Utility Manager Academy (UMA) is the first training school exclusively aimed at training the figure of the Utility Manager. The institute has announced the imminent opening of 5 new offices in Italy.
The utility industry is evolving
The figure of the Utility Manager becomes increasingly popular. The official definition of the skills of the new professional figure was clearly specified for the first time almost two and a half years ago with the dissemination of the UNI 11782: 2020 standard. In just over two years, thanks to Uni and Assium, bodies active in the protection of the market and citizens through standardization, training projects aimed at the sector have grown. In this context, the projects of Utility Manager Academy (UMA) were born, a vertical training school that sponsors basic courses aimed at agents, purchasing managers, brokers and professionals operating in the field of electricity, gas, connectivity and telephony utility contracts.
At the beginning of the year, UMA created a new development program active throughout Italy, making use of the involvement of authoritative utility management players, and established the first local offices based on training and certifications in compliance with the UNI 11782: 2020 standard.
The UMA, therefore, is one of the first schools that has as its objective the training of the Utility Manager, considered a crucial tool to renew the utility management sector. In addition, UMA has had the opportunity to expand and establish new offices and new digital access points at historical and reliable players in various Italian regions, benefiting from the standardization by UNI and the investments made by investors in the sector.
Utility Manager Academy (UMA) opens 5 new locations
UMA’s new offices have been opened in Sicily, Puglia, Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy. These are dynamic entrepreneurial realities that are fully integrated into the world of utilities, created to strengthen and expand the network of certified agents.
The newly established training sites have been located in companies active in the utility management sector. Specifically, these are:
- NoiEnergia, a company that deals with electricity and gas supplies that has its headquarters in Bari but is also present in Lombardy, Sicily and Basilicata. “A reality that with time and experience has become the reference point in the energy supply sector, through the construction of a relationship with the customer based on trust”.
- PU Broker Sas has its registered office in Abruzzo but has access to it throughout Italy. “With over ten years of experience behind it, the company specializes in the management of disputes and litigation against operators in the areas of telephony, energy and gas.”
- Rebon, a company based in Tuscany and active mainly in Florence and Pisa. “It is a consulting company for companies and individuals, which aims to create awareness in its customers in order to obtain the best benefits on the economic side, therefore of savings, and on the ordinary management of utilities”.
- Assoben, known for being the national association of energy brokers with registered office in Treviglio but also present in Brescia and San Donà di Piave “Its purpose is to regulate the sector that has always been considered “strongly wild”.
- GLserVIS Srl, a Tuscan company engaged in the field of Electricity & Gas Utilities, Excise & VAT Recovery, Fixed Telephony and Internet, Energy Efficiency, Project Manager, Secondary Cost Management. “To connect our technical preparation to the activity of our customers, with a human and direct contact with people. This makes us able to optimize all those costs indirectly related to the actual work.
Utility Manager Academy (UMA): thematic courses, masters and workshops
The project was commented by the central management of UMA who explained: “The purpose of this project is to activate a widespread network of local training points capable of involving local professionals and giving them the opportunity to directly access centralized courses with programs studied in detail and responding to the provisions of the UNI 11782: 200 standard. We provide the experience gained in teaching and the partnerships with Intertek and Accredia that allow us to deliver the course and the exam for certification directly online through our platform and our teaching staff“.
The basic training courses are available at the UMA offices and the masters are also being activated. Courses and masters are entrusted and managed by the director of the Academy and its teachers. In the future, it is also planned to promote thematic workshops and launch the first course – guide for calculating the tax credit.