New Entrants to the Gas Industry (CITB Intermediate Gas Certificate)
Course
Blended learning in Hull
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Methodology
Blended
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Location
Hull
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Duration
4 Weeks
To achieve: CITB Intermediate Gas Certificate. CCN1. 4 x Appliances to service and install. The knowledge and skill to enter the gas industry as a qualified and experienced gas engineer. Suitable for: This course is suitable for all individuals wanting to upskill or change their career path and enter the Gas Industry. New Entrants / Service Leavers, Plumbers, Office workers etc etc.
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Course programme
New Entrants into the Gas Industry (Category 2 / 3)
Preferably, but not essential, prior to commencing training, you are working under the supervision of a GAS SAFE registered installer. Alternatively, following the Gas Technology training, you will need a work placement with a GAS SAFE registered installer.
Due to the rigors of the assessment process, candidates will need to consider their position carefully as to the depth of their pure gas working experience covering core gas safety, installation and maintenance of appliances in order to obtain written evidence from the GAS SAFE registered business. The written evidence will confirm you have undertaken ‘on the job’ gas installation or maintenance training and have experience of carrying out gas work.
Gas Technology – Off-the-Job Training – At Crownship
4-weeks ‘block’ duration.
The purpose of this course is to provide underpinning knowledge and skill required to work effectively and safely in the Gas Central Heating Industry. It will prepare existing trade people who hold associated skills, for the Core Gas Training prior to taking the formal assessment.
On completion of the course participants will be conversant with: Use of the Gas Safety Regulations to identify and rectify contravention of the regulations
· Understand the requirements for taking flu gas samples
· Calculate CO/CO² ratio from a combustion sample
· Test a flue system, using appropriate procedures
· Calculate ventilation requirements for appliances, using the appropriate formulae
· Determine the working and standing pressure of a gas installation
· Determine the correct burner pressure of an appliance
· Calculate the gas rate and heat input of an apliance burner
· Test for soundness using the appropriate procedures, tools and equipment
· Purge an installation using appropriate procedures
Tutorial
· Safety and Legislation
· Combustion
· Flues and Ventilation
· Pressure and Flow
· Domestic installation
All tutorials include both theory and practical elements. A process of continuous assessment is employed thoughout the course to monitor the candidate's performance.
Practical Task (with tutoral support)
· Flue gas analysis
· Calculate ventilation requirement
· Surveying and testing flues
· Carrying out pressure tests on installation
· Carry out burner pressure test and calculate gas rate and heat input
· Survey installation
· Carry out soundness test and purge installation
Practical assessment without assistance, based on previous practical tasks
Writren assessment to be completed under examination conditions, operatives must achieve 75% miniumum to pass.
Upon successful completion of the Portfolio of evidence and Approval by Crownship’s Assessor the candidate may continue to undertake the ACS assessments and additional appliances via the Category 1 route (below).
Core Domestic Gas Training
The Core Domestic Gas course is suitable for engineers need to renewal their domestic natural gas qualifications or as a progression for new entrants having recently achieved the CITB Intermediate Gas Certificate qualification via Crownships New Entrants to the Gas Industry route.
· Gas Safety Legisaltion
· Emergancy Actions and Procedures
· Characteristics of Combustion
· Ventilation
· Installation of Pipework and Fittings
· Tightness testing
· Identifications of Unsafe Situations
· Emergency Notices and Warning Labels
· Flueing Standards
· Meter Regulators (Check / Setting)
· Emergency Isolations Controls and Valves
· Appliance Burner Pressures / Gas Rates
· Operation / Checking of Appliance
· Safety Devices / Controls
· Installation of Open / Balance Fan Assisted Flue Assemblies
· Procedures for Establishing / Re-Establishing Gas Supply
All of the above are tutorial with practical demonstration and simulation
CCN1 Assessment
Core Domestic Gas Training (4 Days)
CCN1 Written Exams – 4 papers (1 Day)
· 1st Attempt on each paper - no minimum score required
· 2nd attempt on each paper (only the question incorrect after the 1st attempt to be retaken) - minimum score of 80% required after 1st and 2nd attempt combined
· 3rd attempt (verbal – only the questions incorrect after 2nd attempt to be retaken) held during practical assessment – 100% required if not already attained on 2nd attempt
CCN1 Practical (1 Day)
Domestic Gas Appliance Training
This course explores the application of the gas safety regulations to identify and rectify any contravention of the regulations. The operative will learn how to install, disconnect, service, repair breakdowns and commission domestic gas space heaters, domestic gas water heaters, domestic gas cookers, domestic gas central heating boilers and warm air units.
Tutorial
· Safety and legislation
· Install, commission, service and repair
· Domestic cookers
· Space heaters
· Water heaters
· Central heating boilers
Practical Tasks
· Survey installations
· Install appliances
· Commission appliances
· Service appliances
· Rectify faults on appliances
· Be able to identify appliance components
Applaince Assessments
Half a day per appliance is allocated. The range of appliances available are:
· CKR1 - Domestic Gas Cookers Appliances
· HTR1 - Domestic Open Balanced and Fan Assisted Flued Gas Fires and Wall Heaters
· WAT1 - Domestic Gas Instantaneous Water Heated Appliances
· CEN1 - Domestic Gas Fired Central Heating / Hot Water Boilers and Circulators up to 60kW
· DAH1 - Domestic Gas Fired Ducted Air Heaters up to 60kW
· MET1 - Meters
CPA1 - Combustion Performance Analysis
New Entrants to the Gas Industry (CITB Intermediate Gas Certificate)