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[fuzzy]

i could start gas foundation till I got my actual NVQ 2 but then its still trying to find a employer to do that with as well lol

you dont need an employer to do the gas foundation

 

[damowilson]

still need to be on site with someone that has right qualifications in order for me to get my photographic evidence etc same with my nvq 2. its all dead ends at the minute

 

[WaterTight]

Fuzzy what's the minimum you need to become gas safe registered? Because I've noticed you don't have to have Level 3 NVQ. And in which case, why do people do it at all?

 

[fuzzy]

still need to be on site with someone that has right qualifications in order for me to get my photographic evidence etc same with my nvq 2. its all dead ends at the minute

no you dont for the foundation course. think you may be getting mixed up with the acs, that you need evidence for

 

[fuzzy]

Fuzzy what's the minimum you need to become gas safe registered? Because I've noticed you don't have to have Level 3 NVQ. And in which case, why do people do it at all?

you dont need any previous quals to do your acs. you need your acs to become gas safe qualified

 

[WaterTight]

so anyone, with no experience in plumbing or gas, could take their acs, call themselves gas safe registered and start chucking in combis?

 

[fuzzy]

so anyone, with no experience in plumbing or gas, could take their acs, call themselves gas safe registered and start chucking in combis?

you cannot take it first time without experience, but you dont need quals. the amount of experience required depends on your level/type of quals you have.

cat 1 - previous gas qual
cat 2 - nvq 2 in plumbing or related trade
cat 3 - no qual

you wanna do acs straight you can, as a cat 3, but the amount of experience required is more than cat 2, in short its 240 days for cat 3 and 140 days for cat 2, this is used as a guide only

 

[WaterTight]

As in you have to be able to prove you've had 240 days experience working around gas? Like a letter from a previous employer or something?

 

[fuzzy]

bit more than that mate, need to record all the jobs and have it signed by the registered installer who you did the work with, thats then provided as evidence and held on record, if its bluffed you could end up in a lot of trouble, especially the person who signs it

 

[WaterTight]

but since you wouldn't have been gas safe during that period you wouldn't have personally been doing any of the gas work yourself, you would have just been shadowing someone. so they'd just want proof from the guy you were shadowing that you were there on the jobs? or would you have to prove you did more than just shadow?