corgi gas course

[Softus]

I just made a flipant remark (for humour's sake) based on an wrong assumption from misreading your post, which confused you..

Er, it was my fault akcherlee - I missed out the "never" from an earlier post, so am going back to correct it now. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Biggles..]

Softus, i agree that some private consummers dont give two hoots about your registration details.Most of my work is through companies that are soley interested in who you are registered with.however,

What i have found in the private sector with regards to electrics(having been registered prvious to the part p schemes) is that when quoting domestic work in most but not all cases the customer will first ask are you NIC registered.WHY do they always ask that and not are you registered for part p and will i get a certificate; its because surveyors,councils, solicitors and estate agents always refer to any electrical work needed as being done by an NIC member.Its only when you explain that their are five membership bodies offering full scope work and they all offer similar packages at varying costs that people realise.

Some of the sites and jobs i have been on have been because i have membership with a certain body and not through a general yes im registered.

The tradesmen look for the registration with the cheapest price(why pay more than you have too) but the name does still go along way which is why i personally register with more than 1 electrical scheme and shall do so with gas.

Lee

 

[Johnysmall]

Fast track?

Let me tell you my story.

I am 38 years old.
I am an apprentiship trained mechanical engineer, who found work drying up due to computerised machines taking over the skilled sector of my trade.
I consider myself to be intelligent, confident and a quick learner. I decided to take the plunge 4 years ago, jacked my job in and became a plumbers apprentice. My first work was with two guys who worked price fitting heating systems for the council. Long hours, hard work, I learned quite a bit as to how a heating system worked in the year I was working for them...but nowhere near enough yet to fit a system on my own.

From there I went to work for a plumbing firm who gave me a van, an apprentice, responsibilities and a wide range of plumbing jobs to get me valuable experience in the trade. I also worked with heating engineers on their jobs and soaked up all the info I could.
During this time I attended college 1 day a week for 18 months and gained my level 2 NVQ heating and vent certificate. I completed this 6 months early as I explained before, I learn quick.
I immediately applied to do my ACS gas course which cost about £2,000 and consisted of 1 year, 1 day a week at college studying GAS.

Simple? No, far from it.
It's fair to say I have found it pretty hard to absorb all the information required to pass this course, there is a lot to learn, and this is being made harder and harder all the time to pass.

I am sitting here now revising my arse off, I came into this forum trying to get a few bits of information I was not sure about and saw this thread, so I had to post.

My assessment starts Monday...I am told it could last 4 days and I am not the usual confident person I have been all my life in situations like this. I should pass because I have put so much into it.

FAST TRACK? DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

 

[Paul Barker]

You'll do alright Johnnysmall just brush up on fluing and ventilation over the weekend.

 

[Biggles..]

Johnysmall, good luck if you've put into it as much as you have said you'll do fine. Paul is spot on, fluing and ventilation is the big bit. The gas regs exam can be a bit of a pain.

 

[Paul Barker]

Johnysmall, good luck if you've put into it as much as you have said you'll do fine. Paul is spot on, fluing and ventilation is the big bit. The gas regs exam can be a bit of a pain.

The thing to remember about the gas regs is that the questions appear in the order they come up in the book, so never flip backwards go forwards until you find your answer, the next answer is forward. UNLESS they have changed this. The pictures in the back of gas ECV/MCV positioning in blocks of flats you will need to be aware of.

 

[Johnysmall]

Yeah my tutor has been saying from day 1 we must know flues insideout. I never realised before I done this course how much you had to learn, I found it a lot to take in over a year. Aparently some places say they can pass you with two weeks training, There is no way anyone can take all that information in, in two weeks. Even if I pass this week, I have no experience working on my own with gas...I may have the basic knowledge of gas, but would really have to think about fault finding on a boiler.....that can only be achieved with experience.

 

[BOB.DOLE]

Fast track?

Let me tell you my story.

I am 38 years old.
I am an apprentiship trained mechanical engineer, who found work drying up due to computerised machines taking over the skilled sector of my trade.
I consider myself to be intelligent, confident and a quick learner. I decided to take the plunge 4 years ago, jacked my job in and became a plumbers apprentice. My first work was with two guys who worked price fitting heating systems for the council. Long hours, hard work, I learned quite a bit as to how a heating system worked in the year I was working for them...but nowhere near enough yet to fit a system on my own.

From there I went to work for a plumbing firm who gave me a van, an apprentice, responsibilities and a wide range of plumbing jobs to get me valuable experience in the trade. I also worked with heating engineers on their jobs and soaked up all the info I could.
During this time I attended college 1 day a week for 18 months and gained my level 2 NVQ heating and vent certificate. I completed this 6 months early as I explained before, I learn quick.
I immediately applied to do my ACS gas course which cost about £2,000 and consisted of 1 year, 1 day a week at college studying GAS.

Simple? No, far from it.
It's fair to say I have found it pretty hard to absorb all the information required to pass this course, there is a lot to learn, and this is being made harder and harder all the time to pass.

I am sitting here now revising my a**e off, I came into this forum trying to get a few bits of information I was not sure about and saw this thread, so I had to post.

My assessment starts Monday...I am told it could last 4 days and I am not the usual confident person I have been all my life in situations like this. I should pass because I have put so much into it.

FAST TRACK? DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

Here are a few of the questions they will be asking...

Gas ACS


CCN1 – Assessment questions

Correct answers in bold.

1. Which of the Gas Safety Regulations compels the operative to use a temporary continuity bond where necessary?

a) Regulation 5.

b) Regulation 10.

c) Regulation 18.

d) Regulation 26.



2. The first priority when dealing with gas escape is:

a) Find the escape.

b) Carry out a tightness test.

c) Safeguard property.

d) Safeguard life.



3. Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulation 36 places the responsibility to act safely when discovering gas escapes upon:

a) Transco personnel only.

b) All gas operatives.

c) All members of the public.

d) Anyone within a, b and c.


4. What is the approximate volume of air required to completely burn 5 m3 of natural gas?

a) 15 m3.

b) 25 m3.

c) 50 m3.

d) 100 m3.



5. Which of the following is the minimum concentration of carbon monoxide within the air that will cause occupants to fall victim to coma within a few minutes?

a) 0.05%.

b) 0.4%.

c) 0.8%.

d) 1.0%.



6. The ventilation requirement for open flued appliances is dependant upon:

a) Heat input.

b) Heat output.

c) Room dimension.

d) Flue height.



7. When pipework is buried beneath the groundused for pedestrian traffic, it should be buried at least:

a) 20 mm below the surface.

b) 30 mm below the surface.

c) 40 mm below the surface.

d) 50 mm below the surface.



8. A gas escape from the breather hole of a regulator indicates:

a) Faulty spring.

b) Bent spindle.

c) Split diaphragm.

d) Worn valve seating.



9. What of the following equipment must be used to pin point the source of a gas escape?

a) A match


b) A cigarette lighter


c) Diluted washing up liquid.

d) Leak detector solution.



10. If the correct warning notice is not fitted to a primary meter, the gas operative must inform the:

a) The occupier and/or landlord.

b) The gas supplier.

c) The gas transporter.

d) There is no need to notify anyone.



11. The handle on an emergency/meter control valve must always:

a) Fall to the off position.

b) Fall to the on position.

c) Be electrically insulated.

d) Have a 180o travel.



12. Range rated appliances must incorporate which component within their design?

a) A fan pressure sensor.

b) A constant pressure governor.

c) An air sending device.

d) A re-ignition device.



13. What is the likely fault if a cooker burner extinguishes after a period of approximately 15 minutes?

a) Faulty flame supervision device.

b) Blocked oven injectors.

c) Blocked oven thermostat by-pass.

d) Undergassing causing incomplete combustion.[/b]

 

[Biggles..]

Appolagies for the bad and immature advice no matter how rife and common knowledge it was, the advice and place for stating it was wrong! To those whose integrities may have been doubted SORRY.

Lee

 

[Johnysmall]

Johnysmall, good luck if you've put into it as much as you have said you'll do fine. Paul is spot on, fluing and ventilation is the big bit. The gas regs exam can be a bit of a pain.

The thing to remember about the gas regs is that the questions appear in the order they come up in the book, so never flip backwards go forwards until you find your answer, the next answer is forward. UNLESS they have changed this. The pictures in the back of gas ECV/MCV positioning in blocks of flats you will need to be aware of.

This is still the case, we have done mock exams and the questions run from the front of the regs to the back

 

[Johnysmall]

BOB.DOLE, nice one thanks for that, I'm not being rude gents but gonna get back to some revising now.
Cheers for your comments. I will let you know how I got on.

 

[Paul Barker]

would really have to think about fault finding on a boiler.

Go to a manufacturer for at least one day to learn about how boilers work.

 

[Softus]

Some of the questions are yes/no, quick tip answer YES to them all, with no exceptions.As you get a second go, if any come back wrong then they must be NO.

Are you actually encouraging people to cheat?

Are you the pratt that this makes you appear to be?

 

[cjb1971]

Some of the questions are yes/no, quick tip answer YES to them all, with no exceptions.As you get a second go, if any come back wrong then they must be NO.

Are you actually encouraging people to cheat?

Are you the pratt that this makes you appear to be?

Took my acs exams 2 weeks ago-the assessors gave us exactly the same advice!

 

[Biggles..]

Its not cheating it called using your brain surely something that simple should register with anyone with an ounce of sense.Yes/No are 50/50, you get 2 go's do the maths. the exams are open book next you'll accuse CITB of cheating by giving you the answers and then giving you an index and contents list to aid you. Even worse would be that the questions would follow the same chapters as the book.