{"id":155742,"date":"2025-10-02T10:40:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=155742"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:40:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:40:49","slug":"ecitb-provide-online-decarbonisation-resource-welsh-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/ecitb-provide-online-decarbonisation-resource-welsh-water\/155742\/","title":{"rendered":"ECITB provide online decarbonisation resource for Welsh Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has created free e-learning content for Dwr Cymru Welsh Water<\/a> to support a net-zero transition<\/h2>\n

Under Ofwat\u2019s latest five-year asset management period (AMP8), water companies in Wales must cut greenhouse gas emissions to help meet Welsh net-zero targets.<\/p>\n

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water serves roughly 1.4m homes and businesses, and is working to make net zero a reality alongside the Welsh government.<\/p>\n

The decarbonisation resource offers foundational information<\/h3>\n

The course, titled Introduction to Decarbonising Engineering Construction, provides basic information on climate change, personal and organisational carbon footprints, and some actions being taken in the engineering construction industry to help reach net zero.<\/p>\n

Workers will be able to work through four modules, accessed through the ECITB EXPLORE platform.<\/p>\n

Head of energy efficiency Andrew Dixon said: \u201cAs an organisation, we\u2019re trying to evolve while also helping our goods and services providers on their decarbonisation journeys.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow Ofwat has introduced a performance commitment for this current five-year regulatory period it very much puts the onus on water companies and their emissions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese companies offer a service in a particular niche they\u2019re good at, but often they don\u2019t have the big head office function with a decarbonisation team. Anything that we can do to help them on their journey and with their understanding will be really beneficial for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have direct control over supply chains, partners or contractors, we just have influence, so working in partnership with the ECITB and having access to this net zero online content is definitely going to help.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got to trial the modules of the course and found them really useful, so knew this would be good for the wider water industry in Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n

ECITB standards are spreading throughout Wales<\/h3>\n

In September, ECITB qualifications were delivered<\/a> for the first time at the Welsh NPTC Group of Colleges.<\/p>\n

This consisted of three RQF qualifications in mechanical, pipefitting, and plating pathways available at Neath College, South Wales.<\/p>\n

Specifically, the qualifications include:<\/p>\n