Comments on: Considering training as a domestic energy assessor (DEA)?

By: Con Detective

Con Detective — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:13:56 +0000

Dear Ex-Trainees,
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By: Property Professionals in Administration – Next Steps

Property Professionals in Administration – Next Steps — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:54:24 +0000

[...] Train as a DEA? [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:15:30 +0000

Dear Dina ,my commiserations to you. I also applied for the course and paid for it with a bank loan of £11 000 .After many letters to the company I managed to get back just over £4000 from them leaving me nearly £7000 outstanding which I cannot really aford to have on the mortgage.I went to citizens advice about it , but because the documents had been signed it was all legal and there was nothing that could be done.
Keep onto them , do not give up. You may get something back as I did.Keep in touch and let me know what happens.

By: NH

NH — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:43:44 +0000

I’ve been doing some research into becoming an energy assessor, so obviously read this article with interest.

It’s seems clear that in the domestic space, training as an assessor is not a wise move at the moment. However there’s little mention of the NDEA market & I was wondering if the Non-Domestic/Commercial sector is in a similar position?

Would be interested in any opinions on becoming an NDEA and prospects for a career in this field,

By: saved

saved — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:41 +0000

I am so glad to be able to say that i never did pay my money. Phewwww, i am so grateful, thanks guys. Unfortunately it seems many are not so fortunate

The ASA should be ashamed

By: newts

newts — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:15:34 +0000

Isn’t it slightly ironic that the Goolgle ads for this site is filled with DEA training and funding!

By: HIP-Consultant.co.uk

HIP-Consultant.co.uk — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:46:22 +0000

Thankyou to a recent reader who donated £5 to NSPCCC

By: dina

dina — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:38:01 +0000

My husband joined (college/training providers name removed sorry) to qualify for commercial energy assessor. He even took out a loan through them to then complete the home inspector course. He was told you could do the course part time and fit it in around your hours off work. This proved to be very difficult and he fell behind also my father was ill in hospital and my husband had to cover his delivery work as well as doing his own job. He was then told by (college/training providers name removed sorry) he would have to pay £300 to be allowed to continue with the course. He then decided that due to a lot of hidden costs such as exam fees ect he would not continue with the course. Since the loan had not started yet he asked (college/training providers name removed sorry) to settle the loan off. They have since written to us and stated that as they had already booked him in for the year and have paid to cover his course material they were able to refund the money back! I wish I had read this forum before we phoned them as we are now £12,000 in debt and it does not help that we are in the middle of a recession. What a RIP OFF. These people have no shame and should be punished and locked up in prison as it’s daylight robbery and I cannot believe the government is allowing it to happen. If any one has actually sued these people please let me know as I am thinking of getting a solicitor involved and contacting trading standards but not sure were we stand legally.

By: HIP-Consultant.co.uk

HIP-Consultant.co.uk — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:33:52 +0000

Thankyou to a recent reader who donated £10 to NSPCCC

By: snowed in

snowed in — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:25:27 +0000

Had an interveiw on Monday, in london. I assume for the same company as above. I had already come across this sight, so to be honest I used it as a practice interview, as I had been laid off in May and interviews had been a bit scarce. After asking a few questions of my interviewer (which is resonable considering you were being asked for £7.000 in funding) he started to throw his toys out of the pram. His response was that if I was not convinced by what he was saying I should leave the building. This is not the sort of reaction you would expect from a reputable company. They have now become aware that there is information available online which is making their job harder. Are there no honest people out there anymore?