Pre-requisites:

Initial:

CCN1 or QCF

S/NVQ.

Re-assessment:

CCN1 + CoDNESP1.

CATEGORY 1 APPLICANTS
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.

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

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

• Emergency Actions
• Combustion
• Ventilation on commercial heating, catering and laundry
• Gas pipework
• Purging
• Re-establishing appliance gas supplies
• Installation of pipework and associated fittings
• The Operation of and Positioning of Emergency Isolation Controls and Valves

Gastec provides training in all areas of work that build up competency within the CODENSP1 qualification.

• Installation of pipework and fittings
• Unsafe situations
• The use of emergency notices and warning labels
• Operation and positioning of emergency isolation controls and valves (in ND premises)
• Ventilation/chimney standards
• Re-establish existing gas supply and relight appliances