NVQ level 2 plumber applying for gas

[Fallout]

What courses etc would an NVQ level 2 plumber need to became a gas safe engineer?

 

[Fallout]

Do you need to build a portfolio of gas work you have done before doing acs exams?

 

[Dan Robinson]

Yep. pretty sure you do.

 

[muggles]

You should do NVQ3, which will include everything you need for your gas

 

[Dan Robinson]

Except experience, knowledge, practical understanding, business acumen, drive, free thought, the skills required to be let lose on the general public.....


Not sure if I have everything there, but... .

 

[muggles]

Except experience, knowledge, practical understanding, business acumen, drive, free thought, the skills required to be let lose on the general public.....


Not sure if I have everything there, but... .

Now now, nobody likes a smartarse

 

[Madrab]

You'll need a solid foundation in gas work before a gas safe engineer will let you work on gas appliances (offsite work), then you go on and do a portfolio of onsite work with written and photographic evidence with a Gas Safe engineer who signs off all your work. Once you have the required onsite evidence (you need to do a certain number of specific jobs) you will be accepted onto an ACS exam course.

 

[Bunnyman]

Nvq 2 then work with a gas safe eng and build a portfolio of 25 jobs which must include 5 open flue, photo evidence is NOT required but gas safe may audit any of your portfolio jobs

 

[Madrab]

photo evidence is NOT required

Hmmm... I've been asked to provide as much photographic evidence in mine. In the portfolio folder, it actually states - To enhance your portfolio, photographic evidence should be included. Need to get in touch with BPEC then and find out what the score is and what the sketch would be if I didn't include photo's. It also only asks for 3 open flue, all with spillage and flow test BTW.

Guess it's different dependent on which ACS it is

 

[Bunnyman]

Maybe but my apprentice is doin his nxt week and ive just checked his portfolio which is now complete an photos of jobs not required

 

[Biggles..]

Except experience, knowledge, practical understanding, business acumen, drive, free thought, the skills required to be let lose on the general public.....


Not sure if I have everything there, but... .

So with no formal training, you entered the industry Self employed having gained all that, how exactly????

Our apprentice doing his NVQ requires some photo graphs.

 

[Dan Robinson]

So with no formal training, you entered the industry Self employed having gained all that, how exactly

Hard graft and managed expectations.


Not to mention taking a good bit of pish taking every now and then.

 

[Biggles..]

So all of those things you listed aren't really that important, it's more like a list of scary things to warn off new entrants

 

[Dan Robinson]

More a warning that nvq is almost as inadequate as ACS.

 

[Biggles..]

In your opinion how inadequate is it not to have an NVQ