New to assessing
Starting out as an energy assessor? Ask us anything.
Whether you are weighing up the training or you have just got your accreditation and want your first jobs, we have been there. Use the form and a real person will reply.
The route in
How you become a domestic energy assessor
- 1
Train and qualify
The recognised route is the Level 3 Diploma in Domestic Energy Assessment. Courses mix classroom or online study with assessed site work on real properties.
- 2
Join an accreditation scheme
You lodge certificates through a government-approved scheme such as Elmhurst Energy, ECMK, Quidos, Stroma or Sterling. They audit your work and provide the software.
- 3
Get insured and equipped
Professional indemnity insurance is required by every scheme. A laser measure, a camera, a torch and a tablet cover most visits.
- 4
Find your first jobs
That is where a panel helps. We book work into your diary, so your first months go on getting fast and accurate rather than chasing agents.
What we can help with
Plain answers from people who have done the first year
- Which training provider and scheme suit where you live and how you work
- What a realistic first year looks like: jobs, rates and travel
- Kit that is worth the money and kit that is not
- Adding retrofit, stock condition or MEES work later on
Already qualified and insured? Apply to join the panel and we will get you working.
About us
Who we are
Assessor Access is a panel for domestic energy assessors. Agents, landlords and housing providers send us the homes that need assessing; we book the visits and fill our assessors' diaries, and every certificate goes to the customer the moment it is lodged. A small office team runs it, and a real person answers every message.
Our other products
Tools we build for assessors
EPC Checker Search any UK property and see its energy certificate history, fabric details, improvement recommendations, heritage constraints and imagery in one view. Made by ECO Futures for people who assess homes. Open EPC CheckerReading and links
Where to read up
The official sources, the schemes and the bodies worth knowing. Each opens in a new tab.
The rules
- Energy Performance CertificatesGOV.UK: when a home needs an EPC, how long it lasts and what it shows.
- Minimum energy standards for rented homesGOV.UK guidance for landlords, the basis of MEES work.
- The Standard Assessment ProcedureGOV.UK: the method behind every home energy rating.
- SAP and RdSAP at BREThe specifications and their updates.
The register
- Find an energy certificateLook up any lodged certificate, including your own.
Training and schemes
- ABBEAn awarding body for domestic energy assessor qualifications.
- Elmhurst EnergyAccreditation scheme.
- ECMKAccreditation scheme.
- QuidosAccreditation scheme.
- Stroma CertificationAccreditation scheme.
- Sterling AccreditationAccreditation scheme.