Name: Gas Engineering Operative Apprenticeship
Brand: Universal Skills
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Course Overview

Roles in gas engineering include explaining how installations and appliances work, providing energy efficiency advice and ensuring customer service excellence. Gas engineering operates strictly within the requirements of health and safety legislation. Our training facilities include classrooms for theory-based learning and workshops for practising gas work within a controlled environment. Many of the workshops are designed to reflect various setups and scenarios learners would potentially find when working out in the field. All apprentices are taught by experienced gas tutors providing the necessary knowledge and skills to complete their apprenticeship.

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Gas engineering, a profession of utmost importance, entails the safe installation, commissioning, decommissioning, and ongoing service and repair of gas appliances in a domestic or non-domestic setting, with a primary focus on safety.

The Gas Engineering apprenticeship will include explaining how installations and appliances work and providing energy efficiency advice. Gas engineering operates within the health and safety legislation requirements.

Upon completion of their endpoint assessment, the apprentice will be a fully qualified gas-safe registered engineer. The apprenticeship is an 18-month process, with the endpoint assessment taking place in the last three months.

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A huge £500 is funded by your grant- Ends 31st March 2025

The government's Heat Training Grant supports trainees in England taking approved courses such as our Air Source Heat Pump qualification. So, as one of our trainees, you receive £500 towards your course.

What's more, we make this as easy as possible with a simple £500 off the cost. That means take care of the grant admin ourselves and you can crack on without worrying about claiming a rebate. So don't forget to enter your code 'ASHP24' at checkout!

This grant is not available past the end of March 2025. Courses after this date will not qualify for the discount.

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Course Locations

Wakefield

Universal Skills Centre
41-42 Monckton Road Ind Est.
Denby Dale Road
Wakefield
WF2 7AL

London

Trainspeople
Unit 22 Horndon Industrial Est, Station Road
West Horndon
CM13 3XD

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Course Content

Gas engineering involves the safe installation, commission, decommission and the ongoing service and repair of gas appliances in either a domestic or non-domestic setting. Appliances can include, but are not limited to, a range of work categories such as central heating boilers, unvented hot water storage, ducted air heaters, cookers, space heaters, meters, alternative fuel, boosters, testing and purging for industrial pipework.

The Gas Engineering Operative Apprenticeship can lead to further opportunities in renewables training such as air source heat pumps.

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Course Structure

Carry out safe isolation essential electrical safety checks
Carry out flue testing
Undertake the necessary safety checks following gas work on an appliance (regulation 26/9)
Work in compliance with statutory and normative documentation including building regulations, water regulations and electrical regulations
Access and comply with technical guidance, bulletins and safety alerts e.g. Gas Industry Unsafe Situations Procedures (GIUSP)
Demonstrate tightness testing, purging and relight procedures on gas installations
Demonstrate pipework installations/pipework skills, pressure and flow/pipework sizing, meter installations
Demonstrate ambient air testing/carbon monoxide/dioxide atmosphere testing
Identify gas safety controls and prove their safe operation
Complete records and maintain records accordingly
Identify faults and take the appropriate action
Undertake the installation and/or repair and maintenance of four appliances
Reinstate following completion of works cleaning up and making good

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Entry Requirements

Apprentices without level 2 English and mathematics will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end point assessment.

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