Gas Engineer Training

• Gas Engineer Training to become a highly rewarded Gas Safe Engineer.
• The most comprehensive gas course available in the country leading to achieve the highly sought after Gas Safe Registration.
• Test, inspect and install domestic gas boilers, cookers and fires and learn about state of the art, energy efficient boilers and appliances after undertaking gas engineer training.
• Choose to attend your gas course Full or Part-Time, then become your own boss or become employed as a Gas Engineer. Your employment and work opportunities will be endless.
• This gas course is only available to committed, ambitious individuals and there are limited places available per year. Call us now for details.

• NICEIC Elementary Gas Certificate.
• NICEIC Accredited Certification Scheme Gas, CCN1, CEN1, CPA1, CKR1, HTR1, WAT1 (with sufficient evidence).

Traditionally, it has been almost impossible for anyone wishing to enter the lucrative Gas industry, to get ‘CORGI’ or ‘Gas Safe Registered after undertaking gas engineer training. At best it used to typically take at least 2 years to complete a gas course.

But now Access Training has a bespoke gas training and a Gas Engineer training programme specifically designed for new entrants and those with no experience with the ambition to change their career and become a qualified Gas Engineer. This is an in depth gas course covering all aspects of domestic gas safety as laid down by the ACS scheme; it is also recognised by Gas Safe Register as a managed learning gas engineer training programme.

There is no need to gain a level 3 plumbing qualification as this gas course assumes you have little or no experience as all of the gas engineer training we provide is designed to assist the candidate to achieve the required standard to work within the Gas Industry.

The gas course itself is a combination of practical workshop and classroom theory and study. The class sizes are small and your tutor checks on your progress on your gas engineering training regularly to make sure your work and your understanding is at the correct level. The work you produce during these phases of the gas course is recorded in your portfolio as evidence of your completion of each element of your gas engineer training which is then recorded and retained for Accreditation Bodies to verify the results. These strict control methods safeguard all gas course candidates and assessors and ensure that accurate, quality gas engineer training is being delivered at all times.

This process and the gas course itself is widely recognised and is the recommended route for anyone looking to undertake gas courses and gas engineer training to become Gas Safe Registered.

This gas course is delivered in 4 stages:
Stage 1) NICEIC Elementary Gas Certificate for Gas Engineer Training
Stage 2) Gas Portfolio Completion and Work based Competence
Stage 3) ACS Assessment (CCN1 – Core Domestic Gas Safety + 4 Appliances)
This is a modular gas course that provides the underpinning knowledge and practical gas engineer training for candidates to be able understand fully basic principles of gas, gas appliance functions, pipework skills, gas flues and the principles of combustion. This knowledge then allows the candidate to progress onto the next areas of gas engineer training that cover more in depth areas for the remainder of the gas course. This includes current legislation and how it is applied, tightness testing, technical pipe work requirements, gas safety principles, ventilation and unsafe situations.
After completing your 4 weeks of gas engineer training within the training centre, you will then progress onto a work placement that will see you working alongside a qualified Gas Engineer. The gas engineer training you have received has proven you competent to complete the gas course portfolio. The Gas Engineer, who will be Gas Safe Registered will act as your verifier, signing off against the work that you have produced. The engineer will be helping you to build and complete your portfolio that forms the primary evidence needed to prove your complete competency as part of your gas engineer training.

Before you set out on your placement you will be provided with an NICEIC portfolio that gives instruction and guidance and how to gather your evidence as part of the gas course. In addition Access Training’s gas engineer training and assessment staff are available to offer support and help if you come across any problems or have queries whilst you are working through the portfolio building part of the gas course.

Access Training has a large network of Gas Safe registered companies and engineers who will be only too willing to take you out onsite in order to complete your portfolio. Once this stage of your gas engineer training has been successfully completed, you will receive your NICEIC Elementary Gas Course Certificate and ready to move onto stage 3 of the gas course to complete your ACS assessments.
Once your gas engineer training portfolio has been completed to the standards required by our Gas Assessors, you will then move onto CCN1 plus appliances part of the gas course. Leading to future Gas Safe Registration. All operatives and engineers involved in the installation, maintenance and servicing of domestic gas appliances will undertake this gas engineer training to conform to the ACS scheme. It is designed with the purpose of ensuring that every operative has the correct level of skill and understanding relating directly to British standards, which must be complied with at all times for the safety purposes of the customer and the engineer.

The gas course assessments for CCN1 consists of 5 days and includes the following elements:

1. Gas Safety Regulations, British Standards and Manufacturers' Instructions.
2. Emergency Procedures, Labels and Warning Notices.
3. Unsafe Situations, and Related Documentation.
4. Combustion, Gas Rates, Burner/Installation Pressures.
5. Testing for Tightness, Purging and Relighting Appliances.
6. Pipework and Fittings.
7. Operation of Appliance Gas Safety Devices and Controls.
8. Ventilation.
9. Flueing Standards, Installation and Testing.

You could then be assessed after gas engineer training on the following appliances:
1. CEN1 – Central Heating Boilers
2. CKR1 – Domestic Cookers
3. HTR1 – Gas Fires & Wall Heaters
4. WAT1 – Water Heaters

Please take a look at our gas engineer training, assessment and reassessment pages for full details of all gas engineer training and gas course assessments on Gas Appliances. At Access Training we believe in providing the flexibility of gas engineer training to all our customers as every individual’s lifestyles are different. Therefore we offer a part-time as well as a full-time gas course where you can complete your gas engineer training at a pace that suits you. Either as a fulltime intensive gas engineer training program or part-time gas course attended over a longer period. Leave your details or call one of our course advisors and they’ll pass on further details about flexible gas engineer training. Our gas engineer training course is a comprehensive blended learning programme. You will be guided on our gas course from complete beginner to a level of understanding which is comparable to many gas installers who already enjoy the benefits of working within the gas industry.

The gas engineer training course is specifically designed for people with no prior gas experience, its aim is to provide you with a gas course that covers theoretical study and practical skills required to work in a safe and responsible manner within the gas industry.

As well as the home study, you will be attending a number of Modules of gas engineer training at our Gas Engineer Training Centre to complete the practical training, assessments and exams of the gas course. You will have up to two years to complete your gas engineer training programme.

You will be guided on your gas course from complete beginner to a level of understanding which is comparable to many practicing gas engineers and be able to carry out any gas installation and testing work within the domestic environment. The gas engineer training course is specifically designed for people with little or no prior experience of gas and its aim is to provide you with the theoretical understanding and practical skills required to work in a safe and responsible manner. The gas engineer training course will enable you to proficiently install your domestic gas work, compliant with Building Regulations. After gaining your NICEIC Elementary Gas Certificate, you are able to undertake the NICEIC Accredited Certification Scheme Gas (ACS).

In addition to this, after completing your gas engineer training, you will then be able to register with a Competent Person Self-Certification Scheme i.e. the Gas Safe Register, where you can provide your customers with a Gas Safe compliant certificate. After this gas course some students decide to undertake a formal qualification in plumbing and complement their gas engineer training, with some establishing plumbing as a new career choice. If this is the case then we recommend that completing both the gas course and an NVQ 2 ensures that the student has practical experience as well as theoretical knowledge of plumbing. This provides students who successfully complete the both the gas engineer training course and NVQ 2 plumbing course with a good grounding for a long and prosperous career in the plumbing sector.

Our plumbing courses provide a clear progression route with gas engineer training, helping learners to achieve the career goals they aspire to. Successful candidates can progress to higher level work during their career and can for example move on to work in the Building Services Industry in roles such as Project Management. This helps those who wish to, to progress from skilled occupations into technical, supervisory or managerial posts. Access Training is committed to the highest standards of customer focus and technical expertise on our gas engineer training courses, with a host of benefits including:

• Specialist, professionally qualified teaching staff with a wealth of industry experience.
• Enhanced Online Assessments, allowing students to sit exams with flexibility to fit their gas course around their speed of learning.

The main areas include:

• South Wales
  (Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Bridgend)
• South of England
  (Bristol, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon, Oxford, Reading, Slough, London)
• The Midlands
  (Birmingham, Hereford, Worcester, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester)
• The South West
  (Devon, Cornwall, Exeter, Plymouth, Taunton)

Information regarding our gas course and gas engineer training in general is available from our Course Advice Team. Please call for advice or leave your details and we’ll contact you! Also, official guidance on complying with the requirements regarding gas registration are given by contacting the Gas Safe Register.