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plumber786
Hi all my acs has booked 20th aug. please share your knowledge about acs exam, like questions, practicle and how much time they give for theory questions. Thanks Regards johny
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Read all the questions carefully, the answers are in the documents supplied by the centre.
Makesure you're gemed up on Fluing, Ventilation regs & pipe sizing calulations.
In the practical, they are looking for the right answers & that you are confident in yourself.
Look at the installations, start at the meter & methodically inspect them for faults.
Makesure you know the tightness testing,gas rating, ventillation & safety cut off procedures.
Get to know & be able to identify all the different types of safety & control devices.
Stay cool & act confidently, & you'll get throught it ok.
Makesure you're gemed up on Fluing, Ventilation regs & pipe sizing calulations.
In the practical, they are looking for the right answers & that you are confident in yourself.
Look at the installations, start at the meter & methodically inspect them for faults.
Makesure you know the tightness testing,gas rating, ventillation & safety cut off procedures.
Get to know & be able to identify all the different types of safety & control devices.
Stay cool & act confidently, & you'll get throught it ok.
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will depend on what you are covering and what course you have been on.
I did the full gas NVQ so had already done loads of exams prior to the acs and did mostly practical for the acs,
some other lads that were on level 3 plumbing were covering less subjects but sitting more exams.
you need to work through it methodically, there is no race to get through but also you can't waste time.
the faults on appliances in my experience were things operating in an unsafe way, some were apparent immediately, others might not have been instantly obvious until warmed up.
you have got a few weeks to swat up yet, don't panic and hope it all goes well
I did the full gas NVQ so had already done loads of exams prior to the acs and did mostly practical for the acs,
some other lads that were on level 3 plumbing were covering less subjects but sitting more exams.
you need to work through it methodically, there is no race to get through but also you can't waste time.
the faults on appliances in my experience were things operating in an unsafe way, some were apparent immediately, others might not have been instantly obvious until warmed up.
you have got a few weeks to swat up yet, don't panic and hope it all goes well
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Koogatubac
You'll be alright, dont know anybody who has failed their gas. I enjoyed the paper tests the most 
just be prepared to get beasted in your practical, they tell you how crap you are just to put you under pressure, at the end they tell you why they have done it etc when i sat my ACS, i read the Gas book like a bible!!
just be prepared to get beasted in your practical, they tell you how crap you are just to put you under pressure, at the end they tell you why they have done it etc when i sat my ACS, i read the Gas book like a bible!!
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plumber786
Not yet my tutor on holiday he is coming back this Sunday then he will contact me
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plumber786
Thanks mate and good luck for your exam aswell and plz if possible share your few question b4 20 thanks again
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plumber786
Thanks for your reply and it's true I'm reading my viper and GSIUR like a bible, I'm not joining this industry just for money, I respect and love this job!!! Thanks again for your kind replyYou'll be alright, dont know anybody who has failed their gas. I enjoyed the paper tests the most
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ManchesterGas
Cheers Northstar, yep, they threw me in the canal!
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ManchesterGas
Cheers!
It was at Salford College, Winton gas centre.
Worked on a few appliances, gas rated, analysed, serviced, loads of faults to look for and a few question papers, think there were 5/6 papers, ccn1, cenwat 1 and cpa1. all open book.
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tamz
You don't install or service anything. The hardest thing you may be asked to do is a gas rate or trace a leak (exciting stuff). It is all about recognising faults and knowing controls (most of which you will never see in your lifetime).
Just read your books and think logically. Nothing hard about it.
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paulsanderson
hey i'm new here, the first time i did my ticket there was a bloke who never shut up talking all through the lessons, and he failed on the pipe tree?? he was at it for about 40 mins and could even connect the PE pipe so the instructor sent him home
last time i did it i thought there would be lessons but the guy just said this has changed in the gas regs now here's your ventillation paper, so revise first
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IK1
Hi all,
I recently passed my ACS exams with appliances. I studied hard for around 4 weeks before the exams and used the Logic book which I think is excellent. Obviously when it comes to the exams you will be nervous but a lot of the questions in the multiple choice exams are common sense and most of the time you will know the answer without having to refer to your books (if you study). The closed book exams is not difficult and will cover basic questions. The time given for the multiple choice exams is plenty and I doubt you will need all of the time allocated, its roughly 2 minutes per question. You dont have to do any installations in the practical exams. But you will work on ILFE and radiant fires, water heater, room sealed and open flued boilers and cookers. A lot of it is fault finding and using common sense to asess whether faults are NCS, AR or ID.
Study and you will pass.
Good luck.
I recently passed my ACS exams with appliances. I studied hard for around 4 weeks before the exams and used the Logic book which I think is excellent. Obviously when it comes to the exams you will be nervous but a lot of the questions in the multiple choice exams are common sense and most of the time you will know the answer without having to refer to your books (if you study). The closed book exams is not difficult and will cover basic questions. The time given for the multiple choice exams is plenty and I doubt you will need all of the time allocated, its roughly 2 minutes per question. You dont have to do any installations in the practical exams. But you will work on ILFE and radiant fires, water heater, room sealed and open flued boilers and cookers. A lot of it is fault finding and using common sense to asess whether faults are NCS, AR or ID.
Study and you will pass.
Good luck.
Hey everyone...
I'm new to this forum but wanted to say good luck to all those taking exams soon.
I'm thinking of starting a Domestic Gas Engineers course with a company called 'Trade Qualified' - has anyone got any experience with them?
Basically, I'm a fulltime Firefighter and looking to get a skill for some part-time work in my days off. I understand the trade isn't a path to riches but with the network of contacts within the brigade I'm hopefull I can get a steady few jobs per month.
The Trade Qualified course is ACS and is broken down into 8 seperate weeks of practical training. 3 of these weeks will be out on jobs with a Gas Safe engineer to build up my portfolio, another 6.5 weeks will be in house training with the rest of the time for exams... Does this sound right for a complete newbie (no gas or plumbing qualifications) to be able to register with Gas Safe? - The college says it is.
I'm not naive though, I've already contacted a number of companies with regards to gaining experience a couple of days a week throughout my course duration which I expect to take anything up to 1 year.
Any advice given would be much appreciated...
Suds.
P.s - I guess when qualified I'm looking to start out on simple jobs such as boiler services and inspections. I'm aware that I need to know my limits and am looking at gaining a wealth of knowledge and experience before going crazy!!!!
I'm new to this forum but wanted to say good luck to all those taking exams soon.
I'm thinking of starting a Domestic Gas Engineers course with a company called 'Trade Qualified' - has anyone got any experience with them?
Basically, I'm a fulltime Firefighter and looking to get a skill for some part-time work in my days off. I understand the trade isn't a path to riches but with the network of contacts within the brigade I'm hopefull I can get a steady few jobs per month.
The Trade Qualified course is ACS and is broken down into 8 seperate weeks of practical training. 3 of these weeks will be out on jobs with a Gas Safe engineer to build up my portfolio, another 6.5 weeks will be in house training with the rest of the time for exams... Does this sound right for a complete newbie (no gas or plumbing qualifications) to be able to register with Gas Safe? - The college says it is.
I'm not naive though, I've already contacted a number of companies with regards to gaining experience a couple of days a week throughout my course duration which I expect to take anything up to 1 year.
Any advice given would be much appreciated...
Suds.
P.s - I guess when qualified I'm looking to start out on simple jobs such as boiler services and inspections. I'm aware that I need to know my limits and am looking at gaining a wealth of knowledge and experience before going crazy!!!!
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Koogatubac
Why come into a job thats dead?! Ill happily swap jobs!!
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fuzzy
think you should ask the centre to prepare you for the assessment
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paulsanderson
hello Sudburys, i've been doing it for more than 10 years although i'm a commercial gas fitter (i do domestic comercial boilers and catering) and a boiler is a boiler, i mainly repair forced draught boilers and condensing boilers anything from 15kw to 1800kw and you always find the same faults no matter how big they are, it sounds ok too me, as long as you're confident and most importantly competant you'll be fine
As I said... I'm looking at getting qualified in order to supplement my future income, not to replace my current.
And dead? lol thats like all the black cabbies telling me theres no money in the job anymore
. Fair enough there may be more engineers to share out the jobs available (and lets not forget the big companies offering annual services for a monthly fee) but there are a lot of boilers out there that need a qualified person to service them and I'm pretty confident that through friends and colleagues I should be able to offer a cheap enough price to secure some regular jobs.And no you can't have my job!!! :6::grin:
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Koogatubac
Just read up on your notes and know steps of gas testing, purging, pressures, gas rating, pipe sizing. Unsafe situations, chimney blocks, how to test chimneys. Fga. And most of all BE SAFE if your not safe you will fail! As long as your safe they will point u in the right direction
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