Now is the perfect time to plan ahead and get ready for when demand for heating and ventilation products spike, so you’re primed and ready to maximise sales.

Investing in the EDA’s award-winning Product Knowledge Modules isn’t just about learning, it has a measurable positive impact on your business and strengthens your position as the trusted expert your customers reply on.

Fewer mistakes and increased sales

By reducing costly mistakes, improving accuracy, and building deep product confidence across your team, the modules empower staff to provide clear guidance on the products they sell. This increases customer satisfaction, builds trust, creates upselling opportunities and ensures customers return.

Best-in-class commendations

Setting the benchmark for professional skills development in the UK’s electrotechnical sector, this EDA training programme has two Princess Royal Training Awards – in 2022 and again in 2025.

The EDA’s training module Heating and Ventilation covers:

• The principles of heat
• Heating – elements, controls and types of heaters
• The principles of hot water
• Types of water heaters
• The principles of ventilation
• Ventilation applications

Online learning through The EDA Academy

When studying the modules, there is a choice of formats:

• Online learning through The EDA Academy (with video and interactive content), OR
• A hard copy textbook which is yours to keep

Test your knowledge

Have a go at this quiz sampled from the Heating and Ventilation module and check your answers below. If the results show that you need to boost your team’s know-how, talk to the EDA today.

Q1. True or false: The hotter the object the more radiation it gives off.
Q2. Convection is the transfer of heat between what elements?
Q3. A mechanical thermostat contains a bi-metallic strip, how many strips of metal are there?
Q4. A tundish should be installed in a system as this shows a homeowner, what?
Q5. What size unvented cylinder is recommended for a property with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths and shower?
Q6. Fill in the missing word. Forward curve fans are very good at providing __________

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Answers

Q1: True
Q2: Liquids or gases
Q3: Two metal strips
Q4: Whether a fault has developed and maintenance is urgently needed.
Q5: 210 litres
Q6: Pressure

How did you do?

Full marks: Well done.

3 – 5 out of 6: Time to fill in any gaps in your knowledge and build confidence.

Less than 3: EDA Product Knowledge Training needed.

Watch the video and download the Course Directory

There’s plenty of information online at www.eda.org.uk including a video and a downloadable Course Directory, giving you a summary of what’s covered in each of the 12 training modules.

The EDA team is ready to help. Call 020 3141 7350 or email training@eda.org.uk

For more information, click here

Find more ‘EDA Insight’ articles here

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The EDA’s Product Knowledge Modules help businesses like yours create cross-selling and up-selling opportunities by building knowledge and confidence. These training modules have won a Princess Royal Training Award so you can be assured of their value.

Heating and Ventilation is one of the 12 EDA’s Product Knowledge Modules created to develop the professional knowledge and confidence of your team.

Training in Heating and Ventilation includes:

• The principles of heat
• Heating – elements, controls and types of heaters
• The principles of hot water
• Types of water heaters
• The principles of ventilation
• Ventilation applications

Online learning through The EDA Academy

All the EDA Product Knowledge Modules are available to study electronically via The EDA Academy, the Association’s e-learning portal. Each training course is delivered through video and interactive learning, but if the original hard copy textbook is preferred these are still available.

Years of knowledge to give your team a commercial edge

City & Guilds accredited, this training programme harnesses decades of combined expertise from product experts at EDA manufacturers and allied trade associations to create an accessible and practical training opportunity for you and your team. 

Test your knowledge

Have a go at this quiz sampled from the Heating and Ventilation module. Then check your answers below. If the results show that you need to boost your team’s know-how, talk to the EDA today.

Q1: Heat is transferred to and from objects in three different ways. What are they?
Q2: Convection is the transfer of heat between what elements?
Q3: A halogen heater emits 2200°C, but what colour light does it give off?
Q4: The size of an electric multi-point heater ranges from?
Q5: There are five types of ventilation systems. What is system 1?
Q6: How efficient is an electric central heating boiler?

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Answers:

Q1: Conduction, radiation and convection.
Q2: Liquids or gases.
Q3: Yellow/orange.
Q4: 30 litres to 100 litres.
Q5: Intermittent extract fans with background vents.
Q6: It gives an even spread of heat.

How did you do?

Full marks: Well done.

3 – 5 out of 6: Not bad. Could the EDA training help you to fill in any gaps in your knowledge and help you progress in your career?

Less than 3: The EDA Product Knowledge Programme could be just what you need to boost sales.

Watch the video and download the course directory

There’s plenty of information online at www.eda.org.uk including video and downloadable course directory, giving you a summary of what’s covered in each of the 12 training modules.

The EDA team is ready to help. Call 020 3141 7350 or email training@eda.org.uk

For more information, click here

Find more ‘EDA Insight’ articles here

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The EDA’s Product Knowledge Modules help business like yours create cross-selling and up-selling opportunities by building knowledge and confidence. What’s more these training modules have recently won a Princess Royal Training Award 2022 so you can be assured of their value.

Heating and Ventilation is one of 12 training courses in the programme. The EDA modules are completely flexible and can be studied in any order or combination. You choose only the training your team needs.

Professional know-how to drive sales

Improving your team’s technical know-how through the EDA’s training could unlock additional revenue for your business.

This training course will help your team understand which types of heating, cooling, ventilation and water systems suit the different spaces in our homes or businesses and why, covering:

• The principles of heat
• Heating – elements, controls and types of heaters
• The principles of hot water
• Types of water heaters
• The principles of ventilation
• Ventilation applications

Years of knowledge to give your team a commercial edge

City & Guilds accredited, this training programme harnesses decades of combined expertise from product experts at EDA manufacturers and allied trade associations to create an accessible and practical training opportunity for you and your team.

EDA Product Knowledge modules are also approved for Continuing Professional Development by The CPD Certification Service.

Test your knowledge

Have a go at this quiz sampled from the Heating and Ventilation module. Then check your answers below. If the results show that you need to boost your team’s know-how, talk to the EDA today.

Q1: Which fan type is the most common?

Q2: A PIV system should have the fan located where?

Q3: On the Kelvin scale, what does 18 degrees C equate to?

Q4: True or false: the hotter the object the more radiation it gives off.

Q5: What does MVHR stand for?

Q6: What is another name for a plinth heater?

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Answers:

Q1: Axial

Q2: Centrally or in the hallway/landing

Q3: 291

Q4: True

Q5: Mechanical ventilation and heat recovery

Q6: A kick space heater.

How did you do?

Full marks: Well done!

3 – 5 out of 6: Not bad. Could the EDA training help you to fill in any gaps in your knowledge and help you progress in your career?

Less than 3: The EDA Product Knowledge Programme could be just what you need to boost sales.

Watch the video and download the course directory

There’s plenty of information online including video and downloadable course directory, giving you a summary of what’s covered in each of the 12 training modules. For more information, click here

The EDA team is ready to help. Call 020 3141 7350 or email training@eda.org.uk.

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