Level 3 Gas Engineering Operative

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Gas engineering involves the safe installation, commission, decommission and 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, cookers, space heaters, meters, alternative fuel, testing and purging for domestic 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 equipment, working at heights and working in confined spaces.

All gas engineers must be registered on the Gas Safe® Register for each appliance on which they are competent to undertake work on. They must be registered on the Gas Safe® Register for four appliances.

• Gas engineer
• Trainee gas engineer
• Gas service installer
• Gas service technician

• Ensure personal wellbeing and the safety of customers and others is a priority.
• Demonstrate an awareness of how the work impacts on others in the work environment.
• Be risk aware showing the desire to reduce risks through systematic monitoring and checking information, and the strict compliance with appropriate regulations and normative documents.
• Undertake continuous professional development to enhance knowledge and skills to maintain competence.

• Electrical awareness and be able to carry out safe isolation and essential electrical safety checks.
• Combustion, combustion analysis, gas properties, carbon monoxide (CO), and types of burners.
• Work in compliance with statutory and normative documentation including building regulations, water regulations and electrical regulations.
• Emergency procedures, including gas escapes, report of fumes and for unsafe situations.
• Demonstrate tightness testing, purging and relight procedures on gas installations.

• Registration with Gas Safe® register for four appliances.
• Level 3 Diploma in Plumbing Studies.
• In achieving a pass or a distinction in this apprenticeship, the successful apprentice will be eligible to apply for membership with the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM).

Throughout the apprenticeship, the apprentice is supported by a work-based tutor and employer mentor to ensure that they are progressing at the right pace and developing the skills and knowledge expected.

• Induction
• Level 3 diploma registration
• Entry skills training - underpinning knowledge, skills and behaviours
• Use of work equipment
• Ongoing knowledge assessments
• Observations
• Portfolio tasks
• Mentor meetings

• Knowledge training - developing knowledge, skills and behaviours
• Ongoing knowledge assessments
• Workplace observation
• Work log
• Level 3 diploma on programme learning
• Portfolio tasks
• Mentor meetings

• Workplace - developing knowledge, skills and behaviours within the context of the working environment
• Workplace observation
• Level 3 diploma on programme learning
• Work log
• Portfolio tasks
• Mentor meetings

• Mock end point assessment
• Level 3 diploma completion
• End point assessment: portfolio - including Gas Safe® registration, competency test and work log review
• Knowledge assessment

The apprentice needs to provide evidence of the learning they are receiving from the employer which is called Off the Job Learning. This needs to be a minimum of 6 hours per week. The training can include; onsite training they receive from a mentor, standard induction training and general day to day learning of new tasks. Off-the-job training can form part of regular weekly sessions or combined for larger blocks of time, depending on the approach which works best for the employer. The Learning Unlimited team can help advise on appropriate off-the-job training if required.