Approx. duration: 24 months
Start Date: September and January
Attendance: One day a week at the Ipswich Campus
Entry requirements:
- Individual employers will set their selection criteria for applicants
- Apprentices need to be employed for a minimum of 30 hours a week and have a contract of employment
- Entry onto the Apprenticeship is subject to a thorough skills scan assessment to clarify course suitability
- Entry onto the Apprenticeship is subject to 4 GCSEs including Maths and English 9-3/A-E or Functional Skills Level 1. Apprentices must achieve Functional Skills Level 2 in English and/or Maths if they have a GCSE grade below a Grade 4 or C
On-programme learning:
- Gas Engineering Operative Standard
- Gas Safe
- English and Maths (if required) Level 2
End-point assessment:
Delivered by City and Guilds
Progression:
Project Manager, Site Supervisor or progress onto a higher level Apprenticeship.
In achieving a pass or a distinction in this Apprenticeship, you will be eligible to apply for membership with the Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) professional registration as an Engineering Technician (EngTech)
Course Summary:
Apprenticeships are work-based training programmes designed around the need of both the Apprentice and their employer.
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.