Fast-track Domestic Gas Course
(If you are looking for Fast-track Commercial/Industrial gas training please click here.)
Introduction
Full training course covering all aspects of gas safety.
Course Objectives/Key Benefits
On completion delegates will be able to demonstrate their safety awareness and competency in the contents of the course listed below in natural gas or LPG.
Who is the course aimed at?
Specifically designed for those have previous held ACS qualifications which are no longer current, but anyone with limited previous training and new entrants to gas (category 2) who hold NVQ level 3 in plumbing (or an accepted equivalent qualification).
Entry Requirements/Pre-requisites
In order to undertake the course candidates will need to provide evidence of either NVQ Level III qualification in plumbing or equivalent, or evidence of previous ACS assessments and/or CORGI registration (which are no longer current). There may also be an additional need to provide evidence that the person is currently working under supervision within the gas industry (in the form of a letter from their employer).
It may also be necessary to put together a portfolio of evidence of gas work carried out with a current Gas Safety Registered engineer to satisfy the requirements for joining the Gas Safety Register. If the person undertaking the course has previously held CORGI registration it will be unlikely that this will be required.
Course content
- Legislation
- Unsafe situations
- Combustion
- Gas controls
- Meters
- Gas pressures and flow
- Domestic pipework installation
- Tightness testing
- Purging
- Flues
- Ventilation
- Installation of domestic gas appliances
- Commissioning domestic gas appliances
- Servicing domestic gas appliances
- Carrying out safety checks of domestic gas appliances
Course Duration
Five days
Training Method
Practical workshop and theory. (Please note: This course can be carried out 'on-site')
Assessment
Practical workshop and theory.
Course Outcome/Qualification
Candidates who successfully complete the associated assessment will be recommended for assessment under ACS.
Materials needed
Candidates will need an up-to-date Viper Gas Book, which is available direct from our office (01579 348544).
Materials provided
Candidates will be provided with a training pack.
Prices
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