Commission, Service & Repair Direct Fired Heating Appliances

Alongside a Commercial Core gas prerequisite, other common commercial natural gas safety assessments undertaken with this qualification include:

ICPN1
First Fix Commercial Pipework.

Installing pipework in excess of 35mm and testing up to 75mbar.

TPCP1
Tightness testing & purging of installation pipework exceeding 1m³ in volume, up to 16 bar operating pressure (natural gas) & 2 bar operating pressure for LPG.

TPCP1A
tightness testing and direct purging of installation pipework not exceeding 1m³ in volume, 40 mbar pressure and 150mm diameter natural gas only.

ICAE1
First Fix Commercial Appliances.

Installing commercial appliances and equipment

Installing, commissioning, servicing and fault-finding on indirect fired heating appliances

CIGA1
Indirect Fired Heating Appliances.

Installing, commissioning, servicing and fault-finding on indirect fired heating appliances

Installing, commissioning, servicing and fault-finding on direct fired heating appliances.

CORT1
Radiant Plaque and Radiant Tube Heaters.

Installing, commissioning, servicing and fault-finding on radiant plaque and tube heaters.

These consist of open-book written assessments. The Open Book assessments permit the use of approved reference material such as the Gastec manual to obtain answers.

All written assessments contain either multiple choice questions or true/false statements.

Tests the gas safety competencies in core areas of gas work common to non – domestic heating installations.

Course content:

• Tightness testing
• Installation of pipework and fittings
• Purging pipework
• Checking/setting commercial regulators
• Appliance connection tightness test, purge and relight
• Unsafe situations (appliances)
• Characteristics of combustions
• Gas safety devices and controls
• Pipework sizing and commercial gas-specific situations
• Pipework inspection and installation
• Re-assessment of appliances/equipment

CATEGORY 1 APPLICANTS Re-assessment

Experienced gas fitting operatives seeking certificate renewal and/or assessment and certification to extend their work range.

CATEGORY 2 APPLICANTS
Individuals with relevant gas experience, and other individuals with relevant qualifications and experience in similar job disciplines, for example:

plumbers and installers of piped gas other than LPG or Natural Gas engineers from the domestic oil industry, electrical appliance service engineers and marine engineers/fitters

heating and ventilation engineers and refrigeration engineers/fitters

Individuals from outside the United Kingdom who have relevant qualifications and experience

CATEGORY 3 APPLICANTS
Individuals without previous experience are entering the industry for the first time.

ON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
Upon receipt and verification of the Application for Certification and Assessment documents, UK Certification will be the body to award the certification issued for your personal use.