| Sector |
Renewable Technologies |
| Certification |
| NICEIC Certification will issue a Certificate of Competence to learners who successfully attain the required standard of assessment. |
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| Expiry |
5 years |
| Assessment Information: |
This training and assessment programme has been designed and developed by NICEIC Certification for existing and newly qualified heat pump installation and maintenance engineers.
This course is also available to suitably qualified electricians.
Please Note: Electricians holding this certificate of competence will be limited to the electrical equipment associated with the heat pump, system controls and components, unless they already hold a recognised qualification or certification in the installation and maintenance of heat pumps and their associated heat emitter systems.
The heat pump installation sector is growing rapidly within the UK and many fossil fuel engineers are transitioning to the technology.
As the installation of heat pumps increase in the customer environment, the demand for servicing and especially repair will grow rapidly.
NICEIC Certification have identified this as a potential skills gap within the newly qualified heat pump installer workforce.
Many newly qualified heat pump engineers have been trained and deemed competent in installation and commissioning techniques, with minimum understanding of mechanical and electrical design schematics and principles of operation.
This training and assessment programme is aiming to offer those engineers, the first stage development for understanding the required knowledge and application techniques to address the skills gap. |
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| Contents: |
The training and assessment package has four units of accreditation, which the learner must attain for the award of a certificate of competence which are:
Unit 1: Electrical Fundamentals.
Unit 2: Electrical Safety Essentials.
Unit 3: How Heat Pump Systems Work.
Unit 4: Fault Diagnostics for Heat Pump Systems.
Attendees will learn about electrical science fundamentals, electrical health and safety, mechanical and electrical design schematics for heat pump control systems and the knowledge, understanding and application of fault diagnostics and repair.
All learnings will be applied to heat pump system technology.
Learners will be issued with a Learner Guide for each of the Units of Accreditation. A short assessment process validates the learning achieved and leads to the award of a certificate of competence issued by NICEIC Certification. |
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| Pre- requisites: |
Learners must hold as a minimum a recognised Heat Pump installation and maintenance certificate, with knowledge, understanding and experience of wet central heating emitter systems, controls and components.
This course is also available to suitably qualified electricians.
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| Proven experience: |
- Proven experience in (heat-pump/gas/liquid-fuel/solid-fuel/plumbing/heating) installation and/or maintenance activities. Or
- Working towards qualification or, for example MLP award as part of a gas industry standards of training approved entry route.
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| Re-Assessment: |
Not available for this course.
Full course will be needed to renew certification after the 5 year period. |
Candidates wishing to find a centre near to them can use the
Find my Nearest Centre facility on this site.
Centres wishing to apply for approval to run the scheme should refer to the
Our Assessment Centre section of the site.
