For a limited time, subsidies are available to reimburse the cost of required training for the HPCN as well as a portion of employee wages for the time required to complete it.

Update April 2024: We have fantastic news - the HPSC has successfully acquired additional funding to support training subsidies for HPCN members! Our training subsidy fund has been generously topped up by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation. We will continue to update HPCN members on the training subsidy fund utilization over time.

CURRENT SUBSIDY FUNDS UTILIZATION: 0% (last updated April 2024)

You will want to submit your training reimbursement requests asap for the best chance available at being reimbursed. Reimbursements are provided on a first come, first served basis. Remember, you or your employee must complete all of the required training (including the Quality Installation courses for HVAC/Insulation) to be eligible for reimbursement.

Eligibility

• Subsidies are only available to contractors that are registered in the HPCN. The contracting business must pay for the employees training in order to be eligible for the subsidies as reimbursement payments are made to the contracting company, not to individual supervisors or installers.
• Subsidies are available for employees that have completed all mandatory qualifications in their HPCN sector. Employees that have completed some, but not all, of the required training are not eligible for subsidies. For example, you cannot request reimbursement for an employees' "TECA/HRAI courses" until they have also completed the "Quality Installation..." course).
• The eligibility timeframe for Fenestration subsidies is retroactive to January 1, 2021 and for HVAC and Insulation subsidies is retroactive to July 1, 2021; employees must complete, or have completed, required training after this date. Training completed prior to this date is not eligible for reimbursement.
• Subsidies apply to the first attempt at training only (i.e., first completion of a course or exam whether pass or fail). Any retakes will not be eligible for reimbursement.
• Subsidies are applicable to HPCN-required training only and are non-transferrable to other training, companies, or individuals.
• You may not "double dip" on reimbursement with other programs/grants such as the BC Employer Training Grant. You may only request reimbursement for training not already covered by another funder/grant.

Notes

• Maximum reimbursement limits per company may apply.
• Reimbursements are available on a first-come, first-served basis while funding lasts.
• Registration with the HPCN does not guarantee reimbursement of training costs.

Instructions

Subsidy reimbursements are processed in the HPCN portal. Log in and scroll down to the final stage "Training Reimbursement Request (optional)". Further instructions are provided in the stage itself:

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