ACS Domestic Gas Apprenticeship: Programme Details & Enrolment
Working in partnership with Achievement Training and Skills, Our government and/or Levy funded ACS Domestic Gas Apprenticeship is all about the real delivery of training. We use realistic working environments to give you real skills, not just an easy time in our centre. Our programme is available for anyone aged 16-65 years old. Even if you’re completing an apprenticeship elsewhere, you could transfer to us. Likewise, our programme is suitable for someone who already holds plumbing or other industry qualifications. If you’re not sure if you could enrol, just let us know your situation and we can provide you with the information you need.
Key Programme Information
We’ve designed our apprenticeship to be as flexible and accessible as possible while ensuring you receive a high-quality education.
- Funding: This is a government and/or Levy funded apprenticeship. Achievement Training and Skills (ATS) are the apprenticeship training provider. Practical gas training takes place at our centre premises as part of the ATS apprenticeship programme.
- Age Range: Our programme is available for anyone aged 16-65 years old, we believe it’s never too late to start a rewarding new career.
- Flexible Enrolment: Whether you’re a school leaver, a career changer, or already hold plumbing or other industry qualifications, our programme is designed for you. If you’re not sure if you could enrol, just get in touch, and we can advise you.
How Our Programme Works
We pride ourselves on providing a supportive and effective learning environment with a focus on practical skills.
- Small Class Sizes: In each of our training sessions, we only allow between 8-10 candidates per class. This is to ensure you receive plenty of time for in-centre practical work and one-on-one attention from your trainer.
- Duration and Schedule: The programme is run one day a week for 12-18 months. We don’t close for the school holidays, meaning your training stays consistent and on track.
- Online Learning: Each apprentice will receive access to a personal study portal from their enrolment day. All theory materials will be available and accessible at any time to revisit, allowing you to study at your own pace.
Employment Requirements
For the duration of the ACS Domestic Gas Apprenticeship, the apprentice needs to be employed for a minimum of 30 hours a week under a PAYE scheme. We can provide you with more information and arrange a meeting to discuss this if needed.
Qualifications you will gain
- MLP DNGA3 – This is a boiler focused managed learning programme, requiring an on-site portfolio job specific evidence, whereby 50% (as a minimum) can be completed with us.
- ACS Domestic CCN1 (core gas safety), CENWAT (boilers & water heaters & CPA1 (combustion performance analysis) – These qualifications will be all the apprentice needs to be added to the employers Gas Safe.
- HWSS – This is commonly known as the G3 qualification and covers everything to do with hot water systems, including both pressurised cylinders (unvented) & open vent gravity feed hot water systems (vented). You will learn to install, maintain & service these systems along with fault finding & repairs.
- Free Of Charge Energy Efficiency – This is the first step to understanding a properties heat losses & the requirements needed to design & install the most efficient heating & hot water system, you will undertake the calculation process and what this actually means.
- Free of Charge Gas Analyzer – Given on successful completion at the end of your course.
- Free of Charge CKR1 (cookers), HTR1 (fires) & MET1 (meters) – To be completed during your programme.
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If you’re planning to take on an apprentice this year, or maybe you already have one – this is the event you need to attend!
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Before you choose where to place your apprentice, come and see why employers are switching to HTAA!
- Meet our current employers and hear their honest experiences
- Speak directly with our Centre Manager and Apprenticeship Lead
- Discover how we support businesses to get the most out of their apprentices
- Pizza provided, just bring yourself and your questions!
Portfolio requirements to be completed In-Centre
Method Statements:
- Tightness testing
- Gas rates
- Purging
- Combustion performance analysis
- Flue flow testing
- Spillage testing
- Safe isolation
- Trace & escape
- Operating pressure
- Hot works with meter removal
Installations:
- 1 combination boiler with controls
- 1 heat only boiler with controls
Boiler services:
- 1 system boiler
- 1 combination boiler
- Maintenance, repairs & breakdown:
- 1 combination boiler
Portfolio requirements to be completed On-Site
Installations:
- 1 combination boiler with controls
- 1 system boiler with controls: 2 of either combination, system or heat only
- Boiler services (strip & full clean with 26.9 checks) 4 of either combination, system or heat only
- Maintenance, repairs & breakdown (gas train related to include 26.9 checks) 3 of either combination, system or heat only
- Gas pipework: 1 soldered gas pipework section, to include meter removal, refit and appliance recommission on either combination, system or heat only
On-site additional information:
- Copies of the supporting engineer’s qualifications, gas safe registration & public liability insurance will be required.
- Apprentice needs to be in at least 50% of photographic evidence but not all.
- Apprentice will need to prove examples of customer service and interaction eg. laying dustsheets, covering worktops, tool and material storage, waste removal.
- Apprentices need to provide proof of completed documentation, benchmark & building compliance notification.
- PPE must be used where relevant in photographic evidence, eg. drilling a flue hole – goggles, mask, gloves, ear defenders etc.
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