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Free Domestic Gas Safety Course in Crawley

CostFREE
Duration5 days
DeliveryClassroom based
StartFlexible
Study modeFlexible
AttendanceDaytime
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About this course

Free Domestic Gas Safety Course in Crawley. Classes run at Crawley College, daytime over 5 days. You'll need to have completed a Gas Foundation Managed Learning Programme (MLP), certified through a registered Gas Centre Assessment Team, before you can join. The course covers gas safety regulations, Building Regulations, British Standards, unsafe situations and emergency actions, gas pipework installation and faults, and tightness testing and purging for both low and medium pressure systems. It also covers the commissioning and servicing of domestic gas appliances. A domestic gas safety certificate is awarded on completion.

Who this course is for

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Entry requirements

span style=font size: 11pt; font family: Arial sans serif; Successful completion and certification of a Gas Foundation Managed Learning Programme (MLP) monitored through a registered Gas Centre Assessment Team /span

What you will learn

  • You'll study gas safety regulations, Building Regulations, British Standards and related legislation.
  • You'll learn how to identify unsafe situations and take the correct emergency actions.
  • You'll understand gas pipework sizing, installation, defects and faults.
  • You'll practise tightness testing and purging for low pressure and medium pressure installations.
  • You'll cover the installation, commissioning and servicing of domestic gas appliances.

How you will learn

The course is classroom based, running over 5 days during the daytime at Crawley College. Learning is delivered through taught sessions covering technical content, regulations and practical procedures. Assessment is included as part of the programme. Contact Crawley College directly for full details of how you will be assessed on this course.

What you will need to bring

The centre will provide most materials. Crawley College will confirm anything else you need before you start.

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Domestic gas engineer: install and service boilers and gas appliances in homes.
  • Gas service technician: carry out planned maintenance on domestic heating systems.
  • Plumber with gas qualifications: extend plumbing work to include gas pipework and appliances.
  • Heating engineer: diagnose and repair domestic central heating systems.
  • Boiler installation engineer: fit and commission new domestic boilers.

What you could study next

After completing this course, you could work toward further gas qualifications covering additional appliance categories, such as gas fires, cookers or central heating systems. Many engineers also progress to ACS (Assessed Competence Scheme) assessments, which are required to work on gas appliances legally in the UK. Gaining additional ACS categories broadens the range of domestic gas work you can take on.

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