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Become a Gas Safe Engineer

  • No experience necessary
  • Great Earning Potential
  • On-going Support
  • Gas Safe registered
  • Future Proof heating engineer course
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Become a Gas Safe Engineer

  • No experience necessary
  • Great Earning Potential
  • On-going Support
  • Gas Safe registered
  • Start your new career for just £6,750
Call 0800 802 1369
Request a call back

Train to become a gas engineer in 5 simple steps

7 weeks centre led gas foundation training

On either a full or part-time basis, you will attend one of our fully equipped centres to undertake training.

With the course delivered by experienced tutors, you will learn essential theoretical knowledge and practical skills in our purpose-built workshops and classrooms – providing you with the best possible start to your new career.

Heating Design Module

A further two weeks of training and assessment will take place at your convenience, with multiple courses running throughout the year. During these two weeks, you will gain additional knowledge and understanding of your role as a heating engineer. Subject to assessment, you will achieve essential qualifications that will further assist & benefit you in your career as a heating engineer and registered gas installer. These qualifications will underpin everything that you will do in your role as a heating engineer.

ON-SITE WORK EXPERIENCE AND PORTFOLIO BUILDING​

Supervised by a gas safe registered engineer*, you will undertake on-site work experience to build up a portfolio

A legal requirement for your training, stage three is also essential to your development. You will also complete your summative assessment. This includes three written assessments, one practical assessment and a portfolio assessment.

*We can place you with a local gas engineer to work with if necessary.

INITIAL ACS ASSESSMENT AND GAS SAFE REGISTRATION​

Upon completion of your portfolio, you will return to the training centre for your final ACS exams.

This consists of your ACS Initial Assessment which will test you on gas safety and the full domestic suite of appliances.

ACS qualifications are essential for any gas engineer as they enable you to apply to the gas safe register.

Renewables Accreditation

During a two-week training and assessment period, you will receive training in low water temperature system design, and installing and maintaining ground source and air source heat pumps. Assessment takes place through design scenarios, work performance activities and written examinations.

8 weeks centre led gas foundation training

On either a full or part-time basis, you will attend one of our fully equipped centres to undertake training.

With the course delivered by experienced tutors, you will learn essential theoretical knowledge and practical skills in our purpose-build workshops and classrooms – providing you with the best possible start to your new career.

ON-SITE WORK EXPERIENCE AND PORTFOLIO BUILDING​

Supervised by a gas safe registered engineer*, you will undertake on-site work experience to build up a portfolio

A legal requirement for your training, stage two is also essential to your development.

You will also complete your summative assessment. This includes three written assessments, one practical assessment and a portfolio assessment.

*We can place you with a local gas engineer to work with if necessary.

INITIAL ACS ASSESSMENT AND GAS SAFE REGISTRATION​

Upon completion of your portfolio, you will return to the training centre for your final ACS exams.

This consists of your ACS Initial Assessment which will test you on gas safety and the full domestic suite of appliances.

ACS qualifications are essential for any gas engineer as they enable you to apply to the gas safe register.

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Why become a gas engineer?

Learning a trade means learning a skill for life. The trades industry is booming due to a rising population and private housing rental market. There has never been a better time to become a gas engineer.

As a gas and heating engineer, you can be your own boss. Setting your working hours, choosing where and when you work and most importantly, setting your own rate, being a gas engineer allows you flexibility and freedom in your career. The average salary of a gas engineer in the UK is a substantial £32,000, but it can rise to £60,000 depending on location and services you offer.

Working as a gas and heating engineer, you will meet new people, travel, and no two days will ever be the same. Customers who receive good service will remain loyal and recommend you to others, meaning your customer base with grow – along with your salary.

Here at Gas Training Courses, we have devised a heating and gas training programme based on years of industry experience, creating a professional course and business support package that will help you capitalise on the huge opportunities that exist within the market.

FAQs

Upon completing stage five, you will have gained the following qualifications:

  • Core Gas Safety (CCN1) including CPA1 (Flue Gas Analyser)
  • Central Heating and Boilers (CENWAT)
  • Gas Fires (HTR1)
  • Gas Cookers (CKR1)
  • Heating Design
  • Unvented Hot Design (G3)
  • Part L of Building Regulation (Part L)
  • Water Regulations (WRAS)
  • Low-Temperature Heating Design (LTHWS)
  • Air Source Heat Pump Installation and Maintenance (IMASHPS)
  • Ground Source Heat Pump Installation and Maintenance (IMHPS21)

A new group of students begin the gas course on a monthly basis.

We prefer to keep classes small to ensure students receive quality training. There is a maximum of 10 students per group.

Courses begin at 7:30 am – 8:30 am and end at 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, depending on which centre you are training at.

No, we will provide all the tools and equipment required to complete training in the centre.

Shoes or boots, full-length trousers and a t-shirt or polo is a typical example of what students wear

We accept a number of different payment methods and finance options are also available.

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Up to 31st December 2020 Regulated qualifications and UKAS Accredited certificates of competence issued in the UK were widely recognised by other EU member states. However since the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, individual member states that previously recognised a UK qualification may now no longer do so. Learners undertaking qualifications on the basis that it is recognised by an EU member state should in the first instance make enquiries with the relevant bodies in that Country to confirm its recognition status.
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