Apprentices receive training in the Key/Core Skills required by the HVACR, plumbing and electrotechnical industries and these are incorporated into each apprentice’s individual learning plan.

Key skills in England and Wales include:

• Communication - Level 2
• Application of Number - Level 2
• Information Technology (IT) - Level 1 HVACR only
• Information Technology (IT) - Level 2 student engineer/technician

Core skills in Scotland include:

• Communication - Intermediate 2
• Working with others - Intermediate 2
• Information Technology - Access 3
• Numeracy - Intermediate 2
• Problem Solving* - Intermediate 2

*This core skill is embedded within the framework and is not separately certificate