You install it. We run everything around it.
LCT is building a vetted network of heat pump, solar PV, battery storage and EV charging installers across the UK, ahead of the client programmes it will serve. If your work is careful and certified, and you would rather be installing than chasing paperwork, tell us about your business.
- Jobs surveyed and scoped before they reach you
- One point of contact
- Paid by LCT
- Free to join
Do the work. Leave the rest to us.
Our clients sell the technology. You install it. We sit in between and carry the survey, the scope, the compliance paperwork, the inspection and the handover, so that an installer's day is spent installing.
Jobs arrive surveyed and scoped
Every job we assign has been surveyed and scoped before it reaches you, with a defined scope of works and a bill of materials. No speculative site visits, and no quoting to win the work.
One point of contact
You deal with LCT, not the brand that sold the job, the finance provider behind it or a chain of subcontractors. One team coordinates the booking, the timeline and the questions.
The paperwork is ours
DNO applications, building-regulation notifications, warranty registration and the handover pack are coordinated centrally. You produce the test results and certificates for your own work; we handle the rest of the trail.
Paid by one partner
You are paid by LCT for the work we assign, under a written subcontractor agreement, not by the householder and not by our client. The terms are agreed before the first job, not after it.
Standards you can see
Quality is checked independently on every job, by someone other than the installer who did the work. The standard is written down before you start, and good work is recorded as good work.
A network built deliberately
We are a young company building the network region by region and technology by technology, rather than signing up everyone and sorting it out later. If we take you onto the register, it is because your business fits a region or technology we are building out.
What we look for.
We vet every installer on the register against the same standard, whatever the size of the business. These are the things we ask about, and later ask you to evidence. If you are not sure you meet one of them, apply anyway and tell us; we would rather know.
Qualified people
For electrical work, BS 7671 18th Edition and, for whoever signs off the installation, City & Guilds 2391 inspection and testing. For each technology, the relevant qualification: City & Guilds 2919 for EV charging, City & Guilds 2399 for solar PV, a recognised heat pump installation qualification, a recognised battery storage qualification, and F-Gas certification where the work involves handling refrigerant. We also ask about NVQ Level 3 and ECS or JIB cards.
Scheme registration
Registration with a competent person scheme, for example NICEIC or NAPIT, so that notifiable electrical work can be self-certified under the Building Regulations. Where the work falls within MCS scope, we ask whether you hold MCS certification, for which technologies, and your certificate number. Larger commercial systems sit above the MCS thresholds, so we ask about that track record separately.
Insurance
Public liability and employers' liability insurance, in force, with the insurer, the level of cover and the renewal date. We typically look for public liability cover of at least £5 million. Employers' liability is a legal requirement for most employers. Tell us what you hold; if it differs from what we typically look for, we will talk it through rather than assume.
Health and safety
A named health and safety lead we can reach, risk assessments and method statements for the work you do, and an honest account of any RIDDOR-reportable incidents in the last three years. An incident is not an automatic no. A gap in how you handled one is a concern.
Track record
Installations you have completed, the manufacturers whose approved-installer schemes you are on, and references we can take up. For commercial battery storage we ask specifically about the systems you have installed, their size and the kind of site.
Coverage and capacity
The regions you can cover, how many qualified installers you have, and realistic lead times. We would rather you told us a small number you can keep to than a large one you cannot.
How you treat the customer
On our clients' jobs the brand on site is theirs, not ours and not yours. We look for installers who turn up when they said they would, keep the customer informed, leave the site clean and never approach the customer for other work. It is part of the standard, not an extra.
Documents are not uploaded on the application. If we take your application forward, we will ask for copies of your insurance schedules, scheme certificates and qualification cards by email.
From application to first job.
Onboarding is deliberate, because the vetting is the point. Here is what happens after you press submit.
Apply
Tell us about your business, your people, your qualifications, your insurance and the regions you cover. It takes about fifteen minutes, and nothing needs uploading.
We review it
A person reads every application and reviews it against the technologies and regions we are building out. We reply to every applicant by email, whether or not we are taking it further at this stage.
We ask for documents
If your application fits, we ask for copies of your insurance schedules, scheme certificates and qualification cards, and take up references. Nothing is uploaded on the form; we request what we need by email.
A conversation and an agreement
You talk to the person who runs our installer network about how you work, the kit you carry and what you want from us. If both sides want to go ahead, we send a written subcontractor agreement that sets out the standard, the process and the payment terms before any job is assigned.
On the register
You join the installer register for the technologies and regions you have evidenced. When a job matches your technology, region and capacity, we offer it to you with the survey and scope attached. You can accept or decline each job. Joining the register is not a promise of work from us, and not a commitment to take it from you.
Apply to join the network.
The form takes about fifteen minutes. You will need your company details, your insurance details (insurer, level of cover and renewal date), and the qualifications and scheme registrations your installers hold. Nothing is uploaded; we request documents by email if we take your application forward.
- A person reads every application.
- No cost to apply or to join.
- Your details are handled under our privacy policy.
Questions installers ask.
We are honest about this. LCT is building its installer network ahead of the client programmes it will serve, so joining the register does not guarantee work, and we will not pretend otherwise. As programmes come on, work is matched to installers by technology, region and capacity. Joining is not exclusive, and you can accept or decline each job we offer. Applying now means you are on the register when the work arrives.
No. There is no fee to apply, no fee to join the register and no fee per job. We earn our money from the clients whose installations we coordinate, not from installers.
It depends on the work. Where an installation falls within MCS scope, typically domestic and smaller systems, we ask for your MCS certification and the technologies it covers, because our clients' customers may depend on it for grants and consumer protections. Larger commercial systems sit above the MCS thresholds, and for that work we look at your qualifications, your scheme registration and your track record instead. If you are not MCS certified, apply anyway and tell us what you hold.
Our client's customer, under our client's brand. We work white-label, which means the survey, the paperwork and the handover carry the client's name, and you are there as part of their delivery. You do not approach the customer for other work.
By LCT, for the work we assign to you, under the written subcontractor agreement you sign before the first job. You do not invoice the householder or our client. The payment terms are set out in that agreement rather than on this page, so that what you sign is what you get.
Nothing at the application stage. If we take your application forward, we will ask by email for copies of your public liability and employers' liability schedules, your competent-person-scheme and MCS certificates where you hold them, qualification certificates or cards for the people who will do the work, and your risk assessment and method statement templates. We may also take up references.
Yes. We vet on qualifications, insurance, safety and track record, not on size. A one-person business with the right certification, in-date cover and a clean record is exactly the kind of installer the network needs. Tell us your real capacity, and that is what we will plan around.
Prefer to talk first?
Email partners@lowcarbon.services with a few lines about your business, the technologies you install and the regions you cover, and we will come back to you.