Is there a subforum for those who are training to do their gas quals?
I'm doing 1 day a week at a training centre and would like to fire questions at knowledgable folk.....
Can anyone recommend a good underfloor heating course, preferably one that does loads on fault finding, controls and wiring as 90% of what i do is breakdowns and repairs
I'm useless on underfloor heating and need to raise my skill level. Found quite a few of the places i've called have stopped...
hi All,
if like me, you dislike reading anything other than what's on your phone/tablet and pc, i have put together the handouts which i was given last week whilst on my training course last week
very informative...
http://zanudesign.co.uk/gas/baxi/basic-electrics.pdf...
Hello folks. I'm new to this site, this is also my first post so apologies for any questions regarded as idiotic! :)
I'm 30 and been in the specialist security sector for several years and recently after becoming a dad I've decided i want out and to get a trade.
I've been researching rates...
Hi all. Finished my gas training course today and now gonna book to get the ACS done. Completed one of the ACS papers today which will be banked for 6 month. Contemplating whether to do fires and cookers really as I don't do them at work.
hello all,
if anyone is interested, i have attached a copy of the training manual given by honeywell when i attended their wiring course last week.
i found the wiring diagrams for y and s plan quite useful:
http://zanudesign.co.uk/honeywell.pdf
Hi all.
Just wanted to say I started my gas course yesterday, bloody hell lol. The amount of info that has been threw at me is immense. It's going well though. Only covered ventilation and flues so far but it's good. Amazing how many things my employer hasn't mentioned to me.
Hi,
Ive just started my level 2 (C&G) plumbing course, after which i go straight into my Level 3 (C&G) ... Im hoping to complete the NVQ's once qualified. Im enjoying the course so far although we've not even started the practical side of things yet and we are only just touching on basic...
Happy new year guys.
I need some advice.
I have been speaking to the mechanical engineer on our last job and he was explaining the benefits of Heat pumps over solar thermal systems. Now that has got me thinking about getting trained up and qualified to install heat pumps .
I've been...
Evening all & Merry Christmas. im currently working for a gas engineer, also in collage doing Nvq 2 in plumbing, I hope to do my gas after I become a qualified plumber, and was looking at Uk Gas's online training, so I can study at home, i have Gas literature in the way of R.D Treolar and read...
Hi All,
Following on from my 'lost' post I have an update on my training.....
Phoned Tradesgateway this afternoon chasing up on the letter that never arrived and my email with the financial information they wanted in order to get my training booked. So.... the letter still hasn't arrived...
Hi all. I'm newly qualified in gas. However I want to learn about boiler breakdowns and diagnostics. At the moment all I do is installations etc and don't have a clue about boiler breakdowns or how or where to start. Please could anyone help me.
I am gas safe registered.
A couple of guys in my work have left to get jobs elsewhere. The boss has stated they must repay the cost of their ACS training. In our contracts there is nothing mentioning training costs to be paid when leaving the company.
Just wanted to get views on this from employees and employers.
Can...
Evening all,
I've been approached by a renewables manufacturing company along with a heating engineer colleague of mine, to install their products, had a big meeting recently and to be honest it all sounds quite exciting to get involved with fitting and promoting some ingenious products!
What...
Hi I am going back in to plumbing at the age of 31, fed up with being unhappy in work and want to go back doing what I enjoy.
hears the short version I startef a c&g level 2 from a money grabbing training out fit back in 2006 shortly after paying £5k I realised it was going to cost a lot more...
Any of you slags doing the Veissman training day on Wednesday,not fitted many but the hotel looks good though,and the rep takes you out on the lash after..
Finished today the third day of a 3-day Vaillant training course on Controls & Vaillant EcoTec boilers.
Very impressed with the course & training facility.
This course was run at Glasgow Eurocentral and is free to registered gas safety engineers.
Vaillant have centres around the country.
A...
Hi, I'm new to the forum.
Im an AC/refrigeration engineer who's employer has decided I'm fit to undertake gas training to commercial level, to be able to work on reznor burners in weatherite units and ideal boilers. I have been looking around the training providers but am a little unsure of...
I've just completed my 6035 Level 2 Diploma (C&G) and Water Regs/Unvented Hot Water Systems (Logic) with The Plumbing Academy / Access Training and thought I'd supply some feedback.
Access Training (based in Wales) bought The Plumbing Academy (based in Kent) not too long ago and they are now in...