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Gas engineering operative (level 3)

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Information about Gas engineering operative (level 3)

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.

• Knowledge, skills and behaviours:
  View knowledge, skills and behaviours

  Knowledge

  • Health and safety practices including manual handling, working at height and working in confined spaces.
  • Gas Industry Unsafe Situations Procedure (IGEM G11).
  • Risk assessments, associated procedures and documentation.
  • Environmental and sustainability regulations and guidance.
  • The range of gas appliances, their suitability and associated gases.
  • Installation and commissioning practices and techniques applicable to primary gas appliances.
  • Installation and commissioning practices and techniques applicable to secondary gas appliances.
  • Testing and safety-checking practices applicable to gas appliance types.
  • Routine and reactive servicing and maintenance practices and techniques applicable to gas appliances and components.
  • Fault-finding, diagnosis and rectification practices and techniques applicable to gas appliances, their controls and associated systems.
  • Decommissioning practices and techniques applicable to gas appliances and systems.
  • Domestic electrical circuits, safe isolation and electrical safety checks in relation to the work being conducted.
  • Combustion theories, combustion analysis, gas properties, carbon monoxide and types of burners.
  • Chimney and flueing types, design and ventilation principles specific to gas appliances and dwelling types and structures.
  • Emergency procedures including gas escapes, report of fumes and unsafe situations.
  • Heat and hot water system design theory, location, controls including smart controls.
  • Common construction techniques and features of domestic housing stock including wall types, floor types, glazing, drainage systems & utilities.
  • Sustainability and energy efficiency: green technologies, alternative fuels, energy consumption, energy ratings and how they are calculated.
  • General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
  • Principles of equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace and the impact on their work.
  • Common issues, symptoms and warning signs of stress, anxiety and depression, including where to go for help and the resources available.
  • Tools, equipment and test instrumentation used in gas engineering activities.
  • Verbal communication techniques. Giving and receiving information. Matching style to audience. Barriers in communication and how to overcome them. Industry terminology.
  • Principles of recycling, reusing and returning defective components and disposal of waste.

  Skills

  • Comply with health and safety practices.
  • Install and commission a range of primary appliances, for example central heating boilers, gas cookers, space heaters.
  • Install and commission a range of secondary appliances, for example laundry appliances, water heaters and gas meters (not exceeding 6m3 in capacity).
  • Carry out testing and safety checks applicable to the appliance chimney or flue type.
  • Carry out routine maintenance and servicing of appliances and components.
  • Identify and rectify faults in appliances and components.
  • Decommission appliances and systems.
  • Isolate the electrical supply to the appliance.
  • Conduct electrical safety checks pre- and post-work.
  • Undertake and document risk assessments.
  • Source, read and follow technical documentation associated with equipment and installation requirements.
  • Select, use and maintain tools, equipment and test instrumentation.
  • Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Check and action inspection records and schedules.
  • Identify unsafe situations or conditions and take action under IGEM G/11 Gas industry unsafe situations procedure.
  • Use digital technology to access job, appliance and customer information.
  • Complete and maintain work records including appliance and customer data in accordance with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
  • Communicate verbally with customers, including the provision of guidance on energy and efficiency measures specific to the appliance or system being worked on.
  • Recycle, reuse, return defective components and dispose of waste.
  • Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
  • Apply equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.

  Behaviours

  • Prioritise health and safety.
  • Take responsibility for work.
  • Committed to continued professional development (CPD) to maintain and enhance competence in own area of practice.
  • Support an equitable, diverse and inclusive culture.
• Apprenticeship category (sector): Construction and the built environment
• Qualification level: 3; Equal to A level
• Course duration: 18 months
• Maximum funding: £27,000 ; Maximum government funding for ; apprenticeship training and assessment costs.

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