The lunchtime session will take place on Tuesday 25 March, 12-2pm at Carnegie Conference Centre, Halbeath Road.

Organised by Fife Climate Hub and partners, the event will see installers and experts from local heat pump firm IMS, the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbers and Engineers Federation (SNIPEF) share their tips and stories around why we’ll see more heat pumps in the future – and what skills workers will need to fit them.

The event is open to anyone who is studying for or working in the plumbing and heating trades. There will be lunch provided, and assistance is available for travel costs.

Heat pump installer Scott Clark, from Crieff, works for IMS Heat Pumps. He said: “People are interested in heat pump technology. But they might have spoken to someone down the pub who has said ‘but they are very expensive to run aren’t they’. I explain that if the system is put in the way it should be, they’re not expensive to run.

“Lots of people also seem to think heat pumps won’t work in Scotland because of the temperature. They work in Canada so why not here?

“There will still be a need for gas engineers for some time to come, but there’s a massive shift happening.”

The event is being organised by Fife Climate Hub, Local Storytelling Exchange and Verdancy Training with the support of Fife College, SNIPEF and IMS Heat Pumps.