@ken-bone what doesn’t?

As @heacol says, some of us already have been installing low temp, heat pump ready systems for years. 

I have put design and efficiency over the so called regulations on many systems, open loop, no buffer, using the heat pump controller etc. 

Its in the heating industry's benefits, of trying to sell you another over complicated, over controlled, over engineered system.

@ken-bone you might want to mention your working area as folk are struggling to find installers to respond to enquiries for surveys and quotes.

OFTEC officially joins the world of heat pump training: https://www.oftec.org/discounted-heat-pump-training-available-for-installers-in-england

Looks like the training is MCS based.

I’ve seen a couple of less than positive comments about Heat Geek’s heat pump training in recent weeks. I’ve always been under the impression they’re solid. Some suggestions they still recommend on/off thermostats. 

What’s the consensus on Heat Geek trained heat pump installers?

We interviewed Malcolm Farrow from OFTEC to find out more about OFTEC's heat pump design and installation training, and we also got an update on the HVO trial which is now in its third year:

@heacol I hope you do! After my nightmare 8 months of my Eco4 HP installation mine is currently turned off (thank goodness for Youtube!) and waiting for Daikin to come back out to fix it as the initial installation was so bad they have been out to snag the installation but that work still wasn't done properly so they have had to come back spending 3 days last week replacing under sized pipes fitting things not fitted or in the right place and correcting wiring and still can't find the answer to one wiring issue, but even so I am not convinced I will be able to afford to even run it as I'm not convinced even when the Daikin guy arrives from head office that he will grasp that it really can be a question of eat or heat for some of us. Been scouring the internet to try and educate myself but information is as is often the case contradictory and confusing for those of us who don't have the technical knowledge. I might be old but I want to know what it does/can do and also have some control but like so many it seems I was left with just use thermostat and told I won't need to touch the controls. Apart from the fact it has not run properly for 8 months that was and is not good enough for me and set out to try and find out more, so stunned when I discovered just how much control there actually is if you know what to do. Problem is now I don't have enough knowledge to know how one change can affect what and whether it will be better or worse. I am shocked at the lack of installer knowledge and more importantly care for us end users. It's hardly surprising now that HP's are getting a bit of a bad reputation. I also have nowhere else to go with it, my cries will be unheard and no one will know what hell the last 8 months have been and still are frankly. I really hope there is some change coming and hope your endeavours work out for everyone's sake.