course information
pathway to gas course
- £4,225
- 6 months
About this course
Our Pathway to Domestic Natural Gas course certified by Blueflame Certification, is an entry level course to become a Gas Engineer. By following the steps below, you will be able to gain the qualifications and experience required to take your ACS Initial exam and become Gas Safe qualified.
Our students complete an intensive 7-week training course:
- Training an aspects of health and safety relevant within the gas industry, including asbestos awareness
- Training to work safely around electrical systems
- Training in the use of copper and low carbon steel so that your pipe skills are established at an acceptable standard
- Training on heating controls, airing cupboard and radiator installation practices
- Training in all areas of domestic gas safety
- This training meets the requirements of IGEM/IG/1
Get Training’s Pathway to Gas training pathway meets all requirements set by the Blue Flame awarding body and the standards of IGEM/UP/1B.
- 7 weeks 1 training centre
- Domestic gas safety, legislation and standards procedures
- Installations of gas and plumbing pipework in domestic properties
- Working with copper and low carbon steel pipe skills including pipe bending, leaded and non-leaded soldering, jointing and threading.
- Installation of Domestic Gas Meters.
- Purging, pressure testing and tightness testing of Gas Pipework.
- Gas rating of Domestic Gas Appliance.
- Learning and applying Core Safety practises and procedures across, Combustion, Ventilations, chimneys, flues and the safety controls of different gas appliances.
- Looking at Unsafe Situations and emergency notices.
- Installation, servicing and fault finding of Domestic Gas Appliance: System and Combi Boilers, Gas Cookers, Water Heaters, Gas Fires and Space Heaters.
- Operating of a flue gas analyser.
- Heating System Design. Including wet central heating systems, open, vented and pressurised systems.
- Working with different forms of Hot Water Storage Cylinders,
- Safe Isolation Electrical Safety Procedures.
- Electrical Dead Testing and Live Testing.
- S & Y Plan Heating controls.
- Get trainings Get to Gas training pathway meets all requirements set by the Blue Flame awarding body and the standards of IGEM/UP/1B
Assessment method
There are 9 written exams and 5 practical assessments throughout the training course. On completion of this our students will start to compile a portfolio of 40 jobs before they can take their ACS Initial exam.