AUGUST 2008 NEWSLETTER
S.W.A.A.T. CHARITY OPEN DAY 2008
The first ever S.W.A.A.T. Charity Open Day was held on Saturday 9th August and proved to be a big success.
Over £1000 was raised for the local charity, Ellie's Haven, a local charity aiming to build a non-medical holiday haven for the children of Devon and Cornwall who have life limiting disorders, and their families.
The day was well supported by manufacturers and companies including, Testo, Megger, Vaillant, Ken Russell Home Improvement Services, Liskeard, Polypipe, Baxi, Firebird UK
We were also pleased to welcome old friends and new faces alike and would especially like to thank Ben Bradshaw and Bill Cummins of the IPHE, Richard Bone, Antony Murray, Sean Smith, Phil of Delta Plumbing St Austell, Paul Parkinson and Barry Matthews, amongst others for giving up their time to support us.
The children's entertainment provided by Emazdad was very popular with both children and adults alike and provided a welcome relief from the wet weather conditions outside.
Sally, assisted by daughter, Jess, laid on some very tasty burgers and bacon rolls, as well as giving people a chance to view the latest addition to S.W.A.A.T.'s training facilities - a fully equipped catering van for the CMC commercial mobile catering assessment.
A Gas Industry Unsafe Situations quiz was held with entrants having to correctly identify faults with gas installations and determining under what category they should be classified, if the faults were unable to be rectified. This was won by Dave Chapman of Roche who gained a Viessmann Goodie Bag for his efforts.
The bumper charity prize raffle finished off a very enjoyable day and the prize winners were as follows;
Generous donations were also made to Ellie's Haven by Mr Barry Stagg Heating Services, Laurie Cleaves, Terry Callendar, Paul Parkinson Gas Services and Richard Bone.
ACS GAS ASSESSMENTS M.O.T.
ACS gas assessments can now be taken up to 6 months before they are due to run out, and the certificates will still run until their original expiry dates.
This is to allow operatives to book in to their local centres with the hope that they won't have to wait for weeks on end until the next available date due to high demands. Contact S.W.A.A.T. for further details.
OTHER NEW COURSES AVAILABLE
S.W.A.A.T. now offer the BPEC Rainwater Harvesting course which covers all aspects of design, installation and maintenance of rainwater and greywater systems.
We are also pleased to announce that we are now able to provide two new APHC courses; Above Ground Sanitary
Pipework and Rainwater Systems in Domestic Properties aims to update the knowledge of those attending the course, to meet the requirements of the current Building Regulations. The Installation of Solid Fuel Appliances and Heating
Systems Fed By Solid Fuel in Domestic Applications has been written by APHC in conjunction with HETAS and is designed to provide the relevant information required to ensure that installations of solid fuel appliances meets with relevant regulations.
The revised 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations come into force on 1st June 2008 and if you currently hold either City and Guilds 2380 (15th and 16th Edition 2001) or City and Guilds 2381 (16th Edition)
you can either wait to do the 17th Edition training and assessment (City and Guilds 2382 qualification) in the new year ot, if you are confident, do the 16th Edition assessment now (2381) and up-date to the 17th Edition in the new year.
If you hold neither the City and Guilds 2380 nor the 2381 qualification the 17th Edition is the qualification for you!
If you are looking to install ground source or air source heat pumps or simply want to know more information about the principles of them, installation designs, regulations regarding their installation and servicing and commissioning procedures of them, S.W.A.A.T. now has a one-day course available, which also covers underfloor heating installation
and principles.
PACKAGES AVAILABLE
Book our BPEC Unvented Domestic Hot Water course*, BPEC Solar Domestic Hot Water course* and Pasma Aluminium Tower course all at the same time and you'll only have to pay £550 + VAT, instead of the usual £600 + VAT.
*PLEASE NOTE: Candidates require both a BPEC Unvented and BPEC Solar Domestic Hot Water book which can be purchased directly from BPEC on 0845 644 6558.
* A 37" LCD HD Ready Colour TV donated by South West Assessment and Training was won by Stuart Player of Liskeard
* A Baxi Duo-tec Gas Combination Boiler donated by Baxi was won by M. Collins of Liskeard
* A weekend for two at the local Nebula Hotel was won by a local resident of Liskeard
* A Bristan shower donated by Delta Plumbing St Austell was won by Antony Murray Plumbing who very kindly donated it back so that Ellies Haven can have it fitted at their facilities when built.
* A >Phillips MP3 player donated by Vaillant was won by Mike Barkas
* A bottle of Malt Whiskey donated by Polypipe was won by D. Harvey
* A full set of BPEC training manuals worth over £300 was won by J. Bowden Plumbing and Heating of Torpoint
* A fleece jacket and bottle of champagne donated by Testo was won by Mrs B. Lower of Callington
* A set of golf balls donated by Testo was won by T. & J. Gas Engineers of Looe
* A complimentary meal for two at Liskeard Tavern was won by L. Cleaves
* A small hamper donated by CORGI Gas Services was won by John Clements
* A Kane carbon monoxide detector was won by Mike Laity
* A DCM330 multi-meter/200A clamp meter with a trade value of £89, kindly donated by Megger Ltd was won by Neil Robbins
* A leaf lamp worth £40.00, kindly donated by Sassak was won by Mrs Moffat of Liskeard
* A Motorola battery operated phone charger worth £20.00, kindly donated by Lyreco was won by Tim of Liskeard
* An adonised hob whistling kettle, kindly donated by Classic Country Ranges was won by Mr Edmonds of Plymouth
* High street gift vouchers to the value of £25.00, kindly donated by SAS & Trewarthas was won by a local resident of Liskeard
* Hair salon products to the value of £25.00, kindly donated by Hair Xtreme, Callington (01579 389258) was won by Bruce Bellingham
* Ball-cam mini security camera kindly donated by Select Security Systems was won by Sean Smith of SAS & Trewarthas Plumbing & Heating Ltd of Liskeard
* A bag of dog food kindly donated by Mole Valley Farmers was won by Steve Harris of Liskeard
* A Morrisons shopping voucher worth £5.00, kindly donated by Morrisons Supermarkets was won by Adrian Acaster of Acaster Plumbing and Heating, Launceston
* A selection of signed celebrity photographs including those of Gordon Ramsey, the cast of Little Britain, Geri Halliwell, Ricky Hatton, Arsene Wenger, the cast of Eastenders and the cast of Coronation Street, and a set of mugs donated by Ocean Services (S.W.) Ltd, St Austell, were all kindly donated back to Ellie's Haven so that they can be re-raffled and raise more money for the charity
