Course Information

About This Course

This Air Source Heat Pump training course offers qualified heating and plumbing engineers the opportunity to move into a high growth area for the future. This course covers both ground to water and air to water technologies and meets the training entry requirements for the Micro generation Certification Scheme (MCS). 

Thanks to legally binding targets to cut carbon and the introduction of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), heat pumps are a natural development for the heating market and should be considered by any heating installation company or engineer; whether they work with gas, LPG, solid fuel, oil or bio-mass. 

The course is certified by LCL Awards and will give you a thorough understanding of heat pump technologies and the health and safety risks associated with them. You will learn all you need to know about the installation, commissioning and hand over of air source heat pumps as well as the maintenance requirements for inspecting and servicing them in the future. 

This recently redesigned regulated qualification has been brought up to date with industry / MCS requirements and is for learners that wish to demonstrate their knowledge in the Installation and Maintenance of Heat Pumps Systems (non-refrigerant circuits

Our students complete an intensive 3 Days training course:

• The course will enable operatives to specify, survey, design and install domestic or small commercial heat pump systems, enlisting manufacturers support where required. Systems up to 24kW for ground source and 16kW for air source heat pumps are covered, plus the following areas:
• Background to market Heat pump regulations and guidance Principles of ground and air source heat pump operation Heat pump collector types Heat distribution Pre-installation requirements Installation materials and methods Filling, flushing and testing Setting to work, commissioning Heat pump servicing and fault finding The course will enable operatives to specify, survey, design and install domestic or small commercial heat pump systems, enlisting manufacturers support where required.
• Systems up to 24kW for ground source and 16kW for air source heat pumps are covered, plus the following areas: 
• Background to market Heat pump regulations and guidance Principles of ground and air source heat pump operation Heat pump collector types Heat distribution Pre-installation requirements Installation materials and methods Filling, flushing and testing Setting to work, commissioning Heat pump servicing and fault finding The course will enable operatives to specify, survey, design and install domestic or small commercial heat pump systems, enlisting manufacturers support where required. Systems up to 24kW for ground source and 16kW for air source heat pumps are covered, plus the following areas: 
• Background to market Heat pump regulations and guidance Principles of ground and air source heat pump operation Heat pump collector types Heat distribution Pre-installation requirements Installation materials and methods Filling, flushing and testing Setting to work, commissioning Heat pump servicing and fault finding 

Assessment Method

Practical and written test

Prerequisites

• N/SVQ Level 2/3 in Plumbing or equivalent earlier certification that provides evidence of competence or
• N/SVQ Level 2/3 in Heating and Ventilating (Domestic Installation) or equivalent earlier certification that provides evidence of competence or N/SVQ Level 2/3 in Heating and Ventilating (Industrial and Commercial Installation) or
• Equivalent earlier certification that provides evidence of competence or N/SVQ Level 2/3 in Oil-Fired Technical Services or equivalent earlier certification that provides evidence of competence or
• N/SVQ Level 2/3 in Gas Installation and Maintenance or equivalent earlier certification that provides evidence of competence
• In addition, if not included in the above current certification in relation to:
• WRAS Water Regulations/Water Bylaws
• Energy Efficiency for Domestic Heating
• Please note, we can offer the above training courses as part of a package deal