Apprenticeships
Gas Engineering Operative
Level 3
Gas engineering. Installing and maintaining gas appliances in a domestic or non-domestic setting, advising customers on how appliances work and how to use energy more efficiently.
Qualification
Gas Engineering
Qualification Level
Level 3
End Point Assessment Centre
Ofqual
Instruction Language
English
Qualification Duration
18+ months
Included in
Our Green Skills Pathway
Employer Funding & Incentives
Funding
As of the 18th March 2024 the government announced significant changes to apprenticeship funding, aimed at supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their hiring of young apprentices. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled plans to eliminate SME co-investment payments for apprentices under the age of 22, alongside increasing the transfer limit of apprenticeship levy funds from 25% to 50%.
Incentives
Employers could get £1,000 each for taking on an apprentice who is either:
- aged 16 to 18 years old, or
- aged 19 to 25 years old and has an education, health and care (EHCP) plan or has been in the care of their local authority
What you can use the payment for
The payment is different to apprenticeship levy funds, so you can spend it on anything to support your organisation’s costs. For example, on uniforms, your apprentice’s travel or their salary. You do not have to pay it back.
Included in the Green Skills Pathway…
As part of our commitment to the environment, we are proud to offer an exciting opportunity for our apprentices. With every apprenticeship, learners will receive full funding to study our level 2 sustainability and environmental awareness short course, completely free of charge! Discover more about this fantastic course by clicking here.
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Who is this course suitable for?
The Gas Engineering operative is the perfect programme for aspiring Gas Engineers and or professionals with gas maintenance or engineering responsibilities. It teaches the required knowledge, skills and behaviours for individuals to have a successful career in Gas Engineering. Those who work within Gas engineering must have the core requirements detailed in the apprenticeship standard and demonstrate the technical requirements in one setting – domestic or non-domestic. They must also be registered on the Gas Safe® Register for four appliances.
Role Profile (what the successful candidate should be able to do at the end of the Apprenticeship)
Gas engineering involves the safe installation, commission, decommission and the ongoing service and repair of gas appliances in either a domestic or non-domestic setting. Appliances can include, but are not limited to, a range of work categories such as central heating boilers, unvented hot water storage, ducted air heaters, cookers, space heaters, meters, alternative fuel, boosters, testing and purging for industrial pipework. Roles in gas engineering will include explaining how installations and appliances work, providing energy efficiency advice and ensuring customer service excellence at all times. Gas engineering operates strictly within the requirements of health and safety legislation.
Roles in gas engineering are physical in nature, and may involve lifting and moving of equipment, working at heights and working in confined spaces. All gas engineers must be registered on the Gas Safe® Register for each appliance in which they are competent to undertake work on.
Applicants will normally have gained a minimum of 3-5 GCSEs (grade A-C) or equivalent, preferably English, mathematics and a science or relevant / appropriate experience. Individual employers will set the selection criteria for their apprenticeship and will include a recognised background check, equivalent to Criminal Record Bureau/Disclosure and Barring Service (CRB/DBS).
Those who work within Gas engineering must have the core requirements below and demonstrate the technical requirements in one setting – domestic or non-domestic. They must be registered on the Gas Safe® Register for four appliances.
These are the personal attributes and behaviours expected of all Gas Engineering Operatives
- Ensure personal wellbeing and the safety of customers and others is a priority
- Be risk aware showing the desire to reduce risks through systematic monitoring and checking information and the strict compliance with appropriate regulations and normative documents
- Demonstrate an awareness of how the work impacts on others in the work environment
- Confidently deliver a polite, courteous, professional service to all customers and members of the public whilst safeguarding customer welfare and recognising vulnerability, equality and diversity
- Undertake Continuous Professional Development to enhance knowledge and skills to maintain competence
- Recognise personal and professional limitations and seek appropriate advice when necessary
- Display self-discipline and self-motivated approach
- Exercise responsibilities in an ethical manner
Course Costs
This course is funded by the UK Government. The value of this training is:
£22,000
5% Employer contribution
TBA
End Point Assessment Cost (Paid by Kiwi)
TBA
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Students saved up to 50% on their fees
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Course content
OCCUPATIONAL BRIEF OF STANDARD
KNOWLEDGE
- Electrical awareness and be able to carry out safe isolation and essential electrical safety checks
- Combustion, combustion analysis, gas properties, carbon monoxide (CO), and types of burners
- Flues and ventilation principles
- The necessary safety checks following gas work on an appliance (regulation 26/9)
- The range and suitability of appliances
- The statutory and normative documentation including building regulations, water regulations and electrical regulations
- Emergency procedures, including gas escapes, report of fumes and for unsafe situations
- A knowledge and understanding of four appliances
- System design, location, controls, flue types for appliances and smart controls
- An awareness of green technologies
- The properties of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)
- An awareness of fuel storage – tanks and bottles (Liquid Petroleum Gas – LPG)
SKILLS
- Carry out safe isolation essential electrical safety checks
- Carry out flue testing
- Undertake the necessary safety checks following gas work on an appliance (regulation 26/9)
- Work in compliance with statutory and normative documentation including building regulations, water regulations and electrical regulations
- Access and comply with technical guidance, bulletins and safety alerts e.g. Gas Industry Unsafe Situations Procedures (GIUSP)
- Demonstrate tightness testing, purging and relight procedures on gas installations
- Demonstrate pipework installations/pipework skills, pressure and flow/pipework sizing, meter installations
- Demonstrate ambient air testing/carbon monoxide/dioxide atmosphere testing
- Identify gas safety controls and prove their safe operation
- Complete records and maintain records accordingly
- Identify faults and take the appropriate action
- Undertake the installation and/or repair and maintenance of four appliances
- Reinstate following completion of works cleaning up and making good
TESTIMONIALS
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TESTIMONIALS
Our staff enrolled on courses have not only improved within their roles but with the support from Kiwi Education they have excelled and progressed from one level to a higher level. We are thrilled with the service from Kiwi Education.
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This course is funded by the UK Government. The value of this training is:
£22,000
5% Employer contribution
TBA
End Point Assessment Cost (Paid by Kiwi)
TBA
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