Overview
Our New Entrant MLP ACS Gas Package has been carefully designed to ensure all candidates, on successful completion, can work domestically and register with Gas Safe. Our package blends both home study learning through our online learning platform, with practical focused training sessions in our meticulously designed and purpose-built training centre, with the portfolio element included in the course cost. Completion within 2 years is achievable for candidates who complete some home study weekly. Our free open evening sessions run monthly explaining our new entrant packages in further depth in our centre, click here to book to attend.
Entry requirements
This package is aimed at any candidate who is wishing to join the gas industry. Our training pathway gives each candidate the knowledge, skills and confidence in basic plumbing and gas knowledge and skills, right the way through to a competent gas engineer on successful completion.
If you have previous knowledge, experience or qualifications within the plumbing or gas, please see our alternative course for experienced trades people, or speak to our team on 02393071852 to ensure we recommend the most suited course for you.
How is this course structured
After booking onto our package, you will firstly attend an enrolment day, whereby you will receive an in-depth overview of the course, the online learning platforms, expectations from yourself and us, induction to our centre, collection of your training manuals. This ensures we have set all candidates up to get off to a flying start on their learning.
As a blended learning package, you will then be given your modules one at a time to complete from the comfort of your own home or wherever you choose. You will be invited into our centre periodically after the completion of the appropriate modules for a practical session and these have been marked and signed off by our team. (Each practical session is four consecutive days and before each practical session you will have a bank of workbooks to complete)
Many topics are covered within your package both in the home study and practical training sessions. These include but are not limited too;
- Health and safety
- Risk assessments and method statements
- Gas installation and use regulations
- Gas industry unsafe situations procedures
- Health and safety, risk assessments & method statements
- Basic hot & cold-water systems
- Central heating systems inc. controls, valving & pumps
- Electrical safe isolation, use of multi meter & fault finding
- Different types of pipework installations, soldering & pipe bending
- Hot water systems & safety (unvented/G3)
- Energy Efficiency
- Domestic gas installations including meter installations, tightness testing & purging
- Pipe sizing for domestic gas installations and appliances
- Combustion, ventilation & chimney systems
- Competence Person Scheme registration process and guidance
- Business set up support
There is a portfolio element required as part of this package which can be completed within centre at no additional cost. Full portfolio requirements will be discussed with you by your trainer but feel free to ask our team for more information.
Throughout your entire course, access to all documents to aid your learning are on your online portfolio, alongside a dedicated home study contact in our office and your trainer to answer any questions along the way.
A total of 7 practical sessions needs to be attended (four days per session) in our training centre. With dedication this package can be completed within 2 years and enable you to be out working within a month after successful completion, either for yourself or a company.
Materials included, course costs & funding
This package includes everything required to complete the training, assessments, and gain certification of successful completion.
As well as your training, assessments, certification fees, access to our e-learning platform, normative reference documents the following publications are provided to you to keep and aid your learning.
- LCL Awards Domestic Gas Training Manual
Our package is charged at only £4995 plus vat and is payable via a 50% payment on booking and the final 50% payable 30 days after booking.
There are other options available in regard to funding. Please click the links below.
ELCAS Funding
Phoenix Finance