and demonstrations.

Skills Developed

• Prepare for and conduct Home Energy Rating assessments for existing homes
• Collect and verify onsite dwelling information and evidence
• Use approved Home Energy Rating software tools to complete assessments
• Generate Home Energy Rating certificates in line with NatHERS requirements
• Interpret and explain assessment outcomes to householders
• Identify key sources of household energy use and opportunities for improvement
• Apply privacy, consent, health and safety, ethical and quality assurance requirements

Compulsory Units

Fees

Pathways

This course is well suited to:

• Former Residential Efficiency Scorecard assessors transitioning to Home Energy Rating for existing homes assessment (streamlined pathway available – contact us for details)
• Home Energy Rating (NatHERS) assessor for new homes assessors looking to expand into existing homes assessment

Careers

Graduates of this course may pursue careers as:

• Home Energy Rating assessor for existing homes (accredited)
• Home energy efficiency consultant
• Residential building energy data collector / assessor
• Sustainability advisor in the residential property sector
• Building industry professional with a specialisation in energy performance

How To Apply

Applying for a course at Wodonga TAFE is a simple 4-5 step process. You can learn more here: Understanding the application process