The ‘SKILLSAFE-EU’ project aims at developing an industry-wide guideline across the EU to help manufacturers and installers design, store, transport, install and dispose monobloc heat pumps containing R290 (Propane) as the refrigerant for residential applications. It is the intention to form a joint industry expert group comprising industry leading manufacturers, national and sectoral associations and training institutions to facilitate the creation of such a guideline. Upon drafting, trial trainings involving a network of heat pump installers will be conducted to validate the proposed draft. This presents an opportunity to identify practical improvements to the draft with input from training schools and further strengthen the guideline. The challenges presented in the expert group and observations from the trial trainings and the surveys will be further used to disseminate information.