LPG Training & Assessment

Course outline

Work Areas:

CCLP1 - Core domestic gas safety assessment criteria - LPG

CoNGLP1 - LPG Changeover domestic natural gas to LPG

PD - Permanent Dwellings

RPH - Residential Park Home

LAV - Leisure Accommodation Vehicles

B - Boats

CMC - Commercial Mobile cCatering

LPG Specific Appliances:

HTRLP2 - Install, exchange, service, repair, breakdown and commission closed flue gas fires – LPG
HTRLP3 - Install, exchange, service, repair, breakdown and commission caravan space heaters - LPG
REFLP2 - Install, exchange, service, repair, breakdown and commission caravan gas refrigerators – LPG
WATLP2 - Install, exchange, service, repair, breakdown and commission caravan gas water heaters - LPG

Who should attend?

This course is suitable for engineers who have the necessary qualifications to be admitted onto the ACS Scheme. Run by the Strategic Management Board for the industry, successful completion of this course will enable an engineer to register with Gas Safe.

Engineers are classified into 3 categories:

• Category 1 –   Experienced practicing gas fitting operative
• Category 2 –   Applicant with relevant mechanical engineering/fitting qualifications/experience
• Category 3 –   New entrant without relevant qualifications/experience

Learning outcomes

Core elements

• Gas safety regulations, Building Regulations, British Standards and other related legislation
• Unsafe situations and emergency actions
• Characteristics of LPG cylinder location, safety and sizing
• Operation and positioning of emergency isolation, flow control and valves for cylinders
• Supply pressures
• Gas pipework (including sizing, installation, defects and faults)
• Tightness testing and purging (PD, LAV and RPH)
• Flues and ventilation
• Combustion
• Combustion performance analysis (flue gas testing)
• Appliance controls

Appliances

• Gas safety regulations, Building Regulations, British Standards and other related legislation
• installation
• Commissioning and fault finding
• Servicing procedures
• Unsafe situations
• Appliance controls

Additional information

On the day of training you will need to bring with you:

• 2x passport sized photographs
• Original copies of expired/expiring ACS qualifications
• Note taking material (recording devices not allowed)
• A calculator (not part of a smart phone application) which we can provide you with on the day

We will also provide a copy of the NICEIC LPG On-site Guide for use throughout the training.

Note: Training is not a pre-requisite to assessment