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kimbo
Dont worry you wont fail it is multiple choice and when they go through the theory with you they seem to go through the bits that are in the answers.
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kay-jay
yes and no! the requirement on installation experience is usually covered in your level 3 course. the only thing on the actual unvented test apart from the multi choice is identifying things like a tprv,and a drain off point, basic and boring..........
http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/plumbing-courses/3372-unvented-hot-water-storage-test.html
This doesn't fill me with confidence!
For those of you who have done the course, is there revision session first or do you go straight in to the tests?
This doesn't fill me with confidence!
For those of you who have done the course, is there revision session first or do you go straight in to the tests?
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Gray0689
Will be no problem you you ash
Remember the 9 m rule
Remember the 9 m rule
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M.Joshi
Sorry to hijack this thread! We have a MegaFlo tank and the plumbers who installed it used a plastic waste pipe for the tundish overflow. I know it should be copper due to the possiblility of high temeperatures, but where the tank is, it would now be impossible to run a separate copper drain pipe.
Is this a major issue leaving the plastic pipe? I read the specs. online for a similar pipe and they are tested up to 95°C intermittent (hot/cold) and between 70°C - 75°C continuous.
Is this a major issue leaving the plastic pipe? I read the specs. online for a similar pipe and they are tested up to 95°C intermittent (hot/cold) and between 70°C - 75°C continuous.
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kay-jay
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PlumbBobBob
i agree don't let it worry you, you'll be fine
The test is pretty straightforward. But as for a book I got the corgi unvented hot water and system design guide and found it really useful as a reference when I was first going out on my own. Unusually for a corgi book it's really clear and concise.
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Gray0689
That's the one ash
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MattWeth
You'll be fine Ash.
I did my unvented and water regs on the same day (elected to not have the lectures - just home study and the exams so I could do both on the same day).
Mine were with a local college under the BPEC scheme. All multi choice and open book.
I clobbered the revision first though and stuck post-its into the books so I could quickly locate the relevant sections. There were a few papers (can't remember how many now) and two practical assessments - one a fault find on a badly installed system (with your recommendations to correct the faults) and then talking the examiner through the recommissioning and some basic fault finding. Even the practicals are in theory open book, although I guess it wouldn't look too good if you had to ferret through your book when the examiner asks something like 'in a bubble top cylinder what might be the cause of a passing PRV?'. I didn't refer to my books during the practical.
The thing is, they want you to pass and even if you answer something wrong, your examiner will question you a bit further and give you every chance to correct yourself.
Good luck.
I did my unvented and water regs on the same day (elected to not have the lectures - just home study and the exams so I could do both on the same day).
Mine were with a local college under the BPEC scheme. All multi choice and open book.
I clobbered the revision first though and stuck post-its into the books so I could quickly locate the relevant sections. There were a few papers (can't remember how many now) and two practical assessments - one a fault find on a badly installed system (with your recommendations to correct the faults) and then talking the examiner through the recommissioning and some basic fault finding. Even the practicals are in theory open book, although I guess it wouldn't look too good if you had to ferret through your book when the examiner asks something like 'in a bubble top cylinder what might be the cause of a passing PRV?'. I didn't refer to my books during the practical.
The thing is, they want you to pass and even if you answer something wrong, your examiner will question you a bit further and give you every chance to correct yourself.
Good luck.
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You can use plastic pipe but it has to be polypropylene you can identify it by the the writing on the pipe or by the use of mechanical fittings as you can't use glued fittings on it
Think I'll get myself one of those Corgi Unvented books
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kirkgas
most decent places supply the training book for you to have a look through before the training day, there are some self assessment Q's to get a feel for the test, think SAFETY, SAFETY & SAFETY and you will be fine
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kirkgas
your fee will include a training manual, pay your deposit and take your book away for a week or so, dont buy 2 books, waste of money
Pay attetion when the instructer is talking cos when he goes through your training manuel he will pay more time on somethings other than others which are likley to be on the paper when i re-did mine last year think it was 25 questions and all the answers you can find are in the manuel you are given, not stress to much Ash commen sense will preval
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