Colin has managed to break down a complicated course into bite sized chunks making learning faster and easier. Quality work.
Why Choose The Lightning Protection Academy
Our courses are written by a highly-experienced practitioner in the field of lightning protection.

Insight & Experience
Our courses bring real insight and experience into learning to contextualise and enhance the e-learning experience. We don’t provide generalist training; we just teach the disciplines that we have genuine expertise in and our tutors have a proven track record in this discipline.
Aim
The aim of our courses is to enable you to acquire knowledge and understanding using a mode of study that fits in with your work and other commitments. Different people will be able to allocate different amounts of time per week to follow the course. The important thing is that you go at your own pace in order to ensure that you understand and learn the information which it contains. All information needed will be provided by the study unit text in a progressive and logical way.


Effective Training
We recognise that e-learning is a cost-effective training method and is becoming an important part of many organisations’ training and development activities which is why the Lightning Protection Academy now offer e-learning courses to complement classroom-based learning, and Lightning Protection NVqs we traditionally offer.
Industry Leading Training & Certifications
For Lightning Protection / Fall Arrest Engineer Qualifications and to obtain your CSCS Skills Card.
Millbrook First Academy provides the full package from the advice to suit you & the best route to take to meet your requirements.
Your fully comprehensive e-learning package for LPS T&I follows the requirements to meet with the NVQ Level 3 LPS Test & Inspect Engineer qualification unit QCF325 (NOCN – R/503/9823)
The Foundation Course for the recognised British Standard BSEN 62305 for the design, installation and testing of lightning protection systems.
Designed for all levels and includes a two-year membership allowing 24/7 access to all training units.
Industry Supporters & Contributors
We are dedicated to supporting the advancement of the lightning protection industry and we are proud to work with many industry partners and organisations.
Trusted By Customers And Industry Experts Alike
At the Lightning Protection Academy we are teaching 2,000 students a year while making Lightning Testing & Inspection less stressful, more productive and hopefully just a little more professional. We’re honoured and humbled by the great feedback we regularly receive from our customers on a daily basis. We’re proud to have maintained our customer satisfaction rate at 98% – increasing it every year for the past five years.
Colin Cooper
5/5
Brilliant course, I found it a good refresher and learning exercise. The e-learning course is great if you are embarking upon coming a LPS Engineer or as a refresher training, perhaps for CPD. The video tutorials are clear and gives you invaluable instructions when out in the field, conducting LPS Testing and Inspection.
Posted: 07/02/2023
Michael Ward
5/5
I completed the course & dare I say it, I was a little bit dissapointed when I reached the end, as I found it a pure joy as well as informative & engrossing. I will definately be doing more courses with Colin & Millbrook First as it just adds a lot more Arrows to my Bow. every course completed increases my liking for the Industry as a whole.
First Class Service & really user friendly, so whats not to like. I am looking forward to my BS EN 62305 Foundation Course in March & then who knows!!
Posted: 02/02/2023
Jordan Brown
5/5
Colin was absolutely fantastic throughout the process; he made it as easy as possible to achieve my qualification while also working full-time on site. His feedback was gentle and helpful and he was always available to help with questions and uncertainties. Hugely grateful to him for his help, thank you so much!
Posted: 15/01/2023
Sean Rich
5/5
great content and very informative, taught me a few things and I have been in the industry for 30 years.
Posted: 12/01/2023
Daniel Robinson
5/5
Absolutley fantastic course!. The theory side of LP testing was always a little daunting for me but this course was brilliantly explained in detail with no technobabble. It was layed out very well and at no point did I feel overwhelmed by information. I would highly recommend this course.
Posted: 15/11/2022
Phil griffiths
5/5
Fantastic course that has a great trainer.
Colin has been brilliant, he helps you through out the whole course to help you get through it.
He will push you and make sure your doing the videos so you can keep on top.
More lightning protection guys need to get on board.
Cheers Colin
Posted: 25/10/2022
Andrew
5/5
One of the best courses I’ve completed up till now I hope I can carry on learning from Colin he’s a vary helpfull and makes learning fun
Posted: 14/10/2022
Matthew Yates
5/5
I THROUGHLY ENJOIED DOING MY NVQ WITH COLIN, I LEARNT A LOT DURING THE COURSE AND IT HAS INPROVED MY KNOWLEDGE OF SAFE WORKING PRACTISES.
COLIN COULDN’T HAVE BEEN MORE HELPFUL I WOULD RECCOMEND TO ANYONE WANTING TO DO AN NVQ IN FALL ARREST/WORK AT HEIGHT.
Posted: 20/09/2022
RICHARD POPE
5/5
Very useful and worthwhile course packed with comprehensive well presented information and practical guidance.
Backed up with great course notes and access to videos and learning modules presented in an easy understandable ,
relatable way by Colin . Many Thanks
Posted: 05/08/2022